Spring 2025

Brilliant Bea

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Brilliant Bea is an endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn’t define who you are.

Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice uses an old-fashioned tape recorder so she can speak her words and then play them back, as a technique for learning in a whole new way. With her new approach, Beatrice is able to show her classmates who she really has been all along.

This book is set in EasyReading, a dyslexia-friendly font.

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978-1-4338-3741-8
$12.74
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Picture Books
Category Diverse Books: Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2021
Publisher American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV039150, JUV077000, JUV039140
Dimensions 8 x 10
Features Dyslexia-friendly typeface, Note to adults, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Reviews

Booklist

“The teacher’s supportive actions are wonderful to see, but even better is how the tape recorder helps Bea connect with her classmates. Printed in a dyslexia-friendly font, this affirming story about finding your feet and your voice is a lovely confidence booster for young readers, especially those who may learn differently.”—Booklist

Kirkus Reviews

“A child with dyslexia gains confidence in herself . . . . Appropriately, said text is set in a readable, sans-serif type to support dyslexic readers who might encounter her story . . . . Affirming and helpful.”—Kirkus Reviews