Here is a little book for you and your children to read or listen to that is good for our mental health.   I wrote and illustrated it in 2007.

What does it take to learn a good lesson, anyway?

Written & Illustrated by Chato Stewart

written by: Chato B. Stewart
dedicated to LP, Sweet Pea, Precious & Belly

Man, there is nothing that makes me feel more worthless and just stupid than my spelling and grammar! When you read my blogs, you might not think I have a major problem.  In reality, it took me years to improve my basic writing skills.  I’m dyslectic!  That diagnosis was given me back in 1979.  Today, I think it would have been ADHD.  Reading and writing is a CHORE for me!!

Even now, my spell check has given up on me!  To understand the embarrassment and horror, you would really have to walk in my shoes…In a world powered by data and information, it’s “crucial” to express yourself clearly in the writer world.  When I was 13, my reading level was only 3rd grade. It didn’t help that while growing up, my father called me “stupid” and belittled me at every chance!  It’s no wonder I’m crazy!

I remember this one time, while he asked me to spell one word… He made me sit on a chair for 8 hours until I could spell it! Once I spelled it correctly, he made me spell it out loud over and over again… I was ten; the word “information.”