The following are books that can be used to help explain some of the neurodevelopmental constructs to students. These books were suggested by Schools Attuned teachers and participants at the Educator’s Conference.

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL VARIATION
All Kinds of Minds by Dr. Mel Levine
Keeping A Head in School by Dr. Mel Levine
The Mind That’s Mine by Dr. Mel Levine, Dr. Carl Swartz, and Dr. Melissa Wakely

ATTENTION
If You Give A Moose A Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen and Arthur Robins
Night Noises and Other Mole & Troll Stories by Tony Johnston
Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

MEMORY
Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
Mixed-Up Michael by Rick Rossiter
The Memory Factory by Dr. Mel Levine
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mim Fox

LANGUAGE
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller
Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs by Ruth Heller
Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives by Ruth Heller
Merry Go Round: A Book About Nouns by Ruth Heller
Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns by Ruth Heller
The Language Parts Catalog by Dr. Mel Levine
Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller

TEMPORAL-SEQUENTIAL ORDERING
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Today is Monday by Eric Carle
Papa Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
Holes by Louis Sacher
All nursery rhymes and finger jams emphasizing time and planning

SPATIAL ORDERING
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle

SOCIAL COGNITION (Elementary School)
Jarvis Clutch – Social Spy by Dr. Mel Levine
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Janet’s Thingamajigs by Beverly Cleary
"Let's Talk About" series by Joy Wilt Berry
Mad Isn't Bad by Michaelene Mundy, Emily Menendez-Aponte, Mundy Michaelene, R. W. Alley
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe Declements
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
The Pinballs by Betsy Cromer Byars
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli and Cliff Nielsen

SOCIAL COGNITION (Middle School)
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Pinballs by Betsy Cromer Byars
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

HIGHER ORDER COGNITION
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
More Sideways Metrics From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The King's Chessboard by David Birch

ACCEPTING DIFFERENCES AMONG PEOPLE
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Spider Sparrom by Dick King-Smith
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
You're Somebody Special Walliwigs! by Joan Rankin