For children who find getting dressed hard
When socks, seams and labels feel like too much, mornings can fall apart fast.
The sock seam is in the wrong place. The label scratches. The jumper feels wrong and nobody can explain why. For many children - especially autistic, ADHD and highly sensitive children - getting dressed is not stubbornness. It is sensory.
Join Leonardo, a little chameleon, as he discovers that clothes can feel more comfortable when someone listens, goes slowly and finds gentle solutions together.
Inside the book you also get cut-out cards to keep, so the getting-dressed plan can sit where your child can see it every morning.
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Purpose-built for neurodivergent readers
Made for autistic, ADHD and highly sensitive children
These are autism books for children and preschoolers, written for ages 3 to 6 and often loved for many years beyond. Many autistic children, including children of 10 and older, still find comfort in simple, predictable picture books like these. That is exactly who this series was built for.
How these books are made sensory friendly →Simple, uncluttered scenes
Every page shows one calm moment. No busy backgrounds or visual noise to overwhelm.
One story, one gentle tool
Each book covers a single everyday situation and gives your child one practical strategy to practise.
Predictable and reassuring
Warm repetition and a steady rhythm help anxious or sensitive readers relax into the story.
Does this sound like your mornings?
- Socks, seams or labels turn getting dressed into tears before the day has even started.
- Your child cannot explain what feels wrong - they just know it does.
- You are out the door late again, and everyone is already worn out.
A gentler way to get dressed
Leonardo's skin feels everything - the scratchy label, the bumpy seam, the sleeve that sits wrong. His grown-up does not tell him to hurry up. They slow down and listen.
Together they find small changes that help: softer choices, a calmer order to get dressed in, and words for what Leonardo's body is telling him.
The story gives children a character who feels the world the way they do, and gives grown-ups gentle, practical ideas for real mornings.
How this story may help
Name the sensory feeling
Helps children put words to scratchy, tight, bumpy and too-much feelings in clothing.
Feel understood, not rushed
Shows children that being listened to matters more than being fast.
Find gentle solutions
Introduces small, kind changes that can make clothes feel more comfortable.
Make mornings predictable
A calm getting-dressed order helps the morning feel safer for everyone.
Gentle tools inside the book, plus cut-out cards to keep
- 1
Getting dressed, gently
A slow, kind order for getting dressed that lowers the morning stress.
- 2
Sensory comfort
Simple ways to spot what feels wrong and make it feel better.
- 3
Gentle solutions
Small changes to clothes and routines that respect sensitive skin.
- 4
Cut-out cards
Printed inside the book: visual cards to show each step of getting dressed.
These ideas are introduced through Leonardo and his grown-up. They are a shared language to practise together, not a promise that every morning will be easy.
Meet Leonardo
Leonardo is a little chameleon whose skin notices everything - every seam, every label, every sock that will not sit right. Mornings feel big until someone slows down and listens.
Leonardo Gets Dressed for School is a comforting picture book for children who struggle with sensory issues around clothing, getting dressed, school mornings or feeling rushed - especially autistic, ADHD and highly sensitive children.
It is a kind, practical read-aloud for parents, carers and teachers who want calmer mornings and a child who feels understood.
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Helpful parent resources
The book rehearses the moment. These free guides explain what is happening underneath it.
Mornings can feel softer - for both of you.
A warm, gentle story for families where getting dressed is the hardest part of the day.
Big Feelings Are OK: Leonardo Gets Dressed for School
A gentle story about sensory issues with clothing, with cut-out cards included inside.
by Nicola Ahern
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