by Caroline White (Author), Sandra Isaksson (Illustrator)
Being a new parent is nerve-jangling enough as it is, but what happens if your baby is not what you were expecting? How do you deal with the conflicting feelings, a heart assailed by overwhelming love and overwhelming fear, guilt and anxiety as your expectations are rerouted?
This happened to Caroline White. So she pulled together her contrary emotions - the good, the bad and the ugly - and spun them into a poignant and uplifting fable, an inspiration for all new parents who find themselves stumbling along an unfamiliar and unanticipated path. Written with great honesty and love, The Label is anchored by a simple yet powerful central image, a metaphor for all that is limiting and prescriptive, and explores what happens when you let the label go and watch as your child blossoms into their best life untroubled by negative expectations.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 36
Publisher: Ivy Press
Published: 29 Dec 2016
ISBN 10: 1782404600
ISBN 13: 9781782404606
Book Overview: Caroline's account of being a new parent of a child with a learning disability is a much needed reflection of the experiences of thousands of other families across the UK. Books like this are really important in providing parents with an alternative narrative to the overwhelmingly negative information they otherwise receive, one that is both comforting and real in equal measure. I highly recommend this heart-warming book, and challenge you to keep a dry eye at the end of reading it. I didn't. -- Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap
Caroline White (Bath, UK) is a a powerful advocate for inclusion and steadfast in her insistence that all children be able to enjoy their lives to the fullest, irrespective of any prejudice or diagnoses. Her son Seb was the first model with Down's Syndrome to star in a major UK TV ad (M&S). He has also appeared on Muddy Puddles, modelled for Fuji, JoJo and Kinder. Caroline blogs for HuffPost, BT, Mencap, BBC, and Tedx.
Sandra Isaksson (London, UK) is an award-winning graphic designer, product designer and illustrator with a master's degree in graphic design & illustration from Designskolen Kolding in Denmark. Sandra works as a freelance designer for international brands and runs her own design brand creating and producing a co-ordinated range of home accessories.
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