I’m a book proselytizer. When I love a book, I want everyone I know to read it and love it, too. Such a book is Ana Juan’s “The Night Eater.” The story line is almost fable-like. The Night Eater’s job is to “gobble up the darkness” and bring on the dawn. Soon the moon tells the Night Eater that he is getting fat (night tastes like chocolate), and the Night Eater – in a huff – refuses to eat. This (...Read More)

We read a lot at our house, and we tend to read the same books over and over again. This is probably true of typical children as well, but H., with his autism, is probably even more prone to want repeated readings of the same book. There are books that I have “disappeared” from the house because I couldn’t take another reading (goodbye, “Elmo Loves You”! don’t let the door hit you). Others I gladly read over and over again. (...Read More)