Author:Valerie Gent is a Speech Pathologist with 18 years’ experience. Her private practice, Let’s Eat! Feeding Therapy, is a feeding assessment and therapy-based service for babies, toddlers and children with feeding difficulties. Valerie has worked in both hospitals and disability services, as well as schools. She is passionate about supporting families with fussy/restricted eating in a way that builds on responsive attachment-based pathways for the child now and long into adulthood. You can read more about her practice at www.letseatfeeding.com.au But I’m NOT Hungry for My Dinner (illustrated by Kirrili Lonergan) is Valerie’s first book.
Billy is a 3 year old boy who finds eating challenging. His parents continually worry about what he eats and how much he eats. They use all sorts of bribery and pressure tactics to make him eat. But their strategies don’t work. One day, his grandma has a good idea…This book is for all parents who worry about their pre-schoolers and their food intake. This book is for every little boy and girl who has gone through the typical age of developmental fussy eating and finds dinners overwhelming and hard.