Children's literature reviews by a book-loving mama of autistic twin boys.
- sensory book
- academic book
- social story
- animal character
- classic
- singalong book
- board book
- specific interests
- Sandra Boynton
- Eric Carle
- sequencing
- HarperCollins
- Philomel Books
- bedtime story
- counting books
- social-emotional
- James Dean
- humor
- Eric Litwin
- Scholastic
- Chronicle Books
- Puffin Books
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Denise Fleming
- Simon & Schuster
- Bloomsbury USA
- new release
- tacting
- modeling behavior
- sight words
- alphabet book
- June Sobel
- emotion recognition
- media tie-in
- attributes
- Leo Lionni
- progressive books
- Little Brown Books for Young Readers
- Beach Lane Books
- Candlewick
- Greenwillow Books
- Charlesbridge Publishing
- PatrickGeorge
- Boxer Books
- Fiona Watt
- Rachel Wells
- DK Publishing
- Usborne Books
- Dr. Seuss
- letter sounds
- Random House
- Robert Munsch
- Bill Martin Jr.
- John Archambault
- Deborah Diesen
- Anna Dewdney
- conditioning
- science books
- Linda Williams
- Jan Brett
- anxiety
- Pete the Cat
- Julia Donaldson
- Mem Fox
- Alice Shertle
- Scott Magoon
- Donald Crews
- Roseanne Greenfield Thong
- John Parra
- Karen Katz
- Kabir Sehgal
- Surishtha Sehgal
- diversity
- Jeff Mack
- Harcourt Children's Books
- Viking Books for Young Readers
- Sterling
- Clarion Books
- Aletha Kontis
- Bob Kolar
- Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
- Boni Ashburn
- Julia Denos
- Andy Mansfield
- Thomas Flintham
- Danica McKellar
- Alicia Padrón
- Minedition
- Roaring Book Press
- Marty Kelley
- Sterling Children's Books
- Disney-Hyperion
- Harry N. Abrams
- Square Fish
- Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Emma Dodd
- Little Simon
- Nosy Crow
- Ed Bryan
- social theme
- Workman Publishing
- nonsense words
- lift-the-flap
- Dolch words
- Fry words
- book art
- nature theme
- Peter Bentley
- Lois Ehlret
- self-esteem
- bullying
- Dan Hanna
- H. A. Rey
- Margret Ray
- Kate McMullan
- Jim McMullan
- Alan Baker
- Margaret Wise Brown
- hyperlexia
- libraries
- fairy tales
- James Marshall
- Gail Gibbons
- non-fiction
- Mercer Mayer
- Carol McCloud
- Lois Ehlert
- Gene Zion
- William Steig
- Lucille Colandro
- Don Wood
- Audrey Wood
- pragmatics
- seasons
- scripting and echolalia
- stimming
- ABA
- Pat Hutchins
- intraverbals
- pretend play
- Halloween
- scary
- Ruth Brown
- scanning
- prepositions
- ordinals
- nursery rhymes
- monsters
- witches
- body parts
- Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Ed Emberley
- Bill Cotter
- Steve Haskamp
- Woodie Guthrie
- Jill McElmurry
- Kathy Jakobsen
- Doreen Cronin
- Betsy Lewin
- The Nuts
- Groovy Joe
- Tom Lichtenheld
- trains
- Laura Huliska-Beith
- Steve Light
- Christoph Niemann
- Paul Collicutt
- Barbara Lehman
- Byron Barton
- wordless picture book
- Maurie J. Manning
- Danielle Daniel
- Duncan Tonatiuh
- Kadir Nelson
- F. Isabel Campoy
- Theresa Howell
- Rafael López
- Linda Sue Park
- Ho Baek Lee
- Rachel Isadora
- foreign language
- Spanish
- cooking
- Jess Golden
- comics
- inflection
- theory of mind
- letters
- Anushka Ravishankar
- Emanuele Scanziani
- Tara Books
- religion
- Amy Maranville
- Tim Palin
- Mascot Books
- world theme
- folktale
- Katha World Library
- Kaveri Chatterji
- Shweta Mohapatra
- Gerald McDermott
- Jing Jing Tsong
- Jonathan Tweet
- Feiwel & Friends
- Karen Lewis
- Stephen T. Johnson
- Laura Rankin
- Martin Jarrie
- Atheneum
- Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- Judi Barrett
- Ron Barrett
- Phillipa-Alys Browne
- Barefoot Books
- Mary Elting
- Michael Folsom
- Jack Kent
- Balzer + Bray
- Mike Twohy
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- innovativeKids
- Holli Conger
- Harry Cole
- Cindy Ward
- Tomie dePaola
- Arthur A. Levine
- Julian Hector
- Michael Hall
- Abrams Books for Young Readers
