Pediatrics at Newton Wellesley Recommended Book List

• ADHD is My Super Power- Alana Moore (5-8)
• All Dogs Have ADHD- Kathy Hoopmann (7-11)
• Are You Working Hard or Hardly Working?: A Story about Staying on Task Until the Work Is Done
• It Was Just Right Here! (Executive FUNction)
• Fix It with Focus: A Story about Ignoring Distractions and Staying on Task (Executive Function)
• I'll Never Get All of That Done!: A Story about Planning and Prioritizing (Executive Function)
• How Do I Remember All That?: A Story to Improve Working Memory (Executive Function)
• What's the Problem?: A Story Teaching Problem Solving (Executive Function)
• What's Your Choice?: A Story about Making the Best Choice, Even When It's Not Fun (Stepping Up Social Skills)

For Parents:

• Lost at School- Ross Greene
• The Explosive Child- Ross Greene
• Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention- Michael Delman

• Ruby Finds a Worry - Tom Percival (3-8)
• Don't Feed The Worry Bug - Andi Green (4-8)
• What to To When You Worry Too Much - Dawn Huebner (6-12)
• The Anxiety Workbook for Teens - Lisa M. Schab (13+)
• Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good?- Miriam Adderholdt (12+)
• Facing Mighty Fears About Animals
• Facing Mighty Fears About Health
• Facing Mighty Fears About Throwing Up
• Facing Mighty Fears About Trying New Things
• What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD
• What To Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep
• What To Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More
• Outsmarting Worry: An Older Kid’s Guide to Managing Anxiety
• Sometimes I Worry Too Much, But Now I Know How to Stop

For Parents:

• Anxious Kids Anxious Parents- 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children- Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons
• Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do- Kathleen Trainor

• The Asperkid's Secret Book of Social Rules- The Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens & Teens with Asperger Syndrome- Jennifer Cook O'Toole

For Parents:

• The Autism Mom's Survival Guide- Susan Senator
• Making Peace With Autism- Susan Senator
• Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism- Barry M. Prizant
• Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Helping Preteens and Teens Get Ready for the Real World- Teresa Bolick

For Parents:

• How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen- Joanna Faber and Julie King
• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk- Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• How To Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk- Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• No Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain Way To Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind- Daniel J. Siegel
• Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention- Michael Delman
• The 7 Essential Strategies For Parenting Teens- Kate Anderson and Liz Carrington
• Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment- Lynne Griffin
• What To Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger
• What To Do When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Negativity

• Bodies are Cool- Tyler Feder (3-5)
• The Body Image Workbook for Teens- Julia V. Taylor (teen)
• Health at Every Size - Linda Bacon (teen)
• Body Respect – Linda Bacon (teen)
• The Body is Not an Apology- Sonya Renee Taylor (older teen)
• Strong Is The New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves- Kate T. Parker
• The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood- Kate T. Parker

For Parents:

• Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture- Virginia Sole-Smith

• My Feeling Better Workbook- Sarah Hamil (6-12)
• Beyond the Blues: A Workbook to Help Teens Overcome Depression- Lisa M. Schab (13+)

• All Are Welcome- Alexandra Penfold (2-7)
• Lovely- Jess Hong (2-7)
• We're Different, We're the Same- Bobbi Kates (2-7)
• The Day You Begin - Jacqueline Woodson (5-8)
• Where Are You From- Yamile Saied Mendez (4-8)
• Alma- Juana Martinez-Neal (4-8)
• Stamped for Kids- Sonja Cherry-Paul (8-12)
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You – Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (12+)

• Was It the Chocolate Pudding?- Sandra Levins (younger children)
• It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear- Vicki Lansky (younger children)
• Divorce is the Worst- Anastasia Higginbotham (younger children)
• Divorce: The Ultimate Teen Guide- Kathlyn Gay
• Do You Sing Twinkle? - Sandra Levins (younger children)
• The Invisible String- Patrice Karst (younger children)
• Bigger Than a Bread Box- Laurel Snyder (8-12)
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares (12+)

• A Little Spot of Emotion Series - Diane Alber (3-7)
• In My Heart: A Book of Feelings - Jo Witek (3-7)
• The Way I Feel - Janan Cain (3-7)
• I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness - Susan Verde (3-8)
• The Very Frustrated Monster - Andi Green (4-8)
• What Should Danny Do? The Power to Choose Series- Adir Levy (4+)
• What Should Darla Do? The Power to Choose Series- Adir Levy (4+)
• Hands are Not For Hitting- Martine Agassi (board book ages 1-4, paperback ages 4-7)
• Of Course It's a Big Deal!: A Story about Learning to React Calmly and Appropriately - Bryan Smith (6-11)
• What Were You Thinking?: A Story about Learning to Control Your Impulses - Bryan Smith (6-11)
• My Day is Ruined!: A Story for Teaching Flexible Thinking - Bryan Smith (6-11)

