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"Mother, Daughter Write Children’s Book Series ‘Naevia’s Magic Glasses’"
The Zebra Press
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Eight-year-old Naevia Thompson is very creative. She enjoys telling stories and creating comic books. During breakfast with her mother Parris Elliott (who works in special education with Alexandria City Public Schools), she draws or journals. One day while at home during the pandemic, she said, “Mommy, wouldn’t it be cool if I had magic glasses?”
WTOP
Naevia was born prematurely and has to have special accommodation at school to sit close to the teacher so she can see, even while wearing her special glasses.
“She was born at 3 pounds, 2 ounces at 30 weeks unexpectedly in a snowstorm,” her mother, Parris Elliott-Thompson, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, told WTOP.
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HERO MAG
A mother-daughter team in Alexandria, Virginia, has created a chapter book series to teach children to respect them with disabilities.
LOCAL DMV
Naevia Thompson is the young author who created, “Naevia’s Magic Glasses: The Series.” The books, based on real-life events in Naevia’s life, feature the character traveling through time to meet historical characters. By wearing a magic pair of glasses, Naevia is able to meet prominent figures like Michelle Obama and President Joe Biden, who help her problem solve.
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“I also made this book to mostly show that kids can be special in their own ways, but I also wanted to make this book full of imagination,” said Thompson. “If you want to see these people, you can actually see them in the book.”
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