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|author=Michael Morpurgo and Ross Collins
|website=http://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
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''I want to be a bird all my life''.
Be careful of what you wish for, for surely it might come true. First it was the gulls who came after him, so our hero headed inland. But then it was the crows who came after mobbed him. He tried to hide in a field - but the farmer came after chased him. Suddenly books seemed really appealing - and he headed for home. That was when the horror came home was shown to him - there was no way to change back. The hero pigeon does have a little lsmall revenge - but it would have to last him a long time. The humour is a little dark but if your child enjoys that then you have a winner of a book here.
How does a dyslexic parent or carer read a book to a small child? That's not a joke. There isn't a clever punch line coming. It's very difficult and the problem can be self perpetuating, because it's the children who learn to love books at a young age who do bestand they'll pass it on to their children. Those lovely people at Barrington Stoke are doing their best to help. ''All I Said Was'' is dyslexia friendly but it's not aimed at children with dyslexia but - rather at helping adult sufferers to read books to children. The book has the firm's trade-mark off white paper which cuts out the glare which you can get from white and which distracts. It's substantial paper so there's no shadow coming through from the reverse. And the font is clear and easy to read. There are no tricksy fonts letters made of ribbons or decorated with flowers which confuse the eye. It's just simple and gloriously clear.
Remember too that even young readers who don't have dyslexia find reading books designed in this way so much easier. They're more likely to find it a pleasure - and what could be better than that?
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
You'll find lots of dyslexia-friendly books for all ages [[:Category:Dyslexia Friendly|Dyslexia Friendly|here]].
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