Here to Help: Books about Learning Challenges

When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.

Through a story from his own childhood, Hudson Talbott shares the challenges–and ultimately the rewards–of being a non-mainstream kind of learner. Includes author’s note.

While the rest of the class makes birthday cards for the principal, Stanley struggles with his words and letters.

Rose is a distracted and creative soul. She does her best at school, but sometimes her mind wanders, and she answers the wrong question … And her desk? Well, keeping her desk neat is a challenge. When it’s time to make thank-you cards for a class visitor, Rose’s art supplies turn her workspace–and her–into a colorful mess. But her artistic skills shine through in the gorgeous oversize card she creates. Could she possibly get a star after all?

Reluctant reader Madeline really wants to earn a star at school, so when Mrs. Dimple, the librarian, suggests she read to a dog Madeline gives it a try.

David Sheldon finds it difficult to pay attention and follow directions. His teacher, Mrs. Gorski, has had enough of David’s brainstorms, but David “brainstorms” a way to manage his “wiggle fidgets.”

Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.

At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.