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A bibliography of books for Children and Adults that portray stuttering

  • Children and Young Adult Literature which deals with stuttering - including reviews of many.
  • Stuttering in Contemporary Literature


  • A Source for Stuttering and Cluttering Linguisystems (1996)

  • Ainsworth, Stanley, If Your Child Stutters : A Guide for Parents Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Allen, Mark Speak Freely: Essential Skills for School-age Children Who Stutter - handbook, student manual, DVD and CDs (2007)

  • Apel, Melanie Ann Coping With Stuttering Rosen Publishing Group (2000)

  • Artiss, Kenneth L., Mistake Making: With Sections on Stuttering and Psychotherapy Hardcover(Special Order) Mistake Making : With Sections on Stuttering and Psychotherapy Paperback (Special Order)

  • Barbara, Dominick A., Psychodynamics of Stuttering Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Beard, Darleen Bailey and Christelow, Eileen, The Flimflam Man

  • Benson, Vicki, A Taste Of Freedom: Essays On Life And Stuttering

  • Bloodstein, Oliver, Handbook on Stuttering Paperback (Special Order), review

  • Bloodstein, Oliver and Ratner, Nan Bernstein, A Handbook on Stuttering (paperback), 6th edition

  • Bloodstein, Oliver, Stuttering : The Search for a Cause and Cure Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Boberg, Einer and Deborah Kully, Comprehensive Stuttering Program : Clinical Manual/Cassette Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Bobrick, Benson Knotted Tongues : Stuttering in History and the Quest for a Cure (Kodansha Globe); Paperback

  • Bowman, Sally What Everyone Should Know

  • Brietenfeldt, Dorvan H. and Delores Rustad Lorenz, Successful Stuttering Management Program (Ssmp for Adolescent and Adult Stutterers/Book and Audio Cassette) Paperback (Special Order)

  • Carlisle, Jock (1985) Tangled Tongue; Paperback (Special Order) (This 208 page book is also available for $18 plus postage and handling from Speak Easy Inc., 95 Evergreen Ave., Saint John, N.B., E2N 1H4, Canada)

  • Chmela, Kristin and Reardon, Nina, The School-Age Child Who Stutters: Working Effectively with Attitudes and Emotions--A Workbook, Cost: $15.00, available through this link to the Stuttering Foundation of America catalogue.

  • Conture, Edward G., Stuttering Hardcover (Special Order) Stuttering Paperback (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Conture, Edward, Stuttering and Your Child: Questions and Answers No. 22 Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Conture, Edward, (2001), Stuttering: Its Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

  • Costello, Janis M. Speech Disorders in Adults: Recent Advances; Hardcover (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Culatta, Richard and Stanley Goldberg, Stuttering Therapy : An Integrated Approach to Theory and Practice Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Curlee, Richard R. and William Perkins, Nature and Treatment of Stuttering : New Directions Hardcover (Special Order) review

  • Curlee, Richard (ed) Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency Thieme Medical Publications (1996)

  • Curlee, Gerald M. and Richard F SiegelNature and Treatment of Stuttering : New Directions; Hardcover

  • Dahm, Barbara Generating Fluent Speech : A Comprehensive Speech Processing Approach: Clinician's Manual

  • Dalton, Peggy, Approaches to the Treatment of Stuttering Paperback (Special Order)

  • Davis, Sherm, Learning to Stutter 2013 (fiction)

  • Damian, Scott Voice: A Stutterer's Odyssey - Behler Publications (November 5, 2013) (Stuttering Foundation Review)

  • De Gruyter, Walter (publisher) Neurolinguistics Approaches to Stuttering : Proceedings to the International Symposium on Stuttering, Brussels, 1972 (Hanua Linguarum, Series No. 70) International Symposium on Stuttering Staff; Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Dell, Carl W., Treating the School Age Stutterer Guide Clinic Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation

  • de Geus, Eelco (1999) Sometimes I Just Stutter, translated by Elisabeth Versteegh-Vermeij is a book written especially for children who stutter. Available from the Stuttering Foundation for $5 or can be read free online. This book is also available in Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, and Italian! (translations of various books available here http://www.stutteringhelp.org/translations).

  • Fawcus, Margaret, Stuttering : From Theory to Practice Paperback; (Special Order)

  • Feins, Contemporary Approaches in Stuttering Therapy Hardcover (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Fiedler, Peter A., Stuttering : Integrating Theory and Practice Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Frank, Lucy, Lucy Stars features a 7th grade protagonist who stutters.