For Parents:

• Good Inside with Dr. Becky - Dr. Becky Kennedy
• The Whole Brain Child- Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

• The Family Book -Todd Parr (3-6)
• And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson (4-8)
• Asha’s Mums - Rosamund Elwin (9-12)
• Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care- Jennifer Wilgocki and Marcia Kahn Wright

• A Smart Girl's Guide to Knowing What to Say: Finding the Words to Fit Any Situation (8-12)
• Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them (8-12)
• A Smart Girl's Guide: Friendship Troubles: Dealing with fights, being left out, and the whole popularity thing (8-12)
• A Smart Girl's Guide: Drama, Rumors, and Secrets: Staying true to yourself in changing times (8-12)

• 10,000 Dresses- Marcus Ewert (5-9)
• Elena’s Serenade- Campbell Geeslin (3-7)
• George- Alex Gino (8-12)
• More Happy Than Not- Adam Silvera (13+)
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe- Benjamin Alire Saenz (12+)
• Blanca & Roja- Anna-Marie McLemore (YA)
• Felix Ever After- Kacen Callender (YA)
• The Grief Keeper- Alexandra Villasante (YA)
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them- Junauda Petrus (YA)
• When the Moon Was Ours- Anna-Marie McLemore (YA)
• The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir- Staceyann Chin (YA)

For Parents:

• Parenting Your LGBTQ+ Teen- A Guide to Supporting, Empowering, and Connecting With Your Child- Allan Sadac

• Here in the Garden- Briony Stewart (young children)
• The Invisible String- Patrice Karst (young children)
• The Dead Bird- Margaret Wise Brown (young children)
• I Miss You- Pat Thomas (4+)
• Always Remember- Cece Meng (3-7)
• When Dinosaurs Die- Laurie Kransy Brown (4-8)
• The Tenth Good Thing About Barney- Judith Viorst (6-9)
• Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss- Pat Schwiebert (8+)
• When Someone Very Special Dies- Marge Heegard (workbook for ages 9-12)

Specifically for processing pregnancy and infant loss:

• Something Happened- Cathy Blanford
• My Sibling Still - Megan Lacourrege
• Our Heaven Baby- Leah Vis
• We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead- Pat Schwiebert
• Someone Came Before You (for children born after the loss)- Pat Schwiebert

• Llama Llama Misses Mama- Anna Dewdney (young children)
• Bob and Flo- Rebecca Ashdown (young children)
• Timothy Goes to School- Rosemary Wells (young children)
• The Truth About Twinkie Pie- Kat Yeh (8-12)
• New Kid, New Scene: A Guide to Moving and Switching Schools- Debbie Glasser (8+)

• What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide To Overcoming OCD - Dawn Huebner (6-12)
• The OCD Workbook For Teens - Jon Hershfield (13-18)

Girls

• The Care and Keeping of You- Valorie Lee Schaefer (8+)
• Celebrate Your Body (And Its Changes, Too)!- Sonya Renee Taylor (8+)
• Celebrate Your Feelings: The Positive Mindset Puberty Book- Lauren Rivers (8+)
• The Period Book- Karen Gravelle (9+)

Boys

• Guy Stuff- The Body Book for Boys- Cara Natterson (10+)
• What’s Happening to My Body- Lynda Madaras (12-15)

• Your Body Belongs to You - Cornelia Maude Spelman (3-8)
• I Said No: A Kid to Kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private- Zack and Kimberly King (5-11)
• Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids (6-11)
• A Smart Girl's Guide: Digital World: How to Connect, Share, Play, and Keep Yourself Safe - Carrie Anton (8-12)

For Parents:

• The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Processing Disorder- Carol Kranowitz

• What’s the Big Secret? - Laurie Kransny Brown (4+)
• It’s Perfectly Normal -Robie H. Harris (10+)
• Sex, Puberty, and All That Stuff -Jacqui Bailey (11-16)

• Olivia- A Guide to Being a Big Sister- Natalie Shaw (younger children)
• Henry is a Big Brother- Alyssa Statin Capucilli (younger children)
• Peter’s Chair- Ezra Jack Keats (younger children)
• 101 Things to Do With Baby- Jan Ormerod (younger children)
• The Sibling Survival Guide: Surefire Ways to Solve Conflicts, Reduce Rivalry, and Have More Fun With Brothers and Sisters

For Parents:

• The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse -Richard Capriola

• A Terrible Thing Happened- Margaret M. Holmes (4-7)
• Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma- Susan Farber Straus and Maria Bogade (6-11)
• Something Bad Happened: A Kid’s Guide to Learning About Events in the News

For Parents:

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing- Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma- Bessel Van Der Kolk