Our next episode, Navigating Dyslexia: A Mother-Son Duo’s Mission with Children’s Literature, was published/posted on Adventures in the Heart of Children’s Book Authors’ Podcast.
Lynn and Jonathan Greenburg have written a delightful Children’s Book, Robby the Dyslexic Taxi And the Airport Adventure.
Navigating Dyslexia: A Mother-Son Duo’s Mission with Children’s Literature
This episode can be listened to on all major podcast platforms, in addition to Apple, Spotify, and Amazon. You can find it wherever you enjoy listening to podcasts.
Writing a children’s book with Jonathan was simply the natural progression for Lynn. Additionally, Robby the Dyslexic Taxi and the Airport Adventure was born out of Lynn’s desire for neurodivergent children to see themselves as characters in a storyline.
Meanwhile, Jonathan tells his story of dealing with dyslexia as a child and how he and his mom, Lynn, found community. This community helped Jonathan realize he was not alone.
Jonathan reveals why his main character is named Robby. Moreover, Lynn and Jonathan are creating a Children’s Book Series based on Robby the Dyslexic Taxi. Hence, Jonathan discusses how more family members could become characters in future children’s books.
Lynn and Jonathan discuss being co-authors, their origin story and inspiration, their publishing approach, website development, motivation, character development, theme, central teaching or lesson, writing process, success, advice for aspiring authors, what they would like to say to children’s book readers and their final thoughts.
Navigating Dyslexia: A Mother-Son Duo’s Mission with Children’s Literature
Takeaways:
The Creative Cab Company symbolizes creativity in neurodiversity, highlighting diverse ways of thinking.
The motivation behind writing Robby the Dyslexic Taxi stemmed from personal family experiences with Dyslexia.
Joint efforts during the pandemic led to the creation of a children’s book project.
Robby’s character was inspired by John’s experience with Dyslexia and the support from his family.
The book aims to create conversations about differences, fostering understanding among children.
Self-publishing options allowed the authors to reach a wider audience during COVID-19.
We also mention Robby the Dyslexic Taxis And the Airport Adventure in our recent blog post,https://kaboosetherockymountainbear.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=829&action=edit
Enjoy listening to the thoughtful insights into Jonathan and Lynn’s story. Cheers!
