ABOUT THE BOOK
Jason Heffler is an author whose stories help young readers overcome speech disorders and fears around speaking. Drawing from his own childhood experiences growing up with and getting bullied for a stutter, he writes uplifting tales that build confidence in kids who lack self-esteem.
His book 'Tongue Tied' is a resource to illustrate how speech issues do not define children. Doctors, parents and people who stutter have connected with the book’s unique message: that they do not need to be "fixed." Instead of chasing a cure, they’ve shared how liberating it is to embrace the truth that their voice—exactly as it is—can carry them through a life filled with all the same possibilities as others.
'Tongue Tied', which recently appeared in the Stuttering Foundation of America’s official magazine, follows Cadence, a kind chameleon who’s shy because of a speech problem that makes it tough to get her words out. She stumbles over her own tongue and blends into the forest, using her camouflage as a shield from social interaction. Through eye-opening encounters with a compassionate cricket friend and a mean frog bully, she discovers that her speech doesn’t hold her back from doing amazing things in life.
