• Episode 42: Island Hopper

  • Jul 31 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 42: Island Hopper

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    Transcript

    In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Cara Fairfax about her children's book Island Hopper (Illustrated by Len Smith). Island Hopper is about a young penguin, Hoppy, who lives with two special grownups. Cara shares how this story is about what it can be like for a young person to go from two different homes when one adult struggles with a personality disorder.

    Highlights from this episode:

    3:10 Cara shares how this book is written to be gender neutral so anyone can use it.

    3:47 Cara shares about the different attachments that Hoppy has to his caregivers.

    5:19 Cara shares how she wrote this book through a trauma lens.

    6:26 We discuss the resource guide that the book comes with.

    6:57 Cara shares some of the scenarios that Hoppy needs to navigate such as unwritten rules.

    12:36 Attachment trauma

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