  • Glauber, I. Peter, Stuttering : A Psychoanalytic Understanding Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Goldberg, Stanley A. Behavioral Cognitive Stuttering Therapy And Audiotape San Francisco State University, California.

  • Gregory, Hugo, Stuttering (Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica, Vol 46, No 5, 1994) Vol 46 Paperback (Special Order)

  • Gregory, Hugo H., Stuttering : Differential Evaluation and Therapy (Pro-Ed Studies in Communicative Disorders) Paperback (Special Order)

  • Guitar, Barry, (2005) Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment, 3rd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

  • Guitar, Barry, Stuttering, an Integration of Contemporary Therapies Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Hahn, Eugene F., Stuttering Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Halvorson, Jerry, (1999) Abandoned: Now Stutter My Orphan.

  • Ham, Richard E. (1999), Clinical Management of Fluency Disorders, Aspen Publishers, Inc.

  • Harris, Mark, Speed : A Novel (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Harrison, John C., How to Conquer Your Fears of Speaking Before People (Soft Cover), reviewed by Peter O'Sullivan

  • Redefining Stuttering: What The Struggle To Speak Is Really All About, 2008, - free PDF copy of John Harrison's 485 page book.

  • Hartman, Bernard-Thomas, The Neuropsychology of Developmental Stuttering (A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding and Treating Developmental Stuttering)Paperback (Special Order)

  • Healey, E. Charles, Readings on Research in Stuttering; Paperback (Special Order)

  • Heinze, Barbara A. and Karin L. Johnson; Easy Does It 2 : Fluency Activities for School-Aged Stutterers; Paperback

  • Helliesen, GG Therapy for the Severe Older Adolescent and Adult Stutterer - a retired SLP explains Van Riper treatment strategies a 70 page online book in PDF format, made available online by the Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy & Research (JSTAR)

  • Herring, Janice P., Fluency Criterion Program : A Stuttering Management System for Children and Adults Paperback (Special Order)

  • Holte, Doreen Lenz, A Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter Paperback or Kindle

  • Hood, Stephen (ed) Stuttering Words, SFA Pulication #2, third edition Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Hughes, Mike (1997) Good People: The Best of "Speaking Out, Speak Easy Inc. (This 284 page book is available for $18 plus postage and handling from Speak Easy Inc., 95 Evergreen Ave., Saint John, N.B., E2N 1H4, Canada)

  • Hughes, Mike (1997) Speak Easy Inc: Starting A Support Group, Speak Easy Inc.(This 73 page book is available for $10 plus postage and handling from Speak Easy Inc., 95 Evergreen Ave., Saint John, N.B., E2N 1H4, Canada)

  • Hulit, Lloyd, Straight Talk on Stuttering : Information, Encouragement, and Counsel for Stutterers, Caregivers, and Speech-Language Clinicians Paperback (Special Order) Straight Talk on Stuttering : Information, Encouragement, and Counsel for Stutterrers, Caregivers, and Speech-Language Clinicians Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Hulit, Lloyd, Stuttering-In Perspective : Practical Advice for Those Who Must Deal With Stuttering-For Adult Stutterers and Parents of Young Stutterers Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Hulit, Lloyd, Stuttering Therapy : A Guide to the Charles Van Riper Approach Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Jezer, Marty, Stuttering : A Life Bound Up in Words synopsis by Marty Jezer

  • Johnson, Fluency Companion : Strategies for Stuttering Intervention (Special Order)

  • Jonas, Gerald, Stuttering : The Disorder of Many Theories Paperback (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Jones, Morris Val, Stuttering Self-Help for Adults Paperback (Special Order)

  • Kehoe, Thomas David, Stuttering: Science, Therapy & Practice

  • Kehoe, Thomas David, No Miracle Cures: A Multifactoral Guide to Stuttering Therapy, from Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection.

  • Konicov, Stop Stuttering : A Subliminal Persuasion/Self-Hypnosis Tape/Cassette Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Lavid, Nathan Understanding Stuttering Understanding Health and Sickness Series (ISBN 1-57806-572-0, cloth, ISBN 1-57806-573-9, paper (Written by a practicing physician and former researcher on stuttering, based on the premise that stuttering as a neurologically based or inherited medical condition).

