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VBT# What Makes Me.. Me - Anne Baldwin

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Review: What Makes Me .. Me - Anne and Levi Baldwin - June 2021 This was a cute read as I love books that highlight our differences and show children that it doesn't matter if we are wired differently, we are all unique and stars. Everything that we do plays a part in our personalities and it is ourselves that make us who we are. The other thing I loved about this book is it shows just our accepting the world is getting and making a way for neurodivergence to shine through and that having your brains wired differently doesn't make you an odd bod. The illustrations in this book are also adorably cute and I couldn't help but laugh and feel joy for the little boy in the book as he was just living life to his full potential and living to the max and not having a care in the world what anyone said. He was just being himself. We learn that the little boy has Tourette’s which was shown by the tics and they also try to label him with ADHD and OCD. Labels though are just medical ...

4th Annual Mental Health Awareness event‏

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Welcome the 4th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. During the month of May, over 25 authors have agreed to donate a portion of May sales to the fund and over 40 authors have donated items to an online auction also benefiting the fund! There are number of ways you can help raise money and awareness for mental health: You can purchase a book from the amazing books listed below! We hope you will #1click4charity a number of these amazing books! Please note that although the sheet below has Amazon Kindle buy links, the portion of sales is from any platform: digital and print. Bid on auction items that interest you at www.kamauction.org . There are so many wonderful items to choose from! The winner pays the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) directly. Help Raise Awareness by sharing a photo or short video of why this cause matters to you using #ShareYourWhy via Social Med...

LIFT! Week 1 Event Spotlight

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Note From The Phantom Paragrapher: I don't normally support alot of charities and spotlight them on my blog but this one hit close to my heart for me as I was raised in a family where my mother had Autism and two of my siblings are on the Spectrum and have spent my life around this particular disability. April is Autism Awareness month , and the romance reading community is celebrating! 1 in 68 children is diagnosed with Autism every year, making it the fastest growing and one of the most prevalent developmental disabilities. Authors Ginger Scott and Kennedy Ryan have organized a MegaGiveaway called LIFT featuring more than 50 authors to raise awareness and acceptance! Each Monday in April, a new rafflecopter will go live, loaded with e-books, audio books, swag packs, signed paperbacks and gift cards from these amazing authors doing their part to LIFT4Autism. (scroll down for this week's rafflecopter!) And there's LIFTWear - 4 styles to choose from! A...