A Wonderful Book with an Amazing and Heartwarming Backstory

I fell for this book just because it is funny, fantastic and incredibly clever.   For a real challenge (and a lot of laughter), try reading it out loud.  When I was working on adding it to the blog, I stumbled upon it's truly inspiring backstory and just have to tell you all about it.  Read on, folks, read on.

--Jackie

It s an E-mergency! The letter E took a tumble and the only way to get her back on her foot is for people to stop using her. But who can take her place? The other letters have to make a decision ASAP. Z is too sleepy and Y asks way too many questions. Thankfully, O rolls in to try and save the day. Now E can rost up and got bottor . . . as long as ovorybody follows the rulos. Chock-full of verbal and visual puns, this zany book is sure to tickle both the brain and the funny bone.

Here's the original animated short by a very young and very special Ezra Fields-Meyer:

Ezra's father, Tom Fields-Meyer has written about his son that is heartwarming and joyous:

When Tom Fields-Meyer's son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism, a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve.

"For what?" he asked.

The answer: "For the child he didn't turn out to be."

That moment helped strengthen the author's resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was, a quirky boy with a fascinating and complex mind. Full of tender moments and unexpected humor, Following Ezra is the story of a father and son on a ten-year journey from Ezra's diagnosis to the dawn of his adolescence. It celebrates his growth from a remote toddler to an extraordinary young man, connected in his own remarkable ways to the world around him.