Listed below are books that members of DSNetwork have found helpful. See below for Reference Books, Children’s Books, and Biographies.
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Resources
Toilet Training for Children with Special Needs
by Susan Hepburn, Ph.D.
Personal Child Stories Book Creations
Reference Books
Babies with Down Syndrome: A New Parent’s Guide
edited by Karen Stray-Gundersen
Woodbine House, 1995
Classroom Language Skills for Children with Down Syndrome
by Libby Kumin
Woodbine House, 2001
Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles by Joan Guthrie Medlen
Phronesis Publishing, 2006
Early Communication Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
by Libby Kumin
Woodbine House, 2003
Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
by Maryanne Bruni
Woodbine House, 2006
Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
by Patricia C. Winders
Woodbine House, 1997
Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome
by Patricia Logan Oelwein
Woodbine House, 1995
Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome
and Other Hands on Learners
by DeAnna Horstmeier
Woodbine House, 2004
Understanding How Children with Down Syndrome Learn
by Susan Peoples. Special Offspring Publishing, 2003. www.specialoffspringseries.com
Biographies and Memoirs
Count Us In
by Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1994
Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth
and Everyday Magic
by Marth Beck
Berkley Trade, 2000
I Just Am
by Bryan and Tom Lambke. Five Star Publications, 2006 www.fivestarpublications.com/ijustam/
Spirit Courage and Resolve:
A Special Olympics Athlete’s Road to Gold
by Tom Morelos Press, 2004
www.spiritcourageresolve.com
Children’s Books
Be Good to Eddie
by Virginia Fleming, Floyd Cooper
Philomel Books, Reprinted 1997
Everything You Need to Know About Down Syndrome
by Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Library Binding, 1999
How Smudge Came
by Nan Gregory, illustr. by Ron Lightburn
Walker & Company, 1997
I Can, Can You?
by Marjorie W. Pitzer
Woodbine House; Boardbook edition, 2004
Our Brother has Down’s Syndrome
by Shelley Cairo, Jasmine Cairo, Tara Cairo
Firefly Books, 1988
My Friend Isabelle
by Eliza Woloson
Woodbine House, 2003
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red
by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen and Pam Devito
Woodbine House, 1998
What’s Wrong with Timmy?
by Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel
Little, Brown, 2001
General Baby Care Books
What to Expect the First Year
by Heidi Murkoff
Workman Publishing, 2003
The Baby Book: Everything You Ned to Know
About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two
by William and Martha Sears
Little Brown and Company, 2003
