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Today My Brain Is a Dinosaur (Own Voices, Own Stories)

Today My Brain Is a Dinosaur
(Own Voices, Own Stories)

Author

Jedidiah Mora

Illustrator

Mette Engell

Publication Date

March 15, 2025

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

Today My Brain Is a Dinosaur (Own Voices, Own Stories)

Hardcover

Description

An award-winning, authentic perspective on neurodiversity.

One boy tries his hardest to do what is expected of him, but his brain just refuses to cooperate. Today it's a DINOSAUR! And tomorrow a raging bull. Who knows what might come next? He tries to cope but sinks deeper into despair as his world feels more and more unmanageable. In the midst of a hurricane-brain, his family pulls him back to calmer waters. The boy learns to use his unique moods and mind-sets to their best advantage, stay flexible, and, when in doubt, ask for help.

This Own Voices, Own Stories Grand Prize Winner gives readers an authentic glimpse into what life can feel like for kids with autism, ADHD, and other neurodivergent traits.

Publication date

March 15, 2025

Genre

Fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9781534113541

Lexile Measure

580

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Series

Own Voices, Own Stories

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Adjustment (Psychology)
Adjustment
Neurodivergent people

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--This series focuses on "own voices" storytelling, where experiences are told directly from those who have lived through them. It adds a richness to the telling, and it comes through strongly in these books. The first deals with what could be seen as ADHD, but is definitely a child who struggles with emotional regulation. Through it all, big daily emotions manifest as dinosaurs, raging bulls, or swirling hurricanes as the main character cycles through feelings. It captures the heartbreak behind lack of control, eventually resolved with family and tools to harness the feelings. Yasi and Mina's Pomegranate Tree tackles history and world events, as it chronicles two girls living in Tehran as bombings begin. It offers an elementary-appropriate discussion of bomb shelter protocol, the effects of war, and what it feels like to emigrate for safety. VERDICT These books cover important topics from authors in the know.