Michael and the A-Mountain

Is it difficult for your child to manage their dyslexia? Are you looking for the best way to help your child manage it?

If so, you'll need to consider the thoughts and feelings that hide behind dyslexia.

It can be difficult to start talking about dyslexia with your child. Because your child is most likely frustrated and convinced that dyslexia makes them stupid, lazy or different from their classmates.

These thoughts only help to drag down your child's self-worth.

With Michael and the A-Mountain you have a unique opportunity to open a difficult conversation about the challenges of dyslexia and to strengthen your child's self-worth.

The questions that occur during the story create a cozy framework for your conversation. You will hear your child talk about those pesky letters and the feelings that stop your child from being happy and accepting their dyslexia.

At the same time, your child can see themselves in the story's main character, Michael, who also finds it difficult to read and spell. He takes you along on his journey up the A-Mountain, where he discovers how his dyslexia has prevented him from being happy.

After reading this book, your child will gain:

• Optimism about their future with dyslexia
• Awareness of the feelings caused by dyslexia and how they should not stop your child's dreams for the future
• Their own story of their difficulties and their own path to being a happy child

The author of the book, Jesper Sehested, is also dyslexic.

As a child, he thought he was alone, stupid and different because he couldn't read and spell like his classmates.

But when he accepted his dyslexia as a part of himself, he discovered that he was much more than dyslexic - and definitely not "wrong" in any way!

With Michael and the A-Mountain, you and your child also start the journey up your child's very own A-mountain. And who knows what will happen at the top?