Speech Therapy No More

by Heather Graham

In a time of challenges and self-discovery, one young boy chooses to embrace them both. Dave and Kathy Coolman’s son, Eli, is born a normal, healthy child. But, as Eli grows up, he develops a very troubling disability-a speech impediment. Dave and Kathy become at a loss as to how they can help their little boy overcome this unexpected difficulty. Throughout his formative years in school, Eli’s troubles increase. He is acting out; his school work is suffering and he is being horribly teased and bullied by the other students. As a hurting older child, Eli even begins lashing out at his own parents. Then, Eli sees hope for himself, when he learns about his school’s basketball team tryouts. There, Dave encourages him to go for his dream and find a place for himself on the team. Speech Therapy No More by Heather Graham is a moving tale written to help children-and their parents-overcome their personal challenges and disabilities, and to go after their dreams with courage. The rewards are great for those-young and old-who dare to dream.

Genres: Fiction

46 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 26, 2017

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Reviews

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Addresses Issues Of A Stutterer
This short children's book, Speech Therapy No More by Heather Graham, follows Eli and his parents from birth to fifth grade as they come to accept and overcome the effects of stuttering. The motivation behind this children's book is admirable, and I believe that it addresses the all too real issues of prejudice, bullying, and self-acceptance that children face. However, I felt very little emotional connection with the story as it told about the bullying that Eli endured because of his speech problems and his parent's reaction to it. My opinion is that more descriptors expressing how each character felt were needed to help draw the reader in and create empathy for Eli and his parents. The cover artwork does an excellent job of conveying the emotion of triumphing over adversity, and the images within its pages are well done and relatable. I believe that this is a story worth reading and just a little editing this book could easily go from three and a half stars to become a five-star book.

[Anchit · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful story. No fluff. No B$. What I liked about this story is that it talks about someone with a disability and it's about "normal life". I won't spoil the story for anyone but I felt that the story makes sense and felt satisfied with the ending.

(Personal rant)
We need more such stories in our literature which brings out characters living normally like in our real life rather than a perfect world, with a perfect body, with perfect knowledge of things. I look forward to more books from Heather. Hopefully they'll be available on KU.

[J Layne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some grammatical errors. It was pretty good. A. A. Milne quote at beginning. "Promise me you'll remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think." A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

[Anuj]

Quite ordinary writing and content

This was Quite an ordinary writing and content . not worth spending any money. May HV been ok if free