- Carole Boston Weatherford
- R. Gregory Christie
- little bee books
- Vicky Shiefman
- Louise August
- days of the week
- Brendan Wenzel
- Stephen Shaskan
- Tobias Krejtschi
- Agnese Baruzzi
- Jon Agee
- Dial Books for Young Readers
- Elisha Cooper
- John Hutton
- Doug Cencko
- blue manatee press
- Heather Tekavec
- Pippa Curnick
- Kids Can Press
- Ame Dyckman
- Liz Climo
- Hachette Book Group
- Jo Ellen Bogart
- Lori Joy Smith
- Tundra Books
- Jesse Sima
- Darren P Lunde
- Terry Pierce
- Carol Schwartz
- Tilbury House Publishers
- Jorey Hurley
- Paula Wiseman Books
- Susie Ghahremani
- Abrams Appleseed
- potty book
- Mo Willems
- Claire Freedman
- Ben Cort
- Phoenix International
- Annick Press
- Michael Martchenko
- Jared Chapman
- Simon Spotlight
- Maggie Testa
- Jason Fruchter
- Julie Markes
- Susan Kathleen Hartung
- HarperFestival
- Artie Bennett
- Mike Lester
- Kane/Miller Book Publishers
- Taro Gomi
- DQSH
- Drag Queen Story Hour
- events
- NYPL
- Manhattan Behavioral Center
- Harmonica Sunbeam
- LGBTQ
- Mark Newgarden
- Megan Montague Cash
- W. Nikola-Lisa
- Mike Reed
- Debbie Leppanen
- Tad Carpenter
- Jennifer O'Connell
- Macmillan
- Megan Lloyd
- Matthew McElligot
- Walker & Company
- Aaron Reynolds
- Peter Brown
- Eone
- Lane Fredrickson
- Michael Robertson
- Anne Marie Pace
- LeUyen Pham
- Karin LeFranc
- Sky Pony Press
- Juana Medina
- Jerry Pallotta
- Shennen
- Cathryn Falwell
- Nicholas Blechman
- Orchard Books
- Derek Anderson
- Orchard
- Nancy Tafuri
- Random House Children's Books
- Roy McKie
- Guido van Genechten
- Clavis Books
- screen time
- Originator
- Magic Light PIctures
- Disney/Pixar
- Oceanhouse Media
- pi kids
- Axel Scheffler
- Emma Garcia
- Edward Gibbs
- Judy Horacek
- Margaret Miller
- Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Ed Young
- Grace Lin
- Karma Wilson
- Jane Chapman
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Mehrdokht Amini
- Hena Khan
- Bruce McMillan
- color books
- Geneviève Leloup
- Jean Reidy
- Olivier Dunrea
- Janet Morgan Stoeke
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Margaret A. McElderry Books
- Harriet Ziefert
- Harper & Row
- Shirley Neitzel
- Nancy Winslow Parker
- Kathryn Heling
- Deborah Hembrook
- Andy Robert Davies
- Jonathan London
- Frank Remkiewicz
- Henry Holt and Co.
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Margaret Chodos-Irvine
- Petra Mathers
- Raymond Briggs
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Ann Scott
- Getting Started
- reading & autism research
- Usborne
- collage
- Llama Llama series
- ASL
- w-questions
- art appreciation
- Jennifer Ward
- Smriti Prasadam-Halls
- Lorna Scobie
- Frances Lincoln
- Bob Thiele
- George David
- Tim Hopgood
- Aladdin
- Ringo Starr
- Will Hillenbrand
- Dragonfly Books
- Raffi
- True Kelley
- Crown Books for Young Readers
- Nadine Bernard Westcot
- Ashley Wolff
- Ariane Dewey
- Jose Aruego
- Bill Staines
- Carly Simon
- Jack Norworth
- Amiko Hirao
- Trudy Harris
- Carrie Hartman
- Millbrook Press
- SteveSongs
- Christiane Engel
- Sunny Scribens
- Mark Collins
- David Sim
- Debbie Harter
- Fred Penner
- John M. Feierabend
- Marissa Madonna
- Rebecca Emberley
- Two Little Birds
- Olive A. Wadsworth
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Jared D. Lee
- Cartwheel Books
- Julia Love Miller
- Kelly DiPucchio
- Gris Grimly
- Helen Kettleman
- Adam Record
- Albert Whitman Company
- Buddy Baker
- Xavier Atencio
- James Gilleard
- Disney Press
- Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team
- T.S. Eliot
- Arthur Robins
- Faber and Faber
- David Catrow
- Woody Guthrie
- John Lithgow
- Robert Neubecker
- Pharrell Williams
- Amanda Pratt
- Kristin Smith
- They Might Be Giants
- Pascal Campion
- David Mallett
- Ora Eitan
social story
Books that tell a social story, as reviewed by a parent of kids with autism (ASD).