• Front cover of illustrated book "It's A Thing!" by Ian and Cathy Marshall illustrated by Kate McCullough. Cover is blue with a purple cloud reading "It's a Thing" at the top in big friendly letters. The bottom half of the page shows an illustration of Ian looking puzzled.
  • A preview of one of the pages of the illustrated book "It's A Thing!" by Ian and Cathy Marshall illustrated by Kate McCullough. In the middle of the page there is an illustration of a park. However, in the middle of the park where a bench should be, there’s a hole in the shape of a missing puzzle piece. Above and below is the text "That is the puzzle. And it's a puzzle for the person I'm talking to. It's not a puzzle to me," There is a small illustration of a frustrated Ian at the bottom of the page.
  • A preview of one of the pages of the illustrated book "It's A Thing!" by Ian and Cathy Marshall illustrated by Kate McCullough. The left side of the page is mostly taken up by a large illustration of Ian wearing a blue shirt and tapping his forefinger to his chin in a thoughtful pose. The text reads "It's such a good word, thing. It covers everything. Everything is a thing!".
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It's A Thing book

*PRE-ORDER* It's a Thing -multibuy discount (3 paperback books)

*PRE-ORDER* It's a Thing -multibuy discount (3 paperback books)

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*It's a Thing is currently available to pre-order. We are a team of volunteers and it takes longer for us to process your orders than you might be used to from businesses you purchase from online. All orders received before 10 December will be sent out before Christmas. Thank-you for supporting us and the More Than Words gavel club!*

 

Thank you for supporting the Centre for Brain Research "More than Words" Gavel Club for People with Aphasia. Please use this option to buy 3 beautiful paper-back books at a time and enjoy a small discount off the usual price. Printed in 2022 in Aotearoa, New Zealand by Soar Printing.

When Ian can’t think of the word he really wants to say, he says, “it’s a thing!”. This wonderfully illustrated book lets you into what it’s like to live with Aphasia -a disorder that affects speech and language abilities. For people with aphasia, their intelligence is unaffected but their ability to communicate is. Imagine going to sleep one night and waking up in a different country where you don’t speak the language! That’s a bit what it’s like. “It’s a Thing” invites the reader into Ian’s daily life trying to say the words he really wants to say.

Book includes Aphasia-friendly text appendix written by Speech Therapists from the University of Auckland.

At least $5 from the sale of each book (paperback and e-book) will go directly to the Gavel Club to help them continue their work supporting people living with Aphasia.

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Supporting the "More Than Words" Gavel Club

Every book purchase includes a donation to the mahi of the University of Auckland "More Than Words" Gavel Club for people with Aphasia. Your support helps people like Ian and Cathy to live with aphasia.