books explaining adhd to kids? | ADHD Information

Look into it at your local bookstore.  I had a book for older child the one you are probibly looking for however I cannot find it but the bookstore is where i found it. Hi,

I was wondering if there are any good books explaining adhd to kids (10 and 12)?  I saw the turtle book and think it's too young for them.,

TIA,
Lisa
I found it Lisa it is :  Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention written by Kathleen G. Nadeau, PHD and Ellen B. Dixon, PHD.

My  child is 7 and it seemed like it was hard for her to understand so I put it away for a bit anmd it is designed for kids 6-11.
Do Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention, Putting on the Brakes, or Phoebes Flowers discuss meds? I don't really want a book that discusses meds since my son is not taking any.I like a walk in the rain with a brain...not specifically about ADHD but rather about how we are all different and all smart in various ways.I believe that Putting on the Brakes does address medications.DD read the Phoebe Flowers series, and it helped her understand alot about herself.Putting on the Brakes is a good book for ages 8 and up.  There is also a workbook available that has some good learning activities in it.I just looked up the Phoebe Flowers books on Amazon and they look great.  I read an excerpt.  Not available at the library, but it looks so good I may buy it.  Thanks for this thread!

Look on Amazon.com for some, there are some great ones there, and good prices too. I have one for my son called Otto learns about his meds...might be alil young for him but its worth a shot.

Jack Gantos has written a series of fun "boy" books about a little boy (Joey Pigza) who has ADHD. His dad and grandmother also have ADHD too. Although Gantos'
books don't explain what ADHD is technically, they do offer insight into the world of ADHD and how it affects kids, their classrooms, and their families. I highly recommend these books...

http://www.jackgantos.com/Personally I don't like the Joey Pigza (Jack Gantos) books at all. They
reinforce lots of negative stereotypes about ADHD kids, in my opinion.
For one thing, that ADHD kids come from messed up, abusive, broken
families. Hello! We don't all lock our kids in the refrigerator (!), dads not
showing up for visitation, mothers totally messed up. It's bad enough a
lot of folks with so-called "normal" kids are self righteously thinking that
if you have an ADHD kid, it's because you've messed them up in some
way! The Joey books just seem to reinforce this perception.

For another thing, Joey represents THE worst possible ADHD case - super
hyper, doing really dangerously impulsive things, constantly spinning out
of control - anyone who would read these books would want to keep their
own kids (or themselves, if they are a kid) away from anybody with ADHD
- and rightly so.

Another thing that really disturbed me about the books is reading some
kids' reactions to them in Amazon reviews - the kids often seem to think
not how sad Joey is, not how deserving of sympathy and/or empathy ..
but how FUNNY Joey is! I think the author makes Joey way too much of a
buffoon.

Finally, the books place FAR too much emphasis on "getting the right
drugs." In one of the books Joey actually says something like "I was acting
crazy because I had bum meds." Ugh. Way, way too much attention for
that age group (the Joey books are aimed at around ages 8 to 10, I'd say)
on the medication angle. I don't know about you all, but in my kids'
middle school and high school, abuse of ADHD drugs is RAMPANT.

Just MHO ... but I will also add that about 6 years ago when I gave the
first Joey book to my 10 year old (because it was recommended to me for
him) he read about 20 pages of it and said very indignantly, "Why would
you want me to read this book? This is the stupidest book I have ever
read!" THAT was when I decided to read it for myself!

we have the phobe flower series...i'd be glad to mail the series to your for free if you promise to send them on to someone else in need when you are done with them:) :) my dd who is 9 read them all in a night, they were very easy for her to read..but they did seem to help her understand.   send me a pm if you are interested in getting the books. i'd love to help you and others... 

shelley