A Powerful Message

Jana’s Brightly Coloured Socks by Sally Fetouh is a perfectly lovely book for the under fives.

The story is a simple but memorable one that will appeal to all children – Jana shares her brightly coloured socks with all her classmates. This promotes the message that it is good to share what we have with others. Jana has a generous heart.

Jana also has Downs Syndrome. We see via the brightly coloured socks, the second message of the book, that it is all right to be different. The socks all have different patterns but they are still all socks. We all have different talents/looks etc but we are all people. As a former learning support assistant to teens, I absolutely love this book. I have worked with a teen with Downs Syndrome, and this book warms my heart. Everyone no matter how old or young, no matter there giftings, we all have something to contribute to life and we can all learn from each other.