Dyslexia Awareness Week – 7th-13th October

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With this post, I would like to make aware the brilliant work of Barrington Stoke and their mission to get everybody reading. You can find their website here.

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Barrington Stoke has published super-readable books accessible to young people with dyslexia or reading reluctance.

I have been lucky enough to read a few of these books (written by some top authors) and I have found them enjoyable reads.

The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James

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The first book from Barrington Stoke I had ever read. Lauren James is one of my favourite authors and when I heard that she had published this book, I knew that I had to read it. I wasn’t disappointed. You can find the full review here.

Letting Go by Cat Clarke

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Another great book. The way in which the book is formatted makes the reading much easier. You can…

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FFF Challenge #35

Bright and shiny I appear

Touch me when you get near

I’m out here on display

You don’t need to keep away.

The outside is all you see

Even cracked I’m still me

The mask is hiding my real face

Have no define of color or race

If all the world was seen like me

Possibly happier we would be.

https://fivedotoh.com/2019/10/07/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-35/#like-36372

Brew and Spew Cafe 10-7-19

As a cook, I rely on a book

That way I don’t get that look

You know the one, from your lover

When you realize the honeymoon’s over?

I try to please with his favorite ghoulash

Invariably it turns out ghoulish!

His mother was the very best, sigh. . .

Whatever made me think that I

Could compete, making his favorite dish

I need Samantha and her nose twitch.

I’ll persevere, try again, even though I’m unable

Ignore him feeding the dog under the table.

https://amanpan.com/2019/10/07/brewnspew-cafe-october-7-2019/#like-55850

Donut do not

Sarah decided to have the donut company ship a dozen of each healthy, oil free treats to her friends. This way, Christmas shopping was finished for the year with the bonus of an early order discount. Sarah could then scratch off every single line of her list.

The only problem she envisioned was how to make sure they were safe and not seared in the heat of her “Christmas in July” theme this year. Otherwise they might arrive tasting like granite.

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/wordle-424/