If You Don’t Want to Go to Sleep, Close Your Eyes: Chapter 2

…The path home was a cold and dark one. I wouldn’t miss this long walk.  Maybe things would be better when spring came.  The sky was dark as clouds gathered, hiding the starlight. I kicked off my dusty shoes outside our home and went inside. Mother tied down the last wrap over the top of the roof. I had left it open since the last moon. Tonight’s Hunger Moon had grown full, but I could not see its light.

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If You Don’t Want to Go to Sleep, Close Your Eyes: Chapter 1

…The Northern Lake had been receding a little more each year since we had settled in the quiet village of Sleep to raise and trade uruses and the milk they made.  The water was almost gone. Most of the others had taken their herd south before the winter, where the lakes were still full. The families who chose to stay in Sleep were muffled by their uncertainty.  Why were they still here?

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A narrated sensory story for whole body listening: “Lending My Heart to Hear”

How do I learn everything I can when someone is telling a story? Why is listening is important? Who will notice when I am ready? How I can listen with my whole body? This sensory story will show me a way. “Lending My Heart to Hear” My ears are hearing and my eyes are watching. My mouth is quiet and my body is still. This is how my heart can open and be filled with thoughts from another teller’s story. […]

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A social story for separation anxiety: “A Smile Goodbye”

What can I do when we have to go to work? This social story about why school and work are important, who will care for me there, and how I can make it go by faster will tell me.

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A social story for going back to school: “My First Day of School”

What will the first day of school be like? This social story about letting go of summer, what will happen on the first day of school, and how I can make new friends there will tell me.

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A new social story book for kids about how to research: “A Story Shows Me How to Be a Hero”

How do I get a new thing I want? This social story about learning how to get new things and becoming a Hero for others from listening to stories will tell me.

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