Due to the COVID-19 lock-down our national office is now closed and all of our employee are working from home.

​Unfortunately this means that our library is closed until further notice. We'll let our financial members know as soon as we're back.

​Our library has over 100 books (listed below) that talk to you, whether you're a parent, adult, teenager or child, about what it's like to have ADHD.

We also have a number of DVDs and audio files about ADHD that you can borrow. 

These are available for you (all current financial members residing in New Zealand) to borrow for free.

​If you would like to enquire about other resources or donate your own resources, please email us or call us on (09) 625 1754.

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Just click on one of the topics listed below to go to the list of books that's relevant to you.

If you see a book you'd like to borrow, just click on the title to send our National Co-ordinator an email with your request.

 

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Adults	ADHD and nutrition
Children	ADHD and other conditions
Teens
Parents

 

Adults

Author	Title
Amen, Daniel ​	Healing ADD
​Barkley, Russell	Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
Barkley, Russell	ADHD in Adults - What the Science say
Curtis, Tan	Challenging Change - Behaviour strategies for life
Green, Rick & Umesh J	ADD Stole My Car Keys
​Hallowell, E & Ratey, J	Driven to Distraction
​Hallowell, E & S	Married To Distraction
Handlin, Mimi	Living with ADD when you’re not the one who has it
​Honos-Webb, Lara	The Gift of Adult ADD: How to Transform Your Challenges and Build on your Strengths
​Kelly, K & Ramundo, P	You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?
Markel, Geraldine	Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction
​Mate, Gabor	Scattered
​Murphy, K & Levert, S	Out of the Fog
​Nadeau, K & Quinn, P	Understanding Women with ADHD
Orlov, Melissa	The ADHD Effect On Marriage
​Osbourne, Ozzy	I Am Ozzy
​Osbourne, Ozzy	Trust me I’m Dr Ozzy: Advice from Rock’s Ultimate Survivor
Pinskey, Susan	Organizing Solutions for People with ADD
Ratcliffe, Dr Gail	Take Control of Your Life - 5 Step Plan
​Ratey, John J	Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Ratey, Nancy A	The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks and Talents
​Read, Marcia	The Silent Sufferers
​Read, Marcia	Screwed Up
Roberts, Kevin	Movers, Dreamers and Risk-Takers
​Roberts, M & Jansen, G	Living with ADD - A Workbook for Adults with ADD
Sarkis, Stephanie	Adult ADD - A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Serfontein, Gordon	ADD In Adults
Solden, Sari	Women with Attention Deficit Disorder
Steel, Danielle	His Bright Light - The Story of my Son, Nick Traina
​Stephenson, Pamela	Billy
​Stephenson, Pamela	Bravemouth

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Children

​Cook, Julia	My Mouth Is A Volcano!
Cook, Julia	​Personal Space Camp
​Galvin, Matthew	​Otto Learns About His Medicine
​Gordon, Michael	My Brother’s a World Class Pain
​Hoopmann, Kathy	​All Dogs Have ADHD
Kraus, Jeanne	Cory Stories: A kid’s Book About Living with ADHD
Lamia, Mary	Understanding Myself: A Kid’s Guide to Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings
​Lite, Lori	Angry Octopus: A Relaxation Story
Lite, Lori	​The Goodnight Caterpillar: A Children’s Relaxation Story to Improve Sleep, Manage Stress, Anxiety/ Anger
Nadeau, K & Dixon, E	Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention
​Read, Marcia	​Scary Thoughts
​Romain, Trevor	​How to do Homework without Throwing Up
​Taylor, John	​The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD
Verdick, E & Lisovskis M	​How To Take The Grrrrr Out Of Anger
​Bock, Kenneth	​Healing The New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies

