Book Description
Cheerful text and whimsical illustrations bring alive this heart-warming story of kindness and
inclusion featuring a character with Down syndrome.
When young Jana receives heaps of beautiful socks from her parents after learning how to put on
socks all by herself, she can’t wait to show her friends at school. They are always kind and patient
with Jana when they play together. Jana decides to share a pair of her new socks with each and every
friend. This calls for a school sock parade! All of the children had so much fun showing off their
colourful socks together that they gave a very special and huge gift for their kind and generous
friend, Jana, a box of more socks!
Author Sally Fetouh was inspired to write this touching story by her own daughter who has Down
syndrome, feeling it was important for her and other children like her to be able to see themselves in
literature. Two years ago, after reading a different story about a girl with Down syndrome to her
daughter’s preschool class, Sally says, “The children were so engaged in the story and asked
questions. They were very accepting and loving of their friend—my daughter. I left with a heart
overflowing with emotion and that inspired me to write my story.”
BLOG TOUR REVIEW
Review for 'Jana's Brightly Coloured Socks' by Sally Fetouh.
Read and reviewed for Sally Fetouh and Rachel's Random Resources.
Publication date 21st May 2023.
This is the first book I have read by this author.
I absolutely adored this book and genuinely believe that there should be at least one copy kept in every doctor's surgery, nursery, playgroup, school, hospital, library and just, well everywhere!! This book should be read by every child, adult and to every child by an adult!! It is such a simple read but with such an absolutely VITAL message!!! It is a fantastic children's story about inclusion, diversity, kindness and simplifying differences in a way that young children can understand. It is a story about Jana who has just learned how to put her own socks on. Jana loves socks that are brightly coloured, the brighter the better!! Jana thinks that everybody should have bright socks and ends up handing her socks out to all her class and in the end her class give her a lovely surprise. Throughout the book the children in her class make sure they include her in all their games and it's lovely seeing how much fun each of the children have. I absolutely loved reading this book to my children, my twins who have autism along with their ten year old brother. I absolutely love seeing more books like this on the shelf that encourage children to be kind to those who may not be able to communicate with them in the way they do or play with them in the same way but shows them they can and should still include them and teaches children how important kindness is. This is such an important message to promote to children at a young age so they can continue to share this message with their friends. The illustrations throughout are fantastic and I want to congratulate the fantastic Alexis Schnitger on those as they make the book eye catching for younger children. The characters expressions in the pictures portray how happy the children are which also made my children smile.
I just love the way this amazing author has made something that can feel so complicated so easy to understand and identify and above all help with anyone who struggles in life regardless of any diagnosis!! I really cannot compliments this book enough and am actually struggling to put into words how important it is for this book to be read by so many people. The language the author uses is perfect to allow children to understand along with the absolutely brilliant eye catching illustrations!! The author Sally is a lawyer and a photographer whose daughter has Down Syndrome and whose experience with Down Syndrome and hope for kindness really shines through this fantastic children's book. The fantastic illustrator Alexis has used their brilliant artistic talent with a sprinkle of humour to brighten up the book with colourful and humourous images. doing so will help children and adults alike . In creating this extremely thoughtful book these two amazing people have gone on to promote kindness, diversity and inclusion which is absolutely amazing and I am hoping they will work together again shortly to continue to help children and adults with other additional needs.
🧦 Overall a fantastic, brilliantly illustrated book promoting kindness and inclusion 🧦
Genres covered in this book include Children's Books On Emotions And Feelings, Childrens Fiction On Physical Disabilities, Childtens Fiction On Sexuality, Childrens Fiction On Disabilities, Children's Values Book, Childrens Friendship Books, Children's Picture Books, Literature & Fiction for Children and Children's Fiction amongst others.
39 pages.
This book is just £2.76 to purchase in paperback via Amazon at time of review which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!
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Author Bio
Writing is very much a part of who author Sally Fetouh is as a human being. As a child, writing was a
way for her to express herself and all of the stories and ideas she had in her head. Now, as an adult,
she has been inspired to write a beautiful story of kindness and friendship, Jana’s Brightly Coloured
Socks, a heart-warming picture book loosely based on her daughter who has Down syndrome.
It was important to Sally that her daughter and other children like her were able to see themselves
represented in literature. The idea came to Sally when she visited her daughter’s preschool to read a
story about a girl with Down syndrome. The loving, accepting, and inquisitive responses from her
daughter’s classmates inspired her to write a story reflecting these caring friendships.
Sally believes a great book is one that has impactful characters and a story that provides a new
experience or perspective to the reader that stays with them long after the book is closed. She hopes
that her young readers with disabilities or those who are different in some way will be able to relate
to the main character and see a little bit of themselves, while also aiming for other readers to gain
insight into the world of Down syndrome and the importance and impact of kindness and friendship.
When she isn’t writing thought-provoking children’s books, Sally works as a lawyer and a
photographer. She enjoys being in nature, hiking, and horse riding. She lives with her family in
Sydney, Australia. Jana’s Brightly Coloured Socks is her debut picture book.
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