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When Eddie Betts entered the Australian Football League (AFL) at 17 years of age, he was unable to read or write and knows the challenges and disadvantage this can cause young people. Free delivery on online orders of $59.99 or more anywhere in Australia Ed’s series of educational books aims to help kids read with confidence and enjoyment and give them the chance to express their own personality into the story. Look is our quarterly magazine that informs, educates and delights.My Kind, Eddie Betts’ first book for children, is all about spreading kindness and the power and positivity we can create when people come together. Betts recently talked with his old Year 8 teacher from Port Lincoln as part of his role as an ambassador for public education and was surprised what she remembered about him.It’s very personal for Betts; he still reflects back to the 2016 incident when an opposition supporter threw a banana at him while he was playing for the Crows on Adelaide Oval in a racially charged attack.“I had the banana throwing (incident) and have been abused, but I always try and find ways to a better outcome, because no one is born a racist,” he said.“I always wanted to write a kids’ book,” Betts said.But despite huge improvement, he admits he can struggle at times.Betts was drafted to Carlton in 2004 at the age of 17 and because he couldn’t read or write, he embarked on a three-year literacy and numeracy course.“I’m at the nervous stage now, but it’s very exciting and we’ll see where it takes us,” he said.Now, Betts is loving watching on as his eldest son Lewis, 5, progresses in school and marvels at how his son can read words like “because”.And he’s encouraging a tribe of “lil’ homies” to join him in spreading kindness.“I can’t remember myself being in school, and I couldn’t remember anything about Year 8, but I asked her how I was as a student and she said, ‘You were quiet, but you were kind and nice and you treated everyone how you would want to be treated’.”“I think all these key messages in the book are for life in general because everything you do can relate back to kindness.”The book, which was written in one evening and then refined over a six-month process, is quite the footy collaboration with former Collingwood and Sydney forward Jesse White — who joined the SANFL with Glenelg this year — doing the illustrations.Using rhymes, colourful illustrations and diverse and multicultural characters, the book’s main purpose is to convey messages about diversity, equality, acceptance, anti-bullying, caring for the environment and, most of all, kindness.But now Eddie Betts is opening a new chapter in his career: children’s book author.The book has another purpose: to help young kids connect with words and therefore encourage literacy from a young age.“I couldn’t read that when I was 18, and he’s only five, I think it’s fantastic,” he said.Printed locally in South Australia, the book starts with an acknowledgment to country; that it was made on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people.HE’S an undisputed superstar of footy; a three-time All-Australian, multi Goal of the Year winner and in 2019 is in line to play his 300th game of AFL.“I’m still progressing,” the 31-year-old said.The book’s website launches today and Betts encouraged all his “lil’ homies” to share their own acts of kindness through his social media channels.Adelaide Crows star Eddie Betts speaks out“For me personally, I couldn’t read or write when I entered the AFL, and I still find it hard now, so I know the challenges and how difficult it is to read and understand big words.”