My Storee
Just because you can't spell doesn't mean you can't write!
Published on 1. August 2018
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-925335-77-4 (ISBN)
Description
A young boy has a mind full of wonderful stories, but when he gives them to his teachers his pages come back covered in red spelling corrections. It seems his dyslexia will always hold him back from succeeding as a writer. Then a new teacher arrives at the school. Mr. Watson tells magical stories and draws wonderful pictures. He makes his students feel safe, and most importantly, he doesn't cover the boy's stories in red pen. At last, the boy feels comfortable enough to just write! My Storee celebrates acceptance in a world that can often seem too difficult for dyslexic children to enter because of the rules that surround it. It highlights the magic and importance of ideas which are too often forgotten because of an over-emphasis on rules, structure and spelling. It is also the story of the author, Paul Russell who as a dyslexic boy was inspired to become the writer and teacher he is today because of one teacher who believed in him.
Reviews / Votes
"My Year One students found this story engaging and loved the message just because you can't spell doesn't mean you can't write.", Education Young Children "This book will be a huge encouragement to students struggling with learning disabilities, and will help teachers reinforce the idea that the classroom is a safe place to have a go.", Kids' Book Review "..."My Storee" is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children...", Midwest Book Review "This book will be a huge encouragement to students struggling with learning disabilities, and will help teachers reinforce the idea that the classroom is a safe place to have a go.", Children's Book Council of Australia, Reading Time "The illustrations in My Storee are colourful and joyous, filled with cartoon characters such as live pencils, surfing mice and unicorn detectives, so they are sure to be enjoyed by child readers, Buzz Words Magazine "Author Paul Russell and Designer Aska have created a beautiful book, one that just says it all for me. The story is great, and the illustrations are gorgeous - especially those dragons - and it made me feel so much better...", What's Up Downunder Magazine "Paul Russell is a children's book author and a primary school teacher. He also has dyslexia. His new book, My Storee, is inspired by his experiences as a student (and the one teacher who believed in him). It encourages kids to explore their creativity without being held hostage by the difficulties spelling presents for people with dyslexia.", Practical Parenting "Children with dyslexia or those who have trouble with spelling will love My Storee.", New Idea magazine "Aimed at 4-10-year-olds, the book tells the tale of an imaginative boy who hates to write at school because he's so discouraged by the red corrections all over his work., Australian Teacher Magazine This is the first picture book I have seen that offers encouragement and understanding to children who struggle with spelling. They will relate to the discouragement of having their spelling errors constantly corrected and will find encouragement that their creative ideas are more important.The story has a message at another level for teachers - to consider the negative effect that an overemphasis on correct spelling can have on children's attitude towards writing.
Counsellors will find this a helpful resource for children aged 5 - 10 who have lost confidence due to their spelling difficulties. Teachers who have an emphasis on correct spelling might be challenged reading this book!, Hazel Prickett, New Zealand Association of Counsellors magazine
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Zealand
Publishing group
Exisle Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
35 color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 254 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-925335-77-4 (9781925335774)
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Persons
Paul Russell is a primary teacher, artist, playwright and children's author of Grandma Forgets and My Storee, among others, with Grandma Forgets making the CBCA list of notable picture books in 2018. He is passionate about children's literacy and building young appetites for the written word. He has a daughter who has worries of her own and he wrote her this story so they could talk about worries together.
Aska is an energetic visual storyteller and a science communicator who is a passionate advocate of visual literacy. She has illustrated ten published books, makes comics, and is a regular contributor to The School Magazine and other children's publications. Her other books include The Incurable Imagination and My Storee, both published by EK Books. In her past life, Aska was a physicist, and she still finds time to share her love of science and explosions with kids big and small.
Aska is an energetic visual storyteller and a science communicator who is a passionate advocate of visual literacy. She has illustrated ten published books, makes comics, and is a regular contributor to The School Magazine and other children's publications. Her other books include The Incurable Imagination and My Storee, both published by EK Books. In her past life, Aska was a physicist, and she still finds time to share her love of science and explosions with kids big and small.