Part of my program in Portland was to take my students with autism out into the community on a daily basis. Some of them had terrible anxiety about new places so I began to make books about our outings. I would go to the destination the week before, take pictures and write a picture book about how to visit.
It was incredibly successful and a few years later when I was named Oregon Teacher of the Year and an National Education Association Foundation Global Fellow I was able to make more books as I traveled as part of those awards.
There are now over 160 books for 40 countries and on every continent but Antarctica! I am always looking for people to help translate books! There are currently books in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Greek and German with a book in Latvian on its way! There are several books for Helsinki. It would be great to find a classroom or teacher who could translate a book!
