Children’s Books
Books for children, and about children with Autism, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (formerly Asperger’s). Everything from tools to help them learn to read, to books that will help you learn to read them.
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Can I tell you about Anxiety? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Megan invites readers to learn about anxiety from her perspective, helping them to understand why she sometimes feels anxious and how this affects her physically and emotionally.
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Can I tell you about Asperger Syndrome? – A guide for friends and family
Meet Adam D – a young boy with AS. Adam invites young readers to learn about AS from his perspective.
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Can I tell you about Autism? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Tom – a young boy with autism. Tom invites readers to learn about autism from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and explaining the challenges he faces with issues such as social communication, sensory overload and changes in his routine. Tom tells readers about all the ways he can be helped and supported by those around him.
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Can I tell you about OCD? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Katie – a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help.
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Can I tell you about Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome? A guide for friends, family and professionals
In this illustrated guide Issy invites readers to learn about PDA, a part of the autism spectrum, from her perspective, helping them to understand how it causes her to find simple, everyday demands very stressful. Issy tells readers (aged 7 upwards) about all the ways she can be helped and supported by those around her.
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Can I tell you about Sensory Processing Difficulties? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Harry explains what happens when the sensory information that we all process throughout the day does not transmit smoothly and leads to challenges in learning, movement or behaviour. He talks about how he can be helped at home and at school and the different types of sensory processing challenges that other children can face.
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Can I tell you about Tourette Syndrome? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Max – a boy with Tourette syndrome (TS). Max invites readers to learn about Tourette’s from his perspective, helping them to understand what tics and triggers are and what it feels like to have TS. He explains how living with TS can sometimes be difficult, and how people around him can help him to feel happy and accepted.
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Clementine’s Great Big Uh Ohs: Preparing for the Unexpected
In the dynamic world in which we live, anxiety is becoming increasingly more prevalent in our kiddos. The management of anxiety can be challenging for kids and parents alike. The stories of Clementine create a playful environment for kids and parents to explore and face some of the challenges of anxiety with psychological distance.
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Decibella and Her 6-Inch Voice – 2nd. Edition
Isabella enjoys shouting out her thoughts, ideas and feelings so much, it’s earned her the nickname “Decibella!.”
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Different Kinds of Minds – A Guide to Your Brain
With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains different types of thinkers: verbal thinkers who are good with language, and visual thinkers who think in pictures and patterns. You will discover all kinds of minds and how we need to work together to create solutions to help solve real-world problems.
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Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes
Different Like Me introduces children aged 8-12 years to famous, inspirational figures from the world of science, art, maths, literature, philosophy and comedy.
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Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book about Understanding the Feelings of Others
Learning to understand and care about the feelings of others is one of the most important steps in a child’s development–and it’s never too early to help little ones build those skills. This beautifully illustrated storybook teaches young kids how to recognize and practice empathy through simple real-life scenarios that are easy for them to understand.
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Everybody is Different – A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters with Autism
This book is designed to give answers to the many questions of brothers and sisters of young people on the autistic spectrum. In addition to explaining in basic terms the characteristics of autism, it is full of helpful suggestions for making family life
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Exploring Emotions – A Mindfulness Guide to Understanding Feelings
Everyone has different feelings about Sports Day at school. Sally feels excited, Mateo feels nervous, Manisha feels angry, Caleb feels sad, and Tom feels relieved. But they all soon discover that emotions are like the weather.
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F Is for Feelings
We all feel many different emotions every day. For young children, those feelings can be extra strong. And sometimes, children need help finding the words to describe how they’re feeling. This friendly and positive alphabet book gives children those “feelings words,” and explores the idea that while some feelings are more comfortable than others, all are natural and important.
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Fear Not! How to Face Your Fear and Anxiety Head On
By teaching children how to confront their fears and mindfully ride the wave of anxiety, this book equips them with the tools they need to deal with the inevitable stressors of life and feel confident no matter the challenge.
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Get Organized Without Losing It – Revised and Updated Edition
Get Organized Without Losing It provides friendly, entertaining help for kids who want to manage their tasks, time, and stuff—without going overboard or being totally obsessed.
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Good Touch, Bad Touch
In this simple and engaging guide, Mandee and Bobby explain “good touches” (hugs and kisses from family members, a pat on the back, a handshake, or a high five) and “bad touches” (a hit, slap, punch, kick, bite, hard pinch, shove, or grabbing, tugging, scratching, tripping, or choking). They describe how to recognize each kind of touch, the differences between them, and how to respond.
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Growing Friendships: A Kids’ Guide to Making and Keeping Friends
With research-based, practical solutions and plenty of true-to-life-examples of social skills in practice—presented in lighthearted humorous cartoons—Growing Friendships is a toolkit for both boys and girls as they make sense of the social environment around them. They will learn how to be open to friendship, choose kind friends, and most important, be a good friend.
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Growing Together Across the Autism Spectrum – A Kid’s Guide to Living With, Learning From, and Loving a Parent With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This book tackles a topic that has received little attention – the relationship between a neurotypical child and a parent on the spectrum. As such, this illustrated children’s book provides a conversational starting point for families with a parent on the autism spectrum. While narrated from the perspective of a boy whose father has ASD and a mother who does not, his thoughts and questions apply equally to other variations of this family structure.
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