
Ball! Ball! Ball!
A picture book to inspire sensory awareness
Kelley Donner(Author)
Kelley Donner (Publisher)
Published on 23. July 2019
Book
Hardback
28 pages
978-1-7339595-3-7 (ISBN)
Description
The no.1 new release on Amazon.com in Special Needs Children's Health (June 2019 - Paperback), debut author and illustrator Kelley Donner’s heartwarming picture book Ball! Ball! Ball! is about a boy with autism and his fascination with all things round. The first in the Happy Heads series, it focuses on sensory awareness and self-discovery.
Tom enthusiastically points out any object he can find that resembles a ball. From peas to balloons, Tom learns that "balls" can be smooth or squishy, can pop, and even have different temperatures. A delightfully, uplifting sensory story, Ball! Ball! Ball! shows that even love can appear in the shape of a ball.
Kelley Donner has worked as an educator for over twenty years in various settings across the US, Germany, and the UK. She currently works full-time as a writer/illustrator and is a mother to three sons. As an advocate for children with special needs and autism, she strongly believes that all children need representation in literature, especially picture books.
Each book in the Happy Heads Series tells the story of one child with special needs and/or autism and his or her individual challenges and triumphs. Ball! Ball! Ball! is about Tom, a young exuberant boy with autism who speaks only a few words and is fascinated with round objects. This is Tom’s story.
If you are interested in using Ball! Ball! Ball! in your special education classroom, see Kelley's website kelleydonner.com for more information, such as a blog article about a visit she made to a special education classroom in a primary school in London along with fun sensory tie-in activities.
More details
Series
Language
English
Target group
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Preschool, Interest Age: From 2 to 5 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7339595-3-7 (9781733959537)
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Person
Kelley Donner knew she wanted to be an artist as a little girl where she grew up on a farm in rural Kansas. She has written many children's stories including The Day the Lines Changed, which was featured in the Washington Post as one of the top ten children's books about the pandemic and School is More Than a Building. Kelley has a Masters Degree in Illustration and Book Arts from the Cambridge School of Art and has worked as an educator for over 20 years in the US, UK, and Germany. She is also head of the website StorybookWalk.com. When Kelley is not busy drawing, you will often find her playing Lego with her three boys. She currently lives in Munich, Germany.