The Hello Foundation travels the world to work with students, families, and teachers to offer assistance with special needs. The service trips are funded by company, our team of independent contractors, and outside donations. As a means of ongoing fund-raising for these trips, we are affiliated with Amazon to offer the titles below. Approximately 4% of each title purchased returns to our company. One hundred percent (100%) of this revenue is dedicated to our service trips. Just imagine, you can read an excellent recommendation and help a child with autism in Mostar, Bosnia! Thank you in advance for your shared commitment to children.

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They Broke the Law--You Be the Judge
Teens often hear about other teens who get into trouble with the law. But they’re seldom asked what they think should happen next and why. A unique introduction to the juvenile justice system, They Broke the Law—You Be the Judge: True Cases of Teen Crime invites teens to preside over a variety of real-life cases.
The Arrival
"The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean." The book was recommended by a staff member. She enjoyed the graphics and that the book allows for descriptions and inferences on both characters and plot.
Growing Vegetable Soup
The title says everything the book contains. First, there is the idea, then the actual work: tools are employed for planting seeds that grow first into sprouts, then into plants and then vegetables. The process involves water, weeding, digging up and washing; finally, there is the reward of cooking the vegetables and, yes, eating the soupthe end of the chain, at least this year. The book provides a healthy dose of completely digestible information on growing and nurturing living things; it's also a zesty introduction to vivid, abstract art.
The Pizza That We Made
Gr. K-1. Young ones will learn to make pizza from scratch in this colorful entry in the Viking Easy-to-Read series. The rhyming text follows three friends as they collect ingredients, mix and knead the dough, add the toppings, bake, and then clean the kitchen.
Dance with Me
Two kids bopping down the street get the whole town moving in a lively tale for emerging readers! This book is slightly larger than most board books, but its simple text makes it a good choice for emerging readers as well as preschoolers.
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotional literacy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urging parents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to an impossible standard of manhood. Powerfully written and deeply felt, Raising Cain will forever change the way we see our sons and will transform the way we help them to become happy and fulfilled young men.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon's bitterly funny debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks.
We Can Make It Better!
By Elizabeth M. Delsandro. We Can Make It Better! is a resource for safe and motivating social problem-solving practice. With the right tools, practice and understanding, students can learn how to make good choices - in their thought, actions and words--that result in improved social interactions.
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
By Carol McCloud. Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as children see how rewarding it is to express daily kindness, appreciation, and love. Bucket filling and dipping are effective metaphors for understanding the effects of our actions and words on the well being of others and ourselves.
My Mouth is a Volcano!
By Julia Cook. All of Louis' thoughts are very important to him. In fact, his thoughts are so important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes all of his important words up against his teeth and he erupts, or interrupts others. His mouth is a volcano!
Out of My Mind
By Sharon M. Draper "...Melody is trapped in her own body. Born with Cerebral Palsy, she is unable to perform most of the basic physical functions that the rest of us take for granted. But her mind is completely normal - actually, it's significantly above normal. However, almost no one realizes that she has any intellectual capabilities."
Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid's Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World
PROFESSIONAL & PARENT READING by Marybeth Hicks. Marybeth Hicks reminds us that it is more important to be our children's parents than it is to be their friends. Geeks are the new cool!
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
By Anne Fadiman. This book is a true description of a Hmoung Family's experience with the US medical system regarding their daughter with a seizure disorder.
Motherless Brooklyn
By Johathan Lethem. This is a fictional 'who-done-it' type murder mystery. The main character speaks in first person about his Tourette Syndrome.
Thinking In Pictures
PROFESSIONAL & PARENT READING Temple Grandin shares her first hand view of Autism. Our clinicians have found this book insightful and a must read.
Beyond Behavior Modification
PROFESSIONAL & PARENT READING by Joseph Kaplan. One of our clinicians describes this book as " . . light-hearted, easily readable book with back-to-basics approach on changing behavior."
Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration
PROFESSIONAL READING by Paula Aquilla, Shirley Sutton, and Ellen Yak. "This book has the answers teachers have been waiting for regarding sensory issues (behavior problems) and ways to deal with them. Though classroom teachers should remember to always consult with an occupational therapist before using any of the information contained in the book."
Therapy Techniques for Cleft Palate Speech & Related Disorders
PROFESSIONAL READING by Karen Golding-Kushner. More than one of our clinicians described this as the "the gold standard" for SLP cleft palate treatment!
Language Intervention with School-Aged Children
PROFESSIONAL READING by Naremore, Densmore, & Harmen: explains impairment with conversation, narrative, and text and how to target them for curriculum-based treatment.
Aspergers and Girls
"..a book that provides up-to-date information about girls and women with Asperger's Syndrome. Covering topics such as diagnoses, education, puberty, relationships, and careers, experts in the field share practical advice for both caregivers and the women and girls who are affected by Asperger's. Other chapters are written by women who have been diagnosed with ASD." Multiple staff members recommended this book be shared.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter [Paperback]
" . . a brilliantly crafted family drama that explores every mother's silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you?" A staff member loved this drama of children separated and secret's kept due to a disability.
Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel [Paperback]
". . . a rivalry takes both lovers away, her polio returns, her career appears to be over, and her family relationships get more complex. Carmen learns resilience and independence to win small but glorious victories." This book was recommended by a staff member as she enjoyed reading from the perspective of someone with a disability.