Friday, July 20, 2012


Dear friends and colleagues

I thought everyone in this group may be interested in a special price reduction – for 2 weeks - in my children’s ebook - storybook Discovery at Paradise Island - about disability in the family. It is an ebook for iphones i pads ipods etc. in the itunes store and the link is below.

It is just $1 .99 instead of the usual $9.99

Ebook version -






I have written and published the print version of this book and have now released it as an ebook. I am really only learning about how to market it and how to let people know it exists -so I hope you don’t mind me sending this out to your networks. I would really love it if you liked it - if you could forward it on to your friends and families. I am selling it at this extra special price - $1.99 - so schools and organisations may be able to have a look and a read of it at the special price and then may be able to buy a number of copies for class sets of apps etc. It is designed to explore issues of disability and create conversations and raise awareness about different issues families have to deal with. It is also a fun adventure story with lots of activities for the reader, code breaking and laughs as well.



Discovery at Paradise Island – Sharon Boyce -                                    ISBN - 978-0-9581610-6-0

Description

‘The fun and discovery starts as soon as Alexandria and Sarah arrive at Paradise Island. What would usually be a relaxing holiday on a tropical island turns into an exciting adventure. Sarah thinks because Alexandria's mum is in a wheelchair their holiday will be quite boring. How wrong is she?

The island activities, a mystery code, digging for pirate treasure, clues and discovery make for a surprising holiday and Sarah discovers some things she didn't know before she went away with Alexandria's family.'



Discovery at Paradise Island is a children's adventure storybook written for audiences aged seven to twelve years. The story gives children a chance to learn and discover about disability. This book aims to develop children's literacy, numeracy and social intelligence, while at the same time making it exciting and fun to read. It integrates into the school SOSE syllabus and also critical literacies and numeracy with the code breaking work. It has teacher and parent directed activities included and engagement questions at the end of each chapter to encourage children to think about what they have read and apply it to their own lives.



More details on the book are also available at my website as well –




Written by an author with a strong educational background and a thorough knowledge of disability both from a practical perspective and a theoretical framework this book explores a variety of social justice issues through the eyes of a child. Because this book can be used as a teaching resource across the curriculum and because it has a particular focus on disability it would be an invaluable classroom tool.



The book links into the SOSE syllabus especially the Culture and Identity strand, as well as critical literacy and numeracy. It also is a much needed resource in the area of disability awareness. The engagement questions at the end of each chapter encourage children to think about the issues they are reading about and to apply them to their own lives. At the conclusion of the book it has a section containing teacher and parent directed activities. These can be used to develop a unit of work or activities based around the book and the themes contained within it.



Sharon Boyce is available to come to your school to participate in author visits and also disability awareness sessions. Sharon is a registered teacher and is trained to work across all year levels. Sharon won the Disability Action Week Award for Individuals for this books first edition and the Australian Human Rights Award for Individuals for her work in inclusion.



If you have any questions or any advice on other ways I can let schools/ teachers/ organisations and families know about this resource please just email me back. I would really appreciate it.

Kind regards

Sharon Boyce
Discovering DisAbility & Diversity

Institute of Inclusive Education and Research

USQ - Toowoomba




Winner of the




Australian Human Rights Award for Individuals 2008

Runner Up

Queensland Regional Achievement Awards 2011