by Joshua & Roy Whitten
Joshua wants his mother to take him to play at David’s house. Her mind is made up: she is too busy to go. Josh’s mind is also made up: the path that leads to David’s house is too scary to go on his own. But what if someone’s mind was tricking them? Joshua Whitten was five when he had the idea for this book, based on the themes his father Roy was teaching.
Paperback. Illustrated with watercolours by Paul Demeyer
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Jenny Meadows –
This was one of the first books I read to my granddaughter and she got it immediately, even though she was pre-verbal at the time. When she was 5, I told her that a 5-year-old boy had written it with his father. She began dictating stories for me to type, and she’s been writing ever since. Like the boy in the book, she has a vivid imagination AND she knows when her mind is tricking her. I don’t know how many copies of this book I’ve bought and given away – to friends and family, to my dentist, my doctor and public libraries on 3 continents.
Irene Rose –
I treasure seeing our grandchildren’s eyes light up in appreciation and acknowledgement as we read this book together. I can almost hear their minds clicking away, as if to say: ‘Someone really understands me!’
Diana Lennard –
If I had to choose to save one book for the Desert Island, it would be this one. It puts over the whole point of “Mindtalk” so simply and so very effectively, and it is always able to remind me that in any situation, it is my mind that is the major interferer and distorter of the actual facts.