A new six-book series exploring neurodiversity for ages 3-7

  • Understanding neurodiversity and the brain can seem like a daunting thing. In these two short videos, author Marielle Bayliss and illustrator Kellyanne Thorne explain their own motivations and inspirations for creating this six-part book series which covers a wide range of conditions in a fun and educational way.


    Publication 24 April 2025

    Format: Paperback

    48 pages | 150 x 150mm

    £4.99

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  • The Neurons looks at six common neurodiverse conditions, what causes them and how they affect people with the condition.


    Each Neuron book looks at one condition in detail using playful characterisations of neurons, the human brain and central nervous system as well as six children with the conditions. A fun, educational and accessible selection of titles, these six books offer a simple route for young children to understand what is happening to them and why.

    Each book also contains crucial condition specific information, for example the epilepsy book covers seizures and the Tourette syndrome book covers tics. They also offer a positive reflection of each condition by including several examples of how the conditions have a positive impact on the children’s lives as well as how they can make them more challenging.

  • Neurons Poster (Front)

    The poster is for schools, surgeries, and public areas, where parents, teachers, and children can view it for more information about these small, informative and engaging books. 

  • Neurons Poster (Back)

    For more copies of the posters, please contact: 

    media@graffeg.com

    or phone +44(0)1554 824000

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  • Meet the Author   

  • Meet the Illustrator

  • Marielle Bayliss is a London-based author from the North East who comes to writing from a theatrical background. As an actress and singer for over twenty years, her career has covered number-one tours of musicals and plays, radio, commercials, children’s nursery rhyme albums, and numerous voiceovers and audiobooks. Marielle is the author of the rhyming picture books Frog’s Bog and Frog in a Fog, both published by Graffeg.

  • Kellyanne Thorne is an artist and illustrator currently based in London. After completing a fine art degree with a specialism in sculpture, she began a career in teaching which she left after several years to raise her children. During this time Kellyanne began creating her own work and rediscovered her love of drawing finding inspiration from the beauty within our natural world.


    She regularly exhibits at well-established Art fairs and has completed a variety of commercial and private commissions. The Neuron series is a passion project due to Kellyanne’s background in education but especially as her son has both Autism and DCD.