Ady and Me by Rich Pink, illustrated by Sara Rhys - NO

Ady and Me by Rich Pink, illustrated by Sara Rhys. PICTURE BOOK. Words and Pictures, 2025. $19. 9780711293052

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - NO

APPEALS TO: SOME

A young girl named Sophie has a secret that lives in her brain.  She calls him Ady.  The doctors told her dad that it is ADHD.  Ady contributes to her being late to school.  Sophie's teacher is not very understanding.  In school,  Ady wants to be friends with everyone, doodles on the page, spills paint, and gets distracted during math.  Sophie’s teacher takes her to the principal.  What will the principal say?

Ady and Me starts out with wonderful insight into the brain of someone with ADHD, but then takes a wrong turn.  The Principal is wonderfully sympathetic to Sophie and her ADHD, but then fires the teacher.  I don't think that this is a message that should be supported. 

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