Summer Reading List

Here are a few suggestions for your child's summer reading list…

Younger readers

Trouble at Recess by Jaime

My Very Own: I Can Do It Storybook! Starring Me by Julie Raynor

Junior readers

Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus

The Girl Who Stutters by Mia J., Rebecca D., and Casey W.

Advanced reader

Self-Therapy for the Stutterer by Malcolm Fraser

Advice to Those Who Stutter by 28 therapists who stutter themselves

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.