  • Lears, Laurie, Ben Has Something to Say: A Story About Stuttering School & Library Binding (October 2000) (Reviews of this book are available from NSA and Whitman but the best price at the time this was added is $11.96 through this link to Amazon

  • Lewis, Jenny, The Stammering Handbook: A Definitive Guide To Coping With A Stammer, United Kingdom: Random House, 1997.

  • Lew, Gail Wilson, Jeremy and the Hippo, 1999, a children's book which can be ordered from the National Stuttering Association for $6.

  • Lindh, Stig (2012) Is Stuttering Something To Get Hung Up On? 295 pages, originally published in Swedish, translated by Louise Lindh and made freely-available online by the author
  • Logan, Robert L. The Three Dimensions of Stuttering: Neurology, Behavior, and Emotion Whurr Publishers Ltd (1998)

  • Luper, Harold L., Stuttering : Successes and Failures in Therapy Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Maali, Mona (publisher) Turning Points: Inspiring Stories of Personal Change from the National Stuttering Association Check the link to the book to see an excerpt and information on how to order.

  • Manning, Walter Clinical Decision Making in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fluency Disorders; Paperback(Special Order)

  • McDermott, Gerald R. Famous Stutterers: Twelve inspiring people who achieved great things while struggling with an impediment

  • McDowell, Elizabeth V., Educational and Emotional Adjustments of Stuttering Children Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Mitchell, David, (2006) Black Swan Green, Random House (reviewed by Darrell Dodge)

  • Murphy, Albert T and Ruth Fitzsimmons Murphy, Stuttering and Personality Dynamics : Play Therapy, Projective Therapy, and Counseling. Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Murray, Fred, A Stutterer's Story Can be ordered through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Neiders, Gunars K. and Ross, Will, From Stuttering To Fluency: Manage Your Emotions And Live More Fully

  • Newark, Tim, Not Good at Talking, available through the NSP or British Stammering Association

  • Onslow, Mark, Behavioral Management of Stuttering Paperback (Special Order)

  • Onslow, Mark and Packman, Ann (eds), The Handbook of Early Stuttering Intervention Singular Pub Group (1999)

  • Overstake, Charles P., Stuttering : A New Look at an Old Problem Based on Neurophysiological Aspects Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Parry, William D., Understanding & Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva Hypothesis

  • Perkins, William, Do You Stutter : A Guide for Teens Paperback Can be ordered cheaper and more quickly through Stuttering Foundation of America

  • Perkins, William H., Stuttering and Science Paperback (Special Order)review by Darrell Dodge

  • Perkins, William H., Stuttering Disorders Paperback (Special Order)

  • Perkins, William, Stuttering Prevented Paperback (Special Order)

  • Perkins, William, Tongue Wars: Recovery for Stuttering Athens Press (2000)

  • Peters, Theodore and Barry Guitar, Stuttering : An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Peters, Harman F.M., et al, Speech Motor Control and Stuttering : Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Speech Motor Control and Stuttering, Held in Nijmegen, the N Hardcover (Special Order) The table of contents for this book are listed here

  • Peters, H.F.M., and W. Hultsijn, Speech Motor Dynamics in Stuttering Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Preus, Alf E., Identifying Subgroups of Stutterers Paperback (Special Order)

  • Provenzono, Matthew - Living with the Demon: A Journey into the World of a Stutterer

  • Ramig, Peter & Dodge, Darrell, The Child and Adolescent Stuttering Treatment and Activity Resource Guide Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (February 14, 2005)

  • Ratner, Nan Bernstein & Healey, E. Charles, (eds) Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap (Proceedings of Division 4 Third Annual Leadership Conference), available in hardcover or paperback

  • Raz, Mirla Preschool Stuttering: What Parents Can Do

  • Richman, Howard, Stutter Control Drill : Mastering Elements of Fluent Speech Paperback (Special Order)

  • Rosenblum, Martin J. and Steve Nelson-Raney, Hocket Stutter Paperback (Special Order)

  • Rossi, Daniele (2014) Stuttering is Cool: A Guide to Stuttering in a Fast-Talking World self-published (Mischief, Mayhem, and Mirth Publishing)

  • Rustin, Lena, Elaine Lelman , and Willie Botterill, Assessment and Therapy for Young Dysfluent Children : Family Interaction; Paperback

  • Rustin, et. al., The Management of Stuttering in Adolescence : A Communication Skills Approach Paperback (Special Order)

  • Rustin, L; Purser, H, Progress in the Treatment of Fluency Disorders Paperback (Special Order) Progress in the Treatment of Fluency Disorders (Progress in Clinical Science Series) Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Rustin, Lena, Parents, Families, and the Stuttering Child (Far Communication Disorders Series); Paperback (Special Order)

  • Schwartz, Howard, A Primer for Stuttering Therapy, Allyn & Bacon, 1998.

