Virtual Library - The Children's Corner

(Section updated April 30, 2020)

Online Books for Children about Specific Speech-Language-Hearing Disorders  

  • Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus (https://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/default/files/Migrate/sometimes_stutter.pdf)
  • Trouble at Recess (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/book0034.pdf)
  • Izabella: The Story of the Princess Who Stuttered by Beata Akerman (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/akerman.pdf)
  • Everyone's Different by Alan Badmington (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington27.html)
  • The Can't Be Seen Who Couldn't Squawk by Dale Williams (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/williams.pdf)
  • Tarby Rockets to Slower Speech by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad12/papers/therapy12/colemanbook.pdf)
  • Changing the Words Around by Alan Badmington (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/badmington.pdf)
  • Jeremy and the Hippo by Gail Wilson Lew
  • Benni (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/benni/benni.html) (in German)
  • Charlie Who Couldn't Say His Name (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/charlie.pdf) by Davene Fahy
  • Oliver Gets Hearing Aids (https://successforkidswithhearingloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Oliver-Gets-Hearing-Aids.pdf) by Maureen Cassidy Riski and Nikolas Klakow, illustrated by Nicolas Bakery Polygone
  • Oliver Gets FM (https://successforkidswithhearingloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Oliver-Gets-FM.pdf) by Maureen Cassidy Riski, from Phonak
  • The Treasure Hunt - a YouTube "book" about a child who has a grandfather with aphasia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq12cMUZPg4&feature=share The Treasure Hunt)
  • When Grandpa Comes Home - freely available book about stroke survivor. Nicely done! (http://www.strokecenter.org/patients/caregiver-and-patient-resources/when-grandpa-comes-home/)
  • My Name is Sean 20 page picture book about a little boy who has Down Syndrome (http://mynameissean.shutterfly.com/pictures/15)

Nursery Rhymes and Songs

Alphabet Books

Magazines

Short articles/stories and books

Electronic books - read-along or listen to

  • Gutenberg project audio books (www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1)
  • Storyline Online - famous actors read children's stories (www.storylineonline.net/)
  • Clifford's Interactive Storybooks (http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/games4a.htm) with lots of additional activities.
  • StarFall (http://starfall.com) - features interactive books.
  • Aesop's Fables (www.aesopfables.com)
  • Explore more examples on Teacher Tap - Electronic Books and Online Reading (http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm)
  • Preschool Library Story Place (www.storyplace.org/)
  • Tumble Book Library (many libraries have this as a patron privilege. Some have it linked for anyone to access. When this page was made, the following URL provided free access. (http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/FreePortal.aspx) If this library no longer provides free access, type "Tumble Books" into Google and search for a library that allows access, of if your local library has Tumble Books, use your own library card!)
  • Read With Me eBooks (http://readwithme.cast.org/) - free interactive books for parents and teachers of young children

Short podcasts and audio books

Movie Trailers, Vlogs, and Animated stories

  • Movie List (www.movie-list.com) and Quicktime movie trailers (www.apple.com/trailers) have movie trailers for stimulating conversation.
  • You Tube (www.youtube.com/index) or Google Videos (http://video.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wv) are resources where you can watch and share your videos worldwide. Finding short, appropriate videos can be conversation starters to use in treatment. They are video-streamed and should be previewed prior to using them.
  • Use KeepVid to download videos to your computer, free. A few examples:

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