The Story
Delilah is a young girl eager to meet new friends at the park. She slides, swings and dances her way around making friends with everyone from "the unique, to the kid who doesn’t speak." But there is one boy who resists her many attempts to be friends, shooing her away to play alone.
Can Delilah find a way to be friends with Fergus? This fun rhyming story is about acceptance, understanding and inclusion where autism, disabilities and differences are explored.
What teachers say:
“This book helped us learn more about people who have autism or friends with different needs. Our favourite part was when they became friends in the book. We also enjoyed thinking more about how we are wired differently, that was pretty cool!”
Crystal Creek Public School, NSW
“Fergus and Delilah was used earlier in the year and the kids loved it!!
Thank you so much for giving our school a copy of the book and for the teaching ideas to go with it. As I have a little autistic girl in my class, the kids could really relate to the characters and it was great to use in my lessons.”
Broadwater Public School