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Lollie and Lovie Lou
A Children's Book Series · Loretta Sercy

Lollie& Lovie Lou

Based on real moments with my granddaughter, Lovie Lou.
A real little girl. Real moments.
A story about seeing everything a child can do. 🦋
Real Moments → The Series

This series does not focus on what she cannot do. It invites readers to see everything she can.

Lovie Lou at the restaurant with a book

A grandmother.
A little girl.
A different way of seeing.

Lovie Lou loves fast cars, finds every butterfly in a crowded garden, and figured out how to push a chair to the refrigerator before she could form a sentence. She was diagnosed with autism at age two.

Told from the perspective of her grandmother Lollie, these books blend emotional connection with practical tools families can use every day — breathing, naming emotions, co-regulation, routines, and the quiet power of letting a child try.

Most people saw a diagnosis. Lollie saw a little girl lining up cars by color, studying butterflies, and finding ways to communicate before she had words. That difference in perspective became this series.

The stories behind
the series.

These are the moments that became books. Real observations from a grandmother who decided to pay attention to how a child thinks and experiences the world.

Lovie Lou's car show Cars lined up by color The Porsche lineup
Real Moment No. 1
The Car Show
She doesn't crash them. She doesn't spin the wheels. She lines them up. All the Porsches together. All the Corvettes together. I call it her car show. Sometimes it stays on the table for days. We admire it together before she builds it all over again. Most people see toys. Lollie sees a little girl studying patterns, beauty, order, and design.The car show changes every few days. The red Porsche almost never leaves.
Real Moment No. 2
The Mad Apple & The Happy Apple
She went down for her nap a little late that day. We had a photo shoot scheduled. So we woke her up. She was not happy. If you've ever woken a toddler from a nap early — you know the look. She had the look. And the apple. And the CAT truck. And the feelings. So we breathed together. In through the nose. Out with a big sigh. Within seconds — the giggle came back. Same apple. Same truck. Same little girl. Completely different moment. We didn't fix it. We just breathed through it together. That's all it took.
Happy apple Mad apple

Same day. Same apple. Same truck. Two minutes and a breathing practice apart.

Real Moment No. 3
The Strawberry
She was signing "eat," but we couldn't figure out what she wanted. We guessed everything. Then she walked over to her communication cards, pulled out the strawberry, handed it to us… and climbed into her chair to wait. She knew exactly what she wanted. We just had to learn how to listen.
Lovie Lou with strawberry communication card
Lovie Lou on the plane Lollie and Lovie Lou on the cruise Halloween with Lovie Lou Lovie Lou exploring

Don't shrink
their world.

She flew on a plane. She sailed on a cruise. She trick-or-treated and studied garden flowers and figured out exactly what she wanted before she could say the words.

The instinct when a child is different is to protect them from big experiences. Lollie's instinct was the opposite: bring her into the world and watch her meet it on her own terms.

That belief — that a neurodiverse child deserves a full, wide, wonder-filled life — is on every page of this series.

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The Four-Book Series

Not just books.
A parenting philosophy.

Each book stands alone — but together, they form a complete system for families navigating early childhood and neurodiversity.

1
Awareness
A Day Full of Wonders
See the Child

A single day of curiosity, connection, and discovery. Woven in: breathing practice, naming emotions, gentle co-regulation.

See the child, not the diagnosis.
2
Capability
Lovie Lou Can
Independence · Let Her Try

Lovie Lou struggles — the adult pauses — she figures it out. Small win, big confidence.

Don't do everything for them.
3
Regulation
Breathing with Lovie Lou
Emotional Regulation · Calm

Meltdown moment → breathing together → calm returns. The tool book.

We breathe together.
4
Routine
Goodnight Lovie Lou
Safety · Rest · Routine

Music, predictability, calm close. The bedtime anchor.

Predictability is peace.
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Loretta Sercy — Lollie

Written from
lived experience

When her granddaughter Brielle was diagnosed with autism at age two, Loretta Sercy made a decision: meet her with calm, consistency, and belief in her abilities. That perspective shapes both the story and the series.

Loretta writes with the patience of a grandmother who has sat on the floor, breathed slowly, waited — and watched a little girl figure it out. That experience is on every page.

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