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A list of books either aimed at children who stammer, or featuring characters who stammer.
Here’s a list of books, with links to reviews by members of our review team. This is made up of volunteers including parents of children who stammer and speech & language therapists.
Books for young children (fiction)
- Do Animals Stammer? by Arthur Minella
- Ella's Gift by Adrienne Till
- Ettie Stutters by Steven Steinfeld
- Glen the Galloway Goat by Michael Howe
- I Didn’t Ask For Beans by Jude Robertson
- The Five of Us by Quentin Blake. This book tells the story of a group of children. One of them, Eric, has a stammer, though this is never referred to directly. But he helps decisively when Eddie, the adult who drives their van, becomes ill. (Tate Publishing, 2014)
- Hooray For Aiden by Karen Hollet. The story of a little girl who moves to a new school in a new town. Slowly, with a little help from a teacher, Aidan learns that it's OK to stammer. (Hooray Publishing 2010)
- I Talk Like A River by Jordan Scott
- Little Big by Hassan Aly
- Rainbow Magic: Helen the Sailing Fairy by Daisy Meadows
- The Robin's First Christmas by Susanne T. Schroder
- Steggie's Stammer by Jack Hughes. Steggie, a little female dinosaur who stammers, rescues her friends when they all get lost in the Dark Forest. (Wayland, 2012)
- Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand by Artie Knapp. A squirrel who stammers learns to open up. (Self-published, 2010)
- When the Stammer Came to Stay by Maggie O'Farrell
Books for primary school children (fiction)
- Franky Banky in Tales of Mischief, Mayhem & Mirth by Daniele Rossi
- How to be More Hedgehog by Anne-Marie Conway
- The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter
- The FlimFlam Man by Darleen Bailey Beard
- The Stuttering Coach by Martin Scott
Books for teens/young adults
- Midget by Tim Bowler. A 15-year-old coming to terms with difficult themes, including stammering. (Oxford University Press, 1994)
- Snow, White by Keith Austin. Fantasy novel for young adults whose lead character, John, aged 13, stammers. (Red Fox, 2014)
Books for all ages (non-fiction)
- Draw Your Stutter by Daniele Rossi
- Worth Waiting For colouring book by Ryan Cowley
