Book One: Click Here to Order

Applesauce Grows on Trees
The first children’s/parent help book in a series of sensory books being developed and published by Barrett Family Wellness Center. (www.barrettfamilywellness.com)

Blurb:
Join Sam’s adventure with Ms. Phyllis as they play their way into the discovery that Sam’s favorite food actually starts out red and grows on trees!

 

 

Book Two: Click here to order

Time to Change
The second children’s parent help book in the series of sensory books being developed and published by Barrett Family Wellness Center

Blurb:
Join Sam’s adventure with Ms. Phyllis as they play their way through itchy, scratchy transitions of change to different style clothes.

 

 

Book Style:
This is a 24-page, illustrated 8.5 x 8.5 paperback book which is available for purchase on www.amazon.com. The series is designed to be an on-going work in progress discussing the most talked about sensory topics. The age group that this book is targeted for is 3-10 years. This book is written by Phyllis Barrett Samara, OTR/L and Jennifer MacNeil and Illustrated by Sarah Ruth Forde. The price is $12.95.

Audience:
This series is being written with various readers in mind:

General parenting – On some level, we all have sensory needs and this series provides fun parent/child reading with ideas which can be applied by nearly any family that reads them.
Families with children who have sensory needs -This book offers many tips and tricks that can be tried at home.
Families prepping a child for a therapy session – Much like a “trip to the doctor/dentist” book.
School classrooms dealing with a particular sensory issue – These books will be great conversation starters about common sensory topics.
Children who feel they have an issue which makes them feel isolated – This is a great “Hey, that sounds like me!” story.
Pediatrician / Therapy center waiting rooms – This book will introduce different types of sessions so that families know more what to expect.

What is Barrett Family Wellness Center? (www.barrettfamilywellness.com)
The Barrett Family Wellness Center, Southborough, MA is a pediatric occupational and speech therapy facility dedicated to enhancing the health and wellness of children and their families. Our Center was created to treat children AND educate parents on how best to help their children at home.