Andy is autistic and loves to spin his yellow frisbee. This lovely picture book sees the interaction between Andy, his sister and a new girl at school.

This is a book about a little boy with autism who spins his frisbee on the ground. When a curious girl approaches the boy, his overprotective sister steps in to gauge the situation. She relaxes when she sees her brother is fine with his new friend hanging around and eventually all three play together. I found the story-line to be a bit bland, but overall I feel like the book correctly portrayed autism for what it is. The author actually has her own child with autism, which she explains in the author's note. The book has an excerpt on autism in the back which further explains the disease in a more educational aspect. The illustrations were water colored, and gave me a sense of a book from the 90's. After further inspection, I saw the book is from the 90's. ( )

This book is about a young boy named Andy who has autism. On the playground at school, Andy liked to spin his yellow frisbee on its side over and over, all by himself. His sister, Rosie, was also on the playground. She liked to play soccer, but she always kept one eye on her brother, just in case. This story begins when a new girl named Sarah notices Andy playing with his frisbee. She sees that he is different, but she approaches him anyway. She introduces herself and pulls a pink frisbee out of her backpack. She asks him if he could teach her how to spin it like he does. Andy moves away from her and continues to spin his frisbee. Rosie notices someone near her brother and leaves her soccer game to see what is going on. Sarah seemed to understand that Andy was different, but she still sat and watched while he spun his frisbee until Rosie came over. The story ends with Rosie and Sarah introducing themselves to each other and playing with the pink frisbee nearby to Andy.

The central message of this book is that children with autism may act differently from most children, but you can still try to be their friend. Even though Sarah notices the Andy is acting kind of strangely on the playground, she still approaches him and tries to play with him. Although he didn't respond this time, Sarah still found a friend in Andy's sister, Rosie. ( )

Andy has Autism and likes to spin his frisbee by himself every day at recess. His sister Rosie knows her brother is different so she looks out for him. The new girl Sarah doesn't know Andy has Autism but tries to make friends with him. She is very patient with him but Andy still does not react to her. Rosie comes over from her soccer game to make sure Andy is okay. She is happy that Andy didn't react poorly to Sarah and thinks maybe next time Andy will play with her. Sarah asks Rosie play Frisbee so they do.

Age 4-8
Source Liberty Ridge Elementary Library ( )

This book is an amazing read! ( )