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This extended list of books focusing on specific phonemes is from a book by Fish, M. (2010). Here's how to treat childhood apraxia of speech. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing. (www.pluralpublishing.com) and is produced below with permission. Many of these books will be available in school or public libraries. The links provided below go to the Amazon bookstore. Another list of similar books is Books, Stories, and Games that Reinforce Speech Sound Targets (http://crokebeck.tripod.com/articbks.htm/).

On this website you will find books that have been adapted using the Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and the Mayer-Johnson program BoardMaker (c). The Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) are typically used by individuals who have difficulty being understood verbally or have severe difficulty with reading and writing. If you have your own copy of the book, we have files that allow you to print the symbols that we used to adapt the books. These PCS can be cut out and glued into your own book so that you can read the adapted book again and again to your child or students. All files with symbols were created using Boardmaker Version 5.0.10 and require you to have that program loaded onto your computer into order to access these files

"Welcome to the Tar Heel Reader, a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches."

Tar Heel Reader has thousands of simple story books for students of all ages to read at whatever level. If you are looking for simple text books with topics that are age appropriate, Tarheel Reader is for you.

Read2Go is the most accessible e-book reader app for readers with print disabilities. Directly from within the Read2Go app, Bookshare members can find, download, and read books all on a single Apple device. No need to download books to computers, transfer files, or decompress files! Just download and READ!

Small love notes tucked inside a lunch box or book bag can really bring a smile to your child's face. In addition to reinforcing reading skills, you're also modeling the power of writing. Download these ready-to-print note papers, featuring whimsical, colorful artwork by well-known children's book illustrators.

"The Franklin AnyBook Reader is designed to make any book and interactive, "read to me" book. Essentially you attach special stickers to the pages of books and then when you touch the pen to the sticker it plays back a self-recorded message"

A list of books to go with each targeted sounds. Books work great if you want to build a literacy component into intervention!

Online books. The what's that sound book plays sound clips to have children guess what the sound is.

"Hi! This is your website. It's got lots of great books to see in sign language and subtitles. Hearing family and friends can listen to the stories too. You can all watch together! We'll add more books. So keep coming back to see what's new. Tell your friends … click on the windows… explore…and have FUN!"

Download Trouble at Recess, our new book for kids; a downloadable book for children written by children about stuttering

Bookshare's goal is to make the world of print accessible to people with disabilities. Bookshare offers more than 50,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Bookshare is free for all U.S. students with a qualifying disability

Books geared toward older pupils to be used with a computer interfacing AAC device (ie switch)

On this website you will find books that have been adapted using the Picture Communication Image of book cartSymbols (PCS) and the Mayer-Johnson program BoardMaker (c)

LibriVox: free audiobooks. LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

a master list of websites linking or containing digital books

various activities all related to Little Critter including interactive read and play, sing-a-long, story book, and more

online comic creator: comic strip of 1-3 frames or comic book of 1 -22 pages. print or download

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life.

Voice Dream Reader is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you listen to any articles, blog posts, reports, papers, and books. It reads the text using the best available text-to-speech technology. The voice is clear and natural. This is the right app for you if you spend a lot of time commuting or exercising, and want to catch up on reading that you normally can't find time for.

Activities for Jan Brett Books