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A naturally enquiring mind is just the thing you’d hope to find in Hippos, for a simple grunt is not sufficient at the front to balance such a vast behind.

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Biography of Jonathan Ferrier

Jonathan Ferrier writes for children of all ages, for those beginning to read, reluctant readers and those struggling in school (Dyslexic, Dyspraxic).

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Nearly 20 years later, in the late 1990s, I suddenly realized that if I was to do anything more on dyslexia I had to make a full break and do it properly. I gave up general practice and went on a dyslexia teachers’ course.

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Following training I did some private teaching, some teaching in a young offenders prison and a little research into dyslexia in Oxford. Then I started doing assessments in secondary schools in Banbury and became involved with designing a computer-based suite of tests of literacy.

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I finally retired from doing Dyslexia Assessments in 2014, but remain passionately involved with the whole subject and in particular with the problems dyslexics have to overcome in school.

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I started writing short stories about 6 years ago for my oldest grandson. One of these was about a dyslexic and dyspraxic dragon, Arvor, and then I wrote some more stories with the dragon as the main character and turned them into my book, Arvor’s Schooldays.

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Although it was always intended to be a book of stories to amuse all children, I think it may have particular relevance to those with learning difficulties and give them some encouragement. I myself am not at all dyslexic but I have always been clumsy and uncoordinated to the point of being a bit dyspraxic, so I feel considerable sympathy for those children who struggle with school.

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