Dannie's Dilemmas The Shopping Trip

By L.J HALDANE

Can Dannie make the right decisions with your help?
‘Dannie’s Dilemmas’ is a series of books designed to show the difficulties that children with Asperger’s Syndrome face on a daily basis.
The books are an interactive way for readers to get involved with Dannie’s Dilemmas. The reader has the ability to choose the way the stories end. This makes them unique in their own way.
Dannie is an eleven year old Asperger’s child, she is smart, friendly and very helpful, but due to the Aspergers she finds it difficult to assess situations, work out what people think and really mean, make daily choices and understand emotions and sayings.
Like most Asperger’s children Dannie does find herself in trouble quite a few times for taking people literally, especially with idioms, ‘Dannie’s Dilemmas’ tries to explain as many idioms as possible.
Seeing life through Dannie’s eyes shows us all how emotionally difficult it is for Aspergers children to understand the world that we take for granted every day.
In ‘The Shopping Trip’Dannie reveals her thoughts on going shopping for a new toy, while encountering choices, literal thinking and memorising. Dannie reveals in her own words how challenging she finds going shopping for a new toy, from preparing to leave, through to waiting her turn and finally the dilemma of choices, which the reader will decide.

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.J HALDANE
• Release date: Mar 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466182158

L.J HALDANE

We are two single parents who write childrens books.We have 2 books already published for autistic children and have started the series Cottage Farm.We have been writing together for almost 8 years and hope to do well with our latest childrens books.We have 2 blogs and an article in the eZine magazine and hope to continue writing more.

Book preview

Chapter One

1 THE SHOPPING TRIP

It’s Saturday today, I’ve been up since seven o’clock, I’m very excited. I’ve been saving up all my pocket money for three weeks. Mum said she would take me to the shops today.

Are you dressed yet?

That’s Mum, always calling when I’m in the middle of doing something.

I’m just putting on my jeans. Dannie was hopping round the bedroom trying to get her leg into her jeans.

Today I’ve decided to be a tomboy, my friends said that you are either a girly girl or a tomboy, I’ve decided to be both, sometimes I like to dress like a girl and wear lipstick, sometimes I don’t, so I like being both.

Now, where did I put my trainers? Dannie rummaged through her toys and clothes, throwing things over her shoulder.

Why is it, when you put your things somewhere safe, when you need them, you can’t remember where that safe place is? I always do that.

Think, think, think. Dannie scratched her head. Where did I put them?

Dannie, are you ready yet? Dannie’s mum called for the second time.

I’m just looking for my trainers, I can’t find them. Dannie yelled.

Well, where did you have them last? Dannie’s mum