Books and Stories About Stuttering
There are many books that have children who stutter in them. You might find some ideas for books to read here.
There are some stories/books on the Internet about stuttering that you might like to read!
- Changing the Words Around by Alan Badmington (Wales, UK) and illustrated by Christine Badgett-Richards (England, UK
- Everyone's Different by Alan Badmington (Wales, UK)
- The Cracked Jar
- The Can't Be Seen Who Couldn't Squawk by Dale Williams
- Tarby Rockets to Slower Speech by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner
- Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand - a free online flash-animation books for kids about a squirrel who was teased and bullied about his stuttering who refuses to show that his feelings are being hurt until one day he learns an important lesson from a new friend.
- Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus
- Jeremy and the Hippo: A Boy's Struggle with Stuttering by Gail Wilson Lew
- Shapiro, David, A Way Through the Forest: One Boy's Story With a Happy Ending (1995)
- Funny Bunny's Better Ideas, a 4-page "story" with many suggestions for children who stutter. This story first appeared in STAFF, March 1992 (a newsletter from Aaron's Associates). It is reprinted here for non-commercial use only with the permission of the editor, Janice Westbrook.
- Finding Little Bear by Amanda Pitchford, "A children's fairy-tale about a little girl who overcomes her stutter when she gets lost in the woods."
- Trouble at Recess - free download of a children's book from the Stuttering Foundation.
- Izabela: The Story of the Princess Who Stuttered (in Slovenian, with English translation)
Some of the stories/books have pictures to color or activities to do
- My Very Own: I can Do It Storybook! Starring Me by Julie Raynor from the Stuttering Foundation - a 10 page PDF with opportunity to fill in with pictures of a child learning to walk, drink from a cup, turn on the lights, swim, talk, etc. The book concludes "there are so many things to learn to do! And just remember one thing. If something is hard or you need help, don't worry about it. Just keep on trying and pretty soon you will get it!!"
- Our First Talk About Talking is a six page booklet, with pictures children can color.
- Rufus Talks and Talks a children's story/coloring book by Nina A. Reardon, MS CCC-SLP and illustrated by Brit W. Kohls can be downloaded as a PDF file.
- Angel Loves to Talk, by Nina Reardon, illustrated by Brit W. Kohls. A story/coloring book in PDF file.
- More Friends for Jackson by Nina Reardon, illustrated by Brit W. Kohls. A story/coloring book in PDF format.