These really amazing pencils, called the Z-Grip Plus Pencil is a very recomended. Local mother says,"This is a cool, attractive pencil that has good grippage. I tried it out and noticed that the inside of my finger wasn't hurting. THANK YOU Z-GRIP PLUS PENCIL!" A local dog in the neighborhood said,"ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff!(translated: well it doesn't hurt when I chew on the pencil, so that's good!)"