Selma Counts to Eight

Selma knows it isn't true. She does it anyway.

Selma has a thought that makes bargains. Touch the door eight times and everyone will be safe. She knows it is not true, and that does not help at all. Doing what the thought says makes it quiet — for a little while. Then it wants more.

This is book 3 of six. All six are set in the same classroom, 2B, with the same six children. In every other book Selma is just someone in the background. In this one, you see the world from the inside.

What is in the book

• 14 illustrated spreads, written for children aged 6 and up
• Short lines and simple words for children starting to read alone
• A page of Selma's own advice: never say 'just stop' · wait for her without sighing · never laugh when she tells you
• A page for the grown-up, with three questions to talk about afterwards

How it works

The diagnosis is never named in the story. The child simply tells you how the world feels. OCD is explained on the last page, for the adult reading along.

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