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Daddy's Different: A Look at Brain Injury Through a Child's Eyes
Jack's Daddy is acting different, but he still looks the same. When Daddy comes home with a Brain Injury, Jack struggles to accept the new changes in him. Jack associates Daddy's new behavior with all sorts of wild animals, from a forgetful Squirrel to a grumpy Grizzly Bear. Follow Jack on this incredible journey into acceptance and the life lesson that Love can survive any injury.
Daddy's Different tells the often untold story of Brain Injury through a child's eyes. Beautifully written and illustrated, Daddy's Different gives a voice to Brain Injury's smallest victims and offers insight into this mysterious world.
Author G. Forest
As a writer, G. Forest sees the world through stories. After her husband received a Traumatic Brain Injury in 2008, she struggled to explain such a complicated injury to her two young sons. Daddy's Different is a story inspired by their own experience in the hopes of shining light on this difficult subject.
G. Forest lives in Vancouver, WA with her two sons and husband. She is currently working towards her Bachelor's degree in English at Washington State University. This is her first children's book.
Visit her at her blog www.daddysdifferent.wordpress.com
Illustrator Vivian Mattila Walikainen
Vivian acknowledges she is a work in progress and is thankful for each moment of life, especially the good stuff. Her relationship with Jesus sustains her through the ups and downs life brings. She is married, blessed with six children (plus one son-in-law), and treasures a beautiful grandson. She is working on her bachelor's degree in Human Development. Entertaining, traveling, writing, and painting are highlights in her life.
Daddy's Different tells the often untold story of Brain Injury through a child's eyes. Beautifully written and illustrated, Daddy's Different gives a voice to Brain Injury's smallest victims and offers insight into this mysterious world.
Author G. Forest
As a writer, G. Forest sees the world through stories. After her husband received a Traumatic Brain Injury in 2008, she struggled to explain such a complicated injury to her two young sons. Daddy's Different is a story inspired by their own experience in the hopes of shining light on this difficult subject.
G. Forest lives in Vancouver, WA with her two sons and husband. She is currently working towards her Bachelor's degree in English at Washington State University. This is her first children's book.
Visit her at her blog www.daddysdifferent.wordpress.com
Illustrator Vivian Mattila Walikainen
Vivian acknowledges she is a work in progress and is thankful for each moment of life, especially the good stuff. Her relationship with Jesus sustains her through the ups and downs life brings. She is married, blessed with six children (plus one son-in-law), and treasures a beautiful grandson. She is working on her bachelor's degree in Human Development. Entertaining, traveling, writing, and painting are highlights in her life.
34 pages, Hardcover
First published March 22, 2013
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July 19, 2020
A bitter sweet view of brain injury. It’s wonderful for anyone looking to normalise a brain injury to a child. I love the references to animals to explain certain behaviours of a brain injured person. I bought this for my nephew as my brother (his father) has a brain injury. It was one of the very few I could locate. I reached out to the author - she is incredibly kind.
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