{"product_id":"the-thought-got-cleverer","title":"The Thought Got Cleverer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelma doesn't touch the door eight times any more. Everyone thinks she grew out of it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years after \u003cem\u003eSelma Counts to Eight\u003c\/em\u003e. Selma is eleven. The thought worked out that touching doors was getting noticed, so it stopped asking for things you could see. Now it asks questions — are you sure you meant that nicely? read that sentence again — and you can answer those anywhere, including in the middle of maths with your hands flat on the desk. Then in October a thought arrives that is so horrible she cannot put it in this book, and the more monstrous the thought, the less you can tell anybody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is book 3 of six. The 5B Books pick up the six children from the 2B picture books three years on — same class, same six, eleven now. Each book is told in one child's own voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight short chapters, written for readers aged 10–12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTold in the first person — a child explaining herself, not an adult explaining a child\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA page for the grown-up on why intrusive thoughts are not desires, and why reassurance makes it worse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree questions to talk about afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks on its own, and works better if you know the picture book. OCD is named on the last page, for the adult — the story itself just tells you what it is like to carry the worst thoughts completely alone, and what happened in the car when she finally told her mum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstant download. EPUB for e-readers and tablets, PDF for everything else. Both files included.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Room 2B","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54767276884305,"sku":"5B-03","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1065\/9168\/2897\/files\/03_THE_THOUGHT_GOT_CLEVERER_2048.png?v=1788275919","url":"https:\/\/room2b.shop\/products\/the-thought-got-cleverer","provider":"Room2B","version":"1.0","type":"link"}