Episode 42: Island Hopper

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Transcript

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Cara Fairfax about her children's book Island Hopper (Illustrated by Len Smith).  Island Hopper is about a young penguin, Hoppy, who lives with two special grownups.  Cara shares how this story is about what it can be like for a young person to go from two different homes when one adult struggles with a personality disorder. 

Highlights from this episode:

3:10 Cara shares how this book is written to be gender neutral so anyone can use it.

3:47 Cara shares about the different attachments that Hoppy has to his caregivers.

5:19 Cara shares how she wrote this book through a trauma lens.

6:26 We discuss the resource guide that the book comes with.

6:57 Cara shares some of the scenarios that Hoppy needs to navigate such as unwritten rules.

12:36 Attachment trauma