A stylish, sensitive picture book focusing on neurodiversity in a unique and humorous way.
When Isabelle was 9 years old, her parents gave her a red
typewriter for her birthday. She started crafting stories in German
and Luxembourgish, her native language, straight away, but it
wasn't until her first son was born that she returned to writing
full time. Isabelle writes across several genres, writing picture
books, middle grade and screenplays. She speaks four languages
fluently, but English is her favourite for prose. She is a member
of the SCBWI and a 2017/18 Children's Literature Fellow at Stony
Brook University in Southampton, NY.
Chris Nixon is a multidisciplinary artist creating across
illustration, graphic design, creative direction and public art.
Based in Perth, Australia, Chris's work is inspired by the West
Coast and classic surf culture with an emphasis on the handmade and
crafted, using colour, texture and pattern across a wide range of
media from children's books to animation, commercial illustration
and large artwork installations.
"This enchanting story describes the world as perceived by an autistic child and an octopus. In some ways they both seem like aliens, and both share a talent for problem solving. As an autistic child, Leo finds it difficult to determine what someone is feeling by reading facial expressions and body language. He admires how the octopus changes colour according to mood and yearns for humans to have the simple colour code of an octopus. The story also illustrates another aspect of autism, that is, finding friendship through similar interests. The sensitive descriptions throughout the book of what it is like to have autism are accurate and perceptive on so many levels." - Tony Atwood, leading psychologist in Asperger's Syndrome
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