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 dogs 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.