WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY BY MAGGIE O’FARRELL Illustrated by Daniela Jaglenenka Terrazzini
Hardback published by Walker Books 21st November 2024
ISBN 9781529504286
Min was horrible aware of everyone staring at her, waiting for her to finish what she was saying. She couldn’t let them know that she could no longer speak.
MY REVIEW
When the stammer came to Stay, is extremely educational on something that no one talks about or has written about in a children’s fiction book. This educational novel, will help children to understand to be patient with someone who has a stammer or has a speaking problem. It will teach children listen to someone with a stammer, wait for them to finish what they are saying, never make them feel different, just treat them like you do to your family and friends. What children can learn from this story, that people don’t have labels on them with their disabilities, so being kind to others with a stammer will make them feel as ease, as have a stammer can affect anyone’s confidence, and some might even feel ashamed of it. This marvellous fiction novels should be in school libraries for children to learning about stammers. Min and Bea are sisters, with totally different personalities. Min is wild, chaotic and for ever chatting. Bea keeps her side of the bedroom they share organised and tidy. Heartbreakingly Min seems to talk one minute then her tongue locked and could only manage to stammer one single letter from the alphabet to answer anyone. Min believes that a monster on her shoulder is stealing her words. The only way to communicate better with her sister Bea is to write things down. And this is what Min writes. I can’t speak any more. There’s a thing that lives over my shoulder and it steals words from me. I highly recommend children and adults to read When The Stammer Came To Stay by the well loved children and adults author Maggie O’ Farrell.
About author Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland. She is the author of ten books for adults, including the multi-award winning Hammet, and three books for children, Where Snow Angels Go, The Boy Who Lost His Spark, which won the KPMG Children’s Book Ireland Honour Award for Fiction, and When The Stammer Came To Stay all illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini . She lives in Edinburgh with her three children. https://www.instagram.com/maggieofarrellofficial https://www.Twitter.com/maggieofarrell
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