Author Don Winn

& Cardboard Box Adventures Publishing

Welcome to the author blog of Don Winn, where he writes about dyslexia, reading, literacy, and books to help inspire kids to enjoy reading!

Dyslexic children’s author Don M. Winn has written thirteen picture books, six chapter books, and a nonfiction book for parents and educators entitled Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know, which discusses the social and emotional support that children with dyslexia need to thrive. He has also written numerous articles about dyslexia, many of which are published here on this blog.

Cardboard Box Adventures Publishing is a boutique publishing company that specializes in fiction for children designed to promote preliteracy skills and to provide heroes of self-reference for dyslexic readers. It also specializes in nonfiction for parents and educators to help them provide social, emotional, and educational support for dyslexic children.

Recent Blogs

Parents cook with their children, teaching them about food. In this photo they are earnestly looking at a red potato together.

Eating Together, Being Together

Recently, I came across a special book written by a husband and wife about the value of preparing and eating...

May 23, 2023

A close up photo of a typewriter and typed words that say "Find your voice..."

Dyslexia Inspiration Intervention

People with dyslexia often have to work harder than others to accomplish necessary tasks in school and in adult life....

April 18, 2023

Auditory Dyslexia

Auditory dyslexia is a neurological difference that makes understanding the separate sounds of language less automatic. This condition is sometimes...

March 24, 2023

Photo showing the top of a school desk from a student's perspective. The student's arms hold a pencil and write on a notebook page the word "help" with a drawing of a frowny face crying three tears.

Understanding Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia is a sibling condition to dyslexia that affects a person’s ability to hold a pencil properly, perform the movements...

March 5, 2023

Sad schoolgirl at blackboard leans her head against the board because she has trouble with math. She has glasses and braids.

Effects of Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a sibling condition to dyslexia that can affect a person’s ability to do math, work with numbers, and...

February 6, 2023

Photograph of feet standing in a puddle of spilled milk. A red plastic cup is on the floor in the middle of the puddle. What is dyspraxia? It is a developmental coordination disorder that can result in clumsiness.

Understanding Dyspraxia

When I was a kid, my mom called me a bull in a china closet. For those unfamiliar with this...

January 18, 2023

Picture books worth talking about!

Chapter books that help imaginations grow!

Raising a child with dyslexia: what every parent needs to know

Author Don Winn

Author Don Winn has had to deal with dyslexia for his whole life, without completely understanding its full impact on every aspect of his life until he was in his forties. But after viewing a documentary called The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, he was inspired to learn all he could about dyslexia and recent cutting-edge research in the field. He came to a deeper understanding of himself and became a dyslexia advocate.

Through his books featuring dyslexic role models and through his advocacy, Don hopes to help children with dyslexia so they don’t have to grow up without fully understanding how to live their best life with dyslexia. He also hopes to help parents and educators comprehend dyslexia so they can provide the vital social and emotional support that dyslexic learners need to thrive and be happy.

Learn more about Don M. Winn.