This story uses simple words to help your child learn to read and build their vocabulary. Read with your Child series are books for both parents and children. Enjoy your time together! The routine of 'patting 'offered here is a simplification of meridian tapping techniques, already in use to maintain, regain and enhance health in adults. It was inspired by the fact that the author, as a clinician, could trace many of the chronic problems presenting in her patients to childhood trauma. Thus, by helping to alleviate stress in the young, the author aims to promote health in future generations of adults.