Sophie Finds a Friend - for Young Readers

This book was developed to target young children on the autism spectrum, but its sensitive story will delight all childen! It stars "Sophie" a small, round, fat, yellow Labrador puppy as she goes through an adventure where she discovers and reacts with her emotions and empathy. Sophie uses non-verbal communication to share the emotions of happy and sad with a shy boy. By sharing the emotions happy and sad as well as empathy from a dog's point of view, it encourages children to connect with their humaneness and empathy for other people and animals. Based on scientific research on autism, canine body language and the human/canine bond. The Early Readers edition makes the concepts of happy and sad available to children just beginning to read. The regular edition of Sophie Finds a Friend is available to teachers and parents and provides them with strategies and research behind the concepts of the human/canine bond and humane education.