My mummy and daddy have always read books to me since I was a baby, and I now love to read them myself. I have two favourite books, which are Disney’s Frozen and Dolphin Tale.
I like the Disney Frozen book as it is based on the movie and is about a princess called Elsa, who has special powers. She is different to other characters in the movie, and this makes her feel lonely. I feel the same way as Elsa, as with my autism people look and act different with me. I have dressed up previously as Elsa a few times to celebrate World Book Day.
The second book I love is Dolphin Tale and again this has been made into a movie but is based on real life events. It is about a baby dolphin who gets her tail caught in a crab trap and she is rescued by Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida.
Unfortunately, her tail was too injured, and it had to be amputated. She then has a prosthetic tail made for her so she can survive and swim just how dolphins do. Her name is Winter. When I read this book, it made me fall in love with marine animals. I feel a connection to Winter as she is disabled like me, and she has become an inspiration worldwide to lots of different people.
After reading this book I knew I wanted to be a marine biologist, and I started to make posters about taking rubbish off the beach and how we can all help marine life. Because of this book, I became a young marine biologist.
The story of Winter really inspired me and pushed me to write and illustrate five books of my own. These are about saving sea animals, upcycling recyclable items, Christmas colouring, saving jellyfish, and my most recent book is about saving seals. I have been lucky to get these published and they are all available to purchase on Amazon and in an independent book shop called By The Book in Hunstanton.
I donate 10% of the profits from each book to different charities but I hope that children will read my books, help marine life and be inspired like I was with Dolphin Tale to make their own books.
I hope one day to get my books in lots of different bookstores so more people can enjoy them and maybe one day, one of my books could be chosen as one of the £1 books for World Book Day.
I will end this article by hoping everyone enjoys World Book Day. Go find a comfy seat, have a hot chocolate and enjoy reading a book.
