Customer Reviews

Cory Stories: A Kid's Book about Living with ADHD

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My 8-year-old son who has ADD (without hyperactivity) latched onto this book immediately upon the first reading and has wanted me to re-read it to him several times. I believe he sees a real connection between things in his own life and things in 'Cory's' life in the book. Cory is a sweet, but very hyperactive boy, who has the same kind of issues as a lot of ADHD kids.

The book is very straightforward and explains quite a bit about being diagnosed and getting treatment, but all at a young child's level. This is not a comprehensive guide to everything a child or parent can do to address ADHD. It is just a very nice story that allows a child to identify with a main character who may be much like him. I think it allowed my son to see that he is not alone in what he experiences and that there are ways to make things better.

A wonderful book that helps children and even adults understand what it feels like to have ADHD. I think it really helped by 6 year old son understand that he is not alone in how he feels with this disorder. For the past two years we didn't know what was wrong with him, we thought that maybe he was just really hyper. When his teachers told us that his behavior was so bad at school they were thinking of putting him in a special class, we knew we had to do something. He was diagnosed with ADHD and is now in therapy and takes medication. We have noticed a huge difference. It feels good to know that we are not the only ones going through this, and that he is not a bad kid, he is just different. This book really helped to get that point across. I bought a few copies for his grandparents and teachers. A great recommendation for parents looking to explain their child's ADHD to them.

It is very gratifying to read the reviews from caring parents who have benefitted from the story I wrote. It is exactly what I hoped to do; help someone else who is going through all of the process I went through. By working with your kids, reading and discussing with them, you are making a difference in their lives.
My favorite thing to tell parents is that Cory is now 28 years old, lives on his own, is a safe driver and has been working for Apple for several years as a Mac Genius. He is awesome! Thanks for reading my book!

Our 9 year old son has been recently identified as a child with ADD and mild hyperactivity. We have been discussing techniques with a therapist on how to stay on task, but after reading this book with our son, we found out that he feels like more of an outcast than we realized. He was excited to know that someone else feels the way he does, that the rest of the family has some of those same thoughts and feelings too and it made all of us laugh about it.

I have used this book with my students, parents and even teacher faculty and staff - it helps in so many ways for all to fully understand ADHD from a kids point of view - additionally, it provides ideas and concepts that can help the student and teachers further assist in controling and maintaining control while living with ADHD. Highly recommended.
Special Education Teacher

This is a great book to help kids understand and help parents explain ADD.

This was a great book to help my son understand his ADD and ADHD. We even purchased an extra copy as a gift to his teacher to add to her class room library.

I can't say enough good things about this book. My ADHD son related to this book so well. It also opened him up to talking about how he related to Cory & asking questions that he had about ADHD. I just about cried because he truly got it & he wasn't afraid or sad about it. I truly feel this book/story empowered him! Every parent, teacher, friend of an ADHD kid should have to read this book. Is every ADHD kid exactly like Cory, well of course not, but the overall picture is very accurate & could be used as a teaching tool for everyone. I just feel this is a great educational book as well as an awesome story!

Sincerely,
One Proud Parent of an ADHD Kid

My 8 year old is stuggling with ADD/ADHD and LOVED this book. It helped for him to see that he's not the only kid out there struggling with school work. Written in a humorous way to bring a smile to kids faces.

This is the best book that I've found to help my son understand ADHD. Throughout the story he said "That's me" to let me know that he has many of the same feelings and problems. It was great for me to be able to understand him a little bit better too. I'd highly reccomend it for families that are affected by ADHD