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[Attention Deficit Disorder]

Attention Deficit Disorder: Book List

Books for Children

                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 

JUMPIN' JOHNNY GET BACK TO WORK!; by Michael Gordon; GSI, 1991 3-8

ADHD; Woodland Publishing, 1999 4-6

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; by Jesse Lynn Hanley; IMPAKT Communications, Inc, 1999 4-7

TAKING A.D.D. TO SCHOOL: A "SCHOOL" STORY ABOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND/OR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTACTIVITY DISORDER; Weiner, Ellen; JayJo Books, 1999 4-7

SPARKY'S EXCELLENT MISADVENTURES: MY A.D.D. JOURNAL; by Phyllis Carpenter; Marti Ford; Magination Press, 1999 4-8

ADD HYPERACTIVITY WORKBOOK; by Harvey Parker; Impact Publications, 1988 5-10

A CHILD'S GUIDE TO CONCENTRATING: FOR KIDS WITH ADHD; by Bonita Blazer; Shire Richwood, 1998 6-9

EAGLE EYES; by Jeanne Gehret; Verbal Images Press, 1991 6-10

THE A.D.D. BOOK FOR KIDS; by Shelly Rotner; Millbrook Press, 2000 7-9

LEARNING TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION; by Kathleen Nadeau; Chesapeake Psychological Pub., 1993 8-12

MY BROTHER'S A WORLD CLASS PAIN: A SIBLING'S GUIDE TO ADHD/HYPERACTIVITY; by Michael Gordon; GSI, 1992 8-12

SLAM DUNK ADD; by Roberta Parker; ADD Warehouse, 1993 8-12

PUTTING ON THE BRAKES: YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; by Patricia O. Quinn, M.D., and Judith Stern; Magination Press, 1991 8-12

THE "PUTTING ON THE BRAKES" ACTIVITY BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADHD; by Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.; Magination Press, 1993 7-13

LEARNING TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION: A BOOK FOR KIDS ABOUT ADD; by Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen B. Dixon; (2nd ed); Magination Press, 1997 9-12

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER?; by Kathleen M. Dwyer; Walker, 1996 9-12

ZIPPER: THE KID WITH ADHD; by Caroline Janover; Woodbine House, 1997 9-12

DISTANT DRUMS, DIFFERENT DRUMMERS: A GUIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADHD; by Barbara D. Ingersoll; Cape Publications, 1995 10-14

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ADD/ADHD (Need to Know Library); by Eileen Beal; Rosen Publishing Group, 1998 10-14

THE SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR KIDS WITH LD (Learning Differences); by Gary Fisher; Free Spirit Press, 1990 10-14

I WOULD IF I COULD; by Michael Gordon; GSI, 1993 11-17

ADHD EDDIE, INTERGALACTIC LADIES' MAN!; by Tom Quinn ; Dunvegan Publ., 1999 14+


Books for Parents and Other Adults

ADD/ADHD Behavior-Change Resource Kit: Ready-to-Use 
   Strategies & Activities for Helping Children with 
   Attention Deficit Disorder; by Grad LFlick; Center for 
   Applied Research in Educ., 1998 

ADHD: Achieving Success in School and in Life; Barbar P. Guyer; Allyn & Bacon, 1999

ADHD in the Young Child: A Guide for Parents and Teachers of Young Children with ADHD: A Book for Parents and Teachers; by Cathy L. Reimers, Bruce A. Brunger; Specialty Press Inc, 1999

ADHD Handbook for Families: A Guide to Communicating with Professionals; by Paul L. Weingartner; Child Welfare League of America, 1999

The ADHD Handbook: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; by Alison Munden; Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999

Advice to Parents on ADHD; by Larry B. Silver; Random House International; Hi Marketing, 2000

Attention Deficit Disorder: What Every Parent Should Know; by Lynne C. Ruegamer ; United Learning, Inc., 1998

Driven to Distraction; by Edward Hallowell, M.D., and John Ratey, M.D.; Random House, 1994

Fathering the ADHD Child: A BooK for Fathers, Mothers, and Professionals; by Edward H. Jacobs; Jason Aronson, 1998

Grandma's Pet Wildebeest Ate My Homework (and other suspect stories): A Practical Guide for Parenting and Teaching ADHD Kids; by Tom Quinn; Dunvegan Publishing, 1998

Helping Your Hyperactive/ADD Child; by John Taylor; Prima Publishing, 1997

Hyperactive Child, Adolescent, and Adult; by Paul Wender, M.D.; Oxford University Press, 1987

Hyperactivity: What's the Alternative?: Help Your Child Overcome Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; by Maggie Jones; Element, 2000

If Your Child is Hyperactive, Inattentive, Impulsive, Distractable?; by Stephen Garber; Villard Books, 1995

Life on the Edge: Parenting a Child With ADD/ADHD; by David Spohn; Hazelden Information Education, 1998

Living Together with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: A Family Guide to Living and Learning Together; Betty B. Osman; Wiley, 1997

Living With ADHD Children; by Peter H. Buntman; Center for Family Life, 1998

Living with ADHD: A Practical Guide to Coping With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; by Rebecca Kajander; Park Nicolete Medical Foundation, 1999

Living With the Active Alert Child; by Linda Budd; Parenting Press, 1993

Love Is A Start....The Real Challenges of Raising Children With Emotional Disorders (Revised Edition); by Donna Shilts; LookAgain Publ, 1999

Making Sense of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; by Carol R. Lensch; Bergin & Garvey, 1999

Managing Teens With ADD/ADHD: Practical Tools & Strategies For Dealing With Difficult Behaviors; by Grad L. Flick; Center for Applied Research in Education, 2000

Parenting a Child With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; 2nd ed.; by Nancy S. Boyles; Lowell House, 1999

Parenting the ADHD Child: Can't Do? Won't Do?; by David Pentecost; Jessica Kingsley, 1999

Ritalin Is Not the Answer: A Drug-Free, Practical Program for Children Diagnosed with ADD or ADHD; by David B., Phd. Stein, Peter R. Breggin; Jossey-Bass Publ., 1999

Teenagers With ADD: A Parent's Guide; by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy; Woodbine House, 1995

The Parents' Hyperactivity Handbook: Helping the Fidgety Child; by David M. Paltin; Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1993

Transforming the Difficult Child; by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley; Center for the Difficult Child, 1999

12 Effective Ways to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit Disorders; by Laura J. Stevens; Avery Publ. Group, 2000

Understanding Girls With ADHD; by Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen Littman, Patricia O. Quinn; Advantage Books, 1999

Why Johnny Can't Concentrate; by Robert Moss and Helen Dunlap; Bantam, 1996

Young Hyperactive Child: Answers to Questions About Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment; edited by Jan Loney; Haworth Press, 1987

Your Kid Has ADHD, Now What?: A Handbook for Parents, Educators & Practitioners; by Pat Morris. Beavers Pond Press, 1998

Your Hyperactive Child; by Barbara Ingersoll; Doubleday, 1988


Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.

Copyright 2000 HBO & Company

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