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Parents

​Alexander-Roberts, C	​The ADHD Parenting Handbook
​Alloway, Tracy Packiam	​Improving Working Memory - Supporting Students’ Learning
Badegruber, Bernie	101 More Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, Getting Along
​Barkley, R & Benton, C	​Your Defiant Child
​Barkley, Russell	Taking Charge of ADHD
​Barkley, Russell	Your Defiant Teen: 10 Steps to resolve Conflict and Rebuild your Relationship
​Cohen, Cathi	​Raise Your Child’s Social IQ
​Dawson, Peg	S​mart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach their Potential
​Dosani, Dr Sabina	​Calm Your Hyperactive Child
​Duffield, Nora	Talking to Kids….With Feelings
Ellison, Katherine	​Buzz: A year of Paying Attention
​Freed, J & Parsons, L	Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World
​Grant, Ian	Growing Great Boys
​Green, Dr Christopher	​The Newly Revised Toddler Tamer
​Green, Dr Christopher	​Beyond Toddlerdom Tips
​Green, Dr Christopher	​Toddler Taming
​Green, Dr Christopher	​Understanding ADD
​Green, Dr Christopher	Understanding ADHD
Greene, Ross W	The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
​Greenspan, Stanley	​The Challenging Child
​Hallowell, E & Jensen	​Super-parenting for ADD
​Hallowell, E & Ratey, J	​Answers to Distraction
​Hallowell, E & Ratey, J	​Delivered From Distraction
​Hartmann, Thom	Complete Guide to ADHD - School work and home
​Honos- Webb, Lara	T​he Gift of ADHD Activity Book;  101 Ways to Turn your Child's Problems into Strengths
​Honos- Webb, Lara	​The Gift of ADHD
​Klass, P & Costello, E	​Quirky Kids -  Understanding & Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In
​Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy	Raising Your Spirited Child
​Kutscher, Martin L	​ADHD - Living without Brakes
​Kutscher, Martin L	​Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simply Strategies to Succeed in School
​Lavoie, Richard	It’s so much work to be your friend: Helping the child with learning disabilities find social success
​Lyon, Michael  J	​Healing the Hyperactive Brain
McNamara, B & F	Keys to Parenting a Child with ADD
Miller, D & Blum, D	​Overload -  ADHD and the Addictive Brain
Monastra, Vincent	​Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons that Medicine Cannot Teach
Nadeau, Kathleen	​Understanding Girls With ADHD
Newmark, MD, Sanford	​ADHD Without Drugs
​Owen, Judy	Take Charge of Your Child’s Sleep
​Passmore, Stuart	​The ADHD Handbook
​Phelan, Thomas	​1-2-3 Magic
​Prosser, Dr Brenton	​ADHD - Who’s Failing Who?
​Rey, Dr Joseph	Is My Teenager In Trouble?
​Rief, Sandra	​How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD
Robb & Letts	​Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate
Roseman, MD, Bruce	A Kid Just Like Me - A father and son overcome the challenges of ADD and learning disabilities
​Selikowitz, Mark	​ADHD - The Facts
Selikowitz, Mark	All About ADD
​Serfontein, Gordon	​The Hidden Handicap
​Shea, Barbara	​Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy games that help kids Learn to Focus
​Stenhouse, Glen	Does My Child Have ADHD?
​Walker, Sydney	A Dose of Sanity
​Wallace, Ian	​You and Your ADD Child
Ward, C & Daley, J	​Learning to Learn; Strategies for accelerating learning and boosting performance
​Weintraub, Skye	​Natural Treatments for ADD & Hyperactivity
​Wilens, Timothy	Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medication for Kids
​Zeigler-Dendy, Chris A	​Teenagers with ADD and ADHD: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
​Zeigler-Dendy, Chris A	Teaching Teens with ADD and ADHD: Reference guide for Teachers and Parents

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Teens

​Biegel, Gina A	​The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress
​Cooper, Barbara	​The Social Success Workbook for Teens
​Covey, Sean	​The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Fletcher, Jacky	​Marching to a Different Tune
​Gordon, Michael	​I Would If I Could
​Haddon, Mark	​The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
​Homayoun, Ana	​That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganised  + Distracted Boys Succeed in School/Life
Honos-Webb, Lara	​The ADHD Workbook for Teens
​Jackson, Luke	​Freaks, Geeks and Aspergers Syndrome
​Lohmann, Raychelle	The Anger Workbook for Teens
​Mooney, Jonathan	Learning Outside the Lines
Moss, Samantha	​Where’s My Stuff
​Polis, Ben	​Only a Mother Could Love Him
​Quinn & Stern	​Putting on the Brakes: Young People’s Guide to ADHD
​Quinn, MD, Patricia	​Adolescents and ADD - Gaining the Advantage
Quinn, MD, Patricia	​Attention Girls! A Guide to Learn all about your ADHD
​Taylor, S	​ADHD & Me: What I Learned From Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table
​Van Dijk, Sheri	Don’t let your emotions run your life for teens
​Windt, Karen	​ADD: Hidden Obstacles- Navigating the Detours
​Zeigler-Dendy, Chris & Zeigler, Alex	A Bird’s-Eye View of Life with ADD and ADHD: Advice from Young Survivors

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ADHD and nutrition

Bell, R & Pieper, H	​ADD & ADHD Diet
​Compart, Pamela	​The Kid Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook
​Dengate, Sue	​Failsafe Cookbook
​Dengate, Sue	​Fed Up
​Dengate, Sue	​Fed Up with ADHD - How Food Can Affect Your Child
​Holford, Patrick	​Optimum Nutrition for the Mind
​Sampson, Benda	​Anti-Stress Nutrition Program to Improve Mood, Health, Behaviour and Learning

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ADHD and other conditions

​Bock, Kenneth	Healing The New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies
​Davis, Ronald	​The Gift of Dyslexia
​Innes, Paris	Defeating Dyslexia
Kennedy, Diane M	The ADHD Autism Connection
​Kutscher, Martin	​Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, Bipolar and More!: The One Stop Guide for Parents, Teachers and other Professionals
​Melillo, Dr Robert	Disconnected Kids: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and other Neurological Disorders
​Mulvaney, Allison	​Look Who’s Talking
​Schwartz, J	​Brain Lock - Free  Yourself  From Obsessive- Compulsive Behaviour
​SPELADD NZ Inc	The Puzzling Children
Winter, Matt	​Aspergers Syndrome - What Teachers Need to Know
​Aldridge, Susan	​Seeing Red and Feeling Blue
Attwood, Tony	Aspergers Syndrome

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