Growing up and getting to know one other, discovering the world and making yourself understood is not easy for everyone in the same way.
Bare Feet and Dinosaurs presents short Asperger’s stories to highlight how the stereotypes and ideas circulating today about autism do not resemble the reality of real people.

Little Asperger Stories

Bare Feet and Dinosaurs does not follow a classic narrative, with the presentation of an evolving plot, nor does it describe a different world, because the world is just one. It tries to describe some non-typical ways, among the thousands possible, of interpreting and experiencing reality, feeling and reacting, getting excited and experiencing friendship, affection, loneliness.
The choice to collect stories that do not follow a logical plot is intentional because we try to represent the sensitivity of Asperger’s children, which does not resemble that of most people.

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Stories, characters and possibilities

The book is a collection of snapshots, images of sensations, feelings and thoughts. It was designed to be read, looked at and “experienced” alone or together. You will not really discover everything about each of the characters, but there will be many interesting ideas: in some cases you will be able to recognize yourself, with others instead you will “remain a bit disconcerted” because we will have a hard time recognizing our own experiences.

The volume features many different and unique protagonists, just like the real people who have inspired them. We don’t know where they end up, we don’t know how or why. The stories intersect involving different characters and different possibilities.

Leaf through some pages that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHORS

Biagio Bagini Writer and musician, he has published many successful books for children and teenagers with the main Italian publishers. He is the author of lyrics and music for RAI radio and television programmes.

Chiara Mangione Trainer, scientific translator and promoter.  She deals with the cultural perception of autism and self-awareness training of adults with Asperger’s syndrome.