You can find these and many other health-related books at
your local bookstore or your favorite online bookseller.
University of Iowa Children's Hospital also has a Patients'
Library (make this a link!) with an extensive collection
from which you can choose while you're here. Our online
list is still growing, so check back for further
listings.
General
- Corduroy Goes to the Doctor
By Lisa McCue, Done Freeman
For Children
ISBN: 0-3950806-2-7
- Curious George Goes to the Hospital
By Hans Augusto Rey and Margaret Rey
For Children
ISBN: 0-6708149-5-4
Being Physically Different
- The Missing Piece
By Shel Silverstein
A story to help people feel good about themselves.
ISBN: 0-0602567-1-0
- People
By Peter Spier
For Children. Discusses how people are alike and
different.
ISBN: 0-3852446-9-X
- Short Mort and the Big Bully
By Kim Amer and Marlene Brill
For school-aged children. Includes strategies for coping
with teasing related to small stature.
ISBN: 0-9378219-3-4
- Princess Pooh
By Kathleen M. Muldoon
For children. Jealous of sister's special treatment
because of wheelchair, main character borrows the chair
and discovers that it is not as fun as she thought.
ISBN: 0-8075662-7-6
- Tall and Small: A Book About Height
By Kate Gilbert Phifer
For pre-teens and teens. Explains normal growth and
puberty and variations from typical growth patterns.
Includes strategies to deal with peer problems related to
stature.
ISBN: 0-80276684-4-6
Heart
- Pump the Bear
By Gisella Olivo Whittington
For Children. Story of baby bear with congenital heart
defect explaining his heart and what makes him
special.
ISBN: 0-9706038-0-0
- Overcoming Challenges: Congenital Heart
Defect…Life After Heart Surgery
By Melissa Curnel
For teens.
ISBN: 0-9708214-0-9
Other Illnesses/Disorders
- Spinabilities: A Young Person's Guide to
Spina Bifida
By Marlene Lutkenhoff and Sonya G. Oppenheimer
ISBN: 0-9331498-6-7
- Tourette Syndrome (Twenty-First Century Medical
Library)
By Marlene Targ Brill
For youth grades 6-12.
ISBN: 0-7613210-1-2
- It's Time to Learn About Diabetes: A Workbook
on Diabetes for Children, Revised Addition
By Jean Betschart
For pre-teens and teens.
ISBN: 0-4713474-3-4
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