An innovative early elementary chapter book that can help kids with ASD learn about coping skills for getting through tough days and kids who are allistic learn what people with autism experience. I suggest reading with an adult to discuss how others interact with Lauren and which actions are kind and which could be done better.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book had a lot of explanations of feelings. The illustrations are cute, and I think a lot of kids will identify with how different situations make them feel.

I'm fully on board with books that try to help us understand people on the spectrum, whether that takes the form of sibling stores or of those with ASD themselves. We need to see what they see, feel what they feel. This book does a decent, if truncated, job of that goal. We experience frustrations and joys along with the protagonist. My biggest complaint is it's brief length and sudden stop at the end.

Lauren has autism spectrum disorder which makes life difficult and confusing for her. She has good days and bad days. She calls her bad days slug days because she feels no one understands or care about her. She is into routines that don't change. when they get changed, she gets very angry. She has to have everything she does perfect such as shoelaces tied with perfect bows. If her shoelaces end in her tying imperfect bows, Lauren must start over until she gets it right. Friendship seems to beyond her ability as she tends to go overboard until the friend can't stand her anymore.

In this story, the author has written a book that shows how difficult it is to live with autism spectrum disorder. She does this with straightforward words. The illustrator does an excellent job making the experience of reading this book easy. I know I learned a lot. Even though this book is written for children, I think it would be beneficial for adults to read it. It's excellent!

This was really good. I can imagine a child with Aspergers thinking and behaving this way. I actually know quite a few adults with Aspergers and, while they sometimes cause me to take a deep breathe, they are wonderful people to know! This book was great for helping kids, and adults, understand the different child (or adult) they may know.

Fun story!! Excited to add this to our collection. I can see it being a popular one. Something many can relate to.

This chapter book is wonderful because it explains behaviors of children on the spectrum in ways that are east to understand. If you have a child on the spectrum, this book will help make them more comfortable and accepting of themselves. For children that are not on the spectrum, this book will help them understand and more sensitive to children who are. This book is perfect for ages as young as 4. The use of 'slug days', and 'butterfly days' are wonderful metaphors when you can't quite describe your feelings.

Slug Days by Sara Leach is a wonderful book featuring a protagonist with ASD. I like that this book features a female main character as ASD is more prevalent among boys and the few characters we do see with it are often boys. This book will let children like Lauren read about someone like them but it will also give children without ASD a peek into the life of someone different and may help foster sensitivity and understanding. I really like the title and the concept of "slug days" and "butterfly days", what a great way to articulate those feelings. I love all the ways she describes her feelings throughout the book, there are some good tools and vocabulary here for parents and teachers with special needs children. This a great read for elementary schoolers.

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Children, who are on the spectrum, will find a heroine in Lauren. This early chapter book is special because it describes the why behind Lauren erratic behavior in a way kids will connect to.

Autism is not protyed much in media, but slowly and surly becoming too. This book was amazing and held a personal level to live up to- i'm autistic. But this book protrayed it just right! I hope others on the spetrum and those wanting to know more aboit those with autism will learn from amd love this book as much as i did

Slug Days is a valuable book that can help readers to empathize with ASD children. This book does an amazing job capturing Lauren's days and how she processes the world differently, and it all makes perfect sense to her even if no one else follows her thought patterns. As a parent and educator-in-training this book serves as a reminder that kids experience the world differently, add ASD and those experiences can be very hard on the child when they aren't met with consistent patience. It is important that adults and students understand the ASD experience and Slug Days can be a helpful tool for young readers to begin fostering empathy for their ASD classmates. Slug Days would be best read with an adult because it provides many opportunities for discussion which can help children to better understand the sometimes sad and frustrating subject matter.

Lauren has ASD, which means that she has trouble with social clues, understanding what people's facial expressions mean, and understanding jokes. The story is told from her point of view. The author is a teacher that has taught many children with ASD, and knows a lot of the way they think.

Reading this chapter book brings to mind just how hard it is to figure out people in general. Social clues are hard to pick up on, and it can get annoying get, and that is why Lauren has Slug Days, when things go wrong, and butterfly days whe things go well.

It is a cute story, and lets you see how it from Lauren's view, and why she has so much trouble with her class mates. It also sounds so normal.

Great, easy to read book, to see Autism from the child's point of view.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Not my type of book, I tried to start it but just couldn't get into anything about this book!

This is a story that can be read by anyone of any age. Lauren is a young girl who has Asperger's syndrome. She does not see things the same way as everyone else. She has problem with social cues, change, and takes things literally. She wants to be liked and this is where she has the most problems. She has techniques to use when she gets upset or if she feels like she is going to blow like a volcano. Her teacher is usually supportive but I think she still has a way to go. The illustrations are well done and clearly show the emotions of all the characters in the story.

This book should be read to students so they can understand that everyone is different, some people have difficulties and what is fair for one is not necessarily fair for all. The children in this book do not accept Lauren and are not very understanding. If they had read this book and put themselves in her shoes things might have been different. You may not know anyone with Asperger's yet, but someday you probably will and if you have read this book, it will help you to understand and accept. A must for every school and professional library. Every teacher needs to read this as well.