Suggested Reading

Common Threads; Celebrating Life with Down Syndrome
Cynthia Kidder and Brian Skotko with photographs by Kendra Dew

Babies with Down Syndrome: A New Parents Guide
Karen Stray-Gunderson (Editor), Foreword by Ann M. Forts, 1995

A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome : Toward a Brighter Future
Siegfried M., MD Pueschel, Revised Edition 2000

Down Syndrome: Visions for the 21st Century
William I. Cohen (Editor), National Down Syndrome Society Staff, 2002

Personal Stories

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You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by Parents of Children With Disabilities
K. Schive, S. D. Klein, Stanley D. Klein (Editor), Kim Schive (Editor)

Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome
Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz

A Special Kind of Hero: Chris Burke's Own Story
Jo Beth McDaniel

Choosing Naia : A Family's Journey
Mitchell Zuckoff

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
Martha Beck

Life As We Know It : A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child
Michael Berube

Development

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Early Communication Skills for Children with Down
Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Libby Kumin, 2ND 2003

Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A
Guide for Parents and Professionals
Patricia C. Winders, 1997

Fine Motor Skills in Children With Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Maryanne Bruni, 1998

Yoga for the Child with Special Needs: A Therapeutic
Approach for Infants and Children with Down
Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and Learning Disabilities
Sonia Sumar, 1998

Teaching Math to People With Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners: Basic Survival Skills
DeAnna Horstmeier, 2004

Teaching Reading to Children With Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Patricia Logan Oelwein, 1995

Nutrition

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The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Joan E. Guthrie

Children’s Books

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Hi, I'm Ben...and I've Got a Secret
Julie Bouwkamp

The entire Russ series written by his mother
Janet Elizabeth Rickert and illustrated with photographs of
Russ:

Russ and the Almost Perfect Day
Russ and the Apple Trees Surprise
Russ and the Firehouse

We’ll Paint the Octopus Red
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, 1 ED 1998

ABC for You and Me
Margaret Girnis with photographs by Shirley Leamon Green

My Friend Isabelle
Eliza Woloson and Bryan Gough

I Can, Can You?
Marjorie W. Pitzer

Where's Chimpy?
Berniece Rabe, with photographs by Diane Schmidt

Submissions

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