  • Shell, Marc, (2006) Stutter, Harvard

  • Slemar, John W., For the Stutterer/3539 Paperback(Special Order)

  • Shames, George H., Stutter-Free Speech Paperback (Special Order)

  • Shames, George H., The Company of Truth, Pittsburgh, PA: Towers Maguire Publishing, 2006

  • Shapiro, David A., Stuttering Intervention: A collaborative journey to fluency freedom, Austin, Texas: Pro-Ed, 1999.

  • Sheehan, Vivian; Shanks, Pamela and Mereu, Stephen Easy Stuttering by - price $9.98 (consists of articles and assignments based on the ideas and concepts Joseph Sheehan. Most of the assignments were originally written by him).

  • Shields, David, Dead Languages: An autobiographical novel about a young man who stutters

  • Silverman, Ellen-Marie, Jason's Secret (Jason Loring Trilogy - volume 1) Ages 9-12, Paperback - 213 pages (January 2001) on Amazon

  • Silverman, Ellen-Marie winning: a novel (The Jason Loring Triology - volume 2)on Amazon

  • Silverman, Ellen-Marie SheGate (The Jason Loring Triology, Volume 3)on Amazon

  • Silverman, Franklin, Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders Hardcover; (Special Order)

  • Starkweather, C.W., Stuttering and Laryngeal Behavior : A Review Paperback (Special Order)

  • Starkweather, C. Woodruff, Therapy for StutterersPaperback; $5.35 (Special Order)

  • Starkweather, C. Woodruff and Janet Givens-Ackerman, Stuttering Paperback

  • Steele, Lise G. CloutierLiving & Learning With A Child Who Stutters: From a Parent's Point of View (ordering information)

  • Stocker, Beatrice, The Stocker Probe Technique for Diagnosis and Treatment of Stuttering in Young Children Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Stromsta, Courtney, Elements of Stuttering, Oshtemo, MI: Atsmore Publishing, 1986, available from Atsmore Publishing Company, P.O. Box 533, Oshtemo, MI 49077. $19.50 plus $3.00 handling charge.

  • Sugarman, Michael Self-Help Workbook for People Who Stutter

  • Swanson, Robert Clarence, The Stuckerer, an autobiography.

  • Tanner, Dennis C., Pragmatic Stuttering Intervention (Order #4552); Paperback(Special Order)

  • Treiber, Patricia M. Keys to Dealing With Stuttering (Barron's Parenting Keys) Paperback

  • Tucker-Ladd, Clayton, Psychological Self-Help is a freely-available online book by a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

  • Tunbridge, Nicholas The Stutterer's Survival Guide

  • Van Riper, Charles, The Nature of Stuttering Hardcover (Special Order)

  • Van Riper, Charles (1973) The Treatment of Stuttering Prentice Hall

  • Vekassy, Laszlo, Complex Treatment for Stutterers Hardcover (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Wall, Meryl J., and Florence L. Myers Clinical Management of Childhood Stuttering Hardcover(Special Order)

  • Walton, Patty and Wallace, Mary, Fun With Fluency: Direct Therapy with the Young Child

  • Weber, John C., Coping for Kids Who Stutter Paperback (Special Order)

  • Wells, G. Beverly, Stuttering Treatment : A Comprehensive Clinical Guide Paperback (Special Order)

  • Williams, Dale F., Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives, Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Cloth cover or Paperback

  • Wingate, Marcel, Stuttering : Theory and Treatment Hardcover (Publisher Out Of Stock)

  • Wingate, Marcel, E. (1997) Stuttering Hardcover / Published 1997 Bergin & Garvey;

    Wingate, Marcel, E., The Structure of Stuttering : A Psycholinguistic Analysis (currently out of print)

    Wingate, Marcel (1999) Stuttering - A Short History of a Curious Disorder, Bergin & Garvey.

    Wollock, Jeffrey (1998) The Noblest Animate Motion is a book about the history of communication disorders, with many historical references to stuttering.


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    last updated October 22, 2017