{"id":41468,"date":"2025-08-15T09:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=41468"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:36:00","slug":"our-amazing-minds-celebrating-differences-and-sharing-the-adventure-of-autism-by-jeffery-may-laura-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=41468","title":{"rendered":"Our Amazing Minds: Celebrating Differences and Sharing the Adventure of Autism by Jeffery May, Laura May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Engaging, heartfelt, and authentically inclusive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffery May and Laura May offer a candid, heartfelt glimpse into the day four Autistic friends explore a children\u2019s museum for the first time in their engaging debut picture book. Through Jackson\u2019s voice, readers step into his inner world\u2014feeling his nerves about unfamiliar places, his rush of excitement, and the comfort he finds in routine\u2014turning the story into both an emotional journey and an informative guide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carefully depicted, Lily, Martin, and Sofia are distinguished by their sensory sensitivities, modes of expression, and small daily habits rather than simplified traits. Stimming is seamlessly integrated\u2014Jackson\u2019s flapping hands, Lily\u2019s hopping, Martin\u2019s joyful squeals, Sofia\u2019s tapping fingers\u2014serving to normalize these behaviors for some readers and validate them for others. \u201cIt\u2019s called stimming. It helps me feel calm and more comfortable,\u201d Jackson notes, offering insight without losing his personal voice. Whether it\u2019s rejecting a turkey sandwich or Sofia\u2019s difficult moment at the reptile show, the authors approach each sensitivity with genuine empathy, highlighting coping strategies as strengths. The arc\u2014anticipation, challenge, resolution\u2014lands on a joyful recognition of every child\u2019s talents. Anastasiya Halionka\u2019s illustrations burst with color and expression, rendering feelings and sensory details in a way that welcomes both individual reading and group sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A standout for families and educators seeking compassionate depictions of autism, and a strong addition to inclusive library shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Illustrated by Anastasiya Halionka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Our Amazing Minds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 9798998821110<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouramazingminds.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ouramazingminds.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Coming soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engaging, heartfelt, and authentically inclusive.&nbsp; Jeffery May and Laura May offer a candid, heartfelt glimpse into the day four Autistic friends explore a children\u2019s museum for the first time in their engaging debut picture book. Through Jackson\u2019s voice, readers step into his inner world\u2014feeling his nerves about unfamiliar places, his rush of excitement, and the comfort he finds in routine\u2014turning the story into both an emotional journey and an informative guide.&nbsp; Carefully depicted, Lily, Martin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":41473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7223,723771092,91,3328,178,706279332,723771091,723771038,1136176,723771093,723769804,723769803,723771094,723769805,723771095,1473,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-41468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-author","tag-autisim-awareness","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-childrens-pcture-books","tag-childrens-books-about-autism","tag-childrens-books-on-emotions-feelings","tag-indie-books","tag-jeffery-may","tag-kindle","tag-kobo","tag-laura-may","tag-nook","tag-our-amazing-minds-celebrating-differences-and-sharing-the-adventure-of-autism","tag-reading","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-9.35.07-AM.png?fit=354%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-aMQ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41472,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41468\/revisions\/41472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}