Okay, okay, I love this comic series
(graphic novel?) way more than my son does.
But the books have all the components to
make them a hit, and my son just loved
pulling the sword out of the anvil on the stone
at a King Arthur display a few years back.
He really liked saying, "Hail King Arthur!"
Anyway, here's why I think the books good
choices for kids with autism
1 Huge picture support-the comic shows what
happens.
2 Clear dialogue-the kids speak like
real kids, and the adults get to the point
too.
3 Clear story-the knights need to win,
(dodgeball, a robot duel)
the horde wants to defeat them.
4 Identifiable with hero-Artie King,
the new kid at Camelot Middle School.
Nothing special about him, except he's
the only one who can open his locker.
5 Nice vocabulary - not too easy or hard.
6 Rhyming Shakespearean metred
lunch ladies.
7 Knights is a series.
I mentioned last post that a series is good,
your kid can walk in and request more.
Magic Treehouse, Lighthouse Family,
Geronimo Stilton - all are series that
you may want to give a go - check
the archive for more on them.
But even if your kid isn't demanding
more, familiarity may help reading.
Knights is not yet a fave for my
boy, but he mostly gets it and is
willing to read it with me (he's
Artie, natch).
Hail Cammuso! Long live
Artie King!
-Spectrum Mom
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