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Epilepsy Toronto Library for Members

Discover the Epilepsy Toronto Library, located right in our office! This special collection features a wide range of books that reflect the epilepsy journey from personal stories and medical insights to caregiving guides, children’s books and wellness resources.

Below, you’ll find a list of the titles available in our collection. More coming soon!

To access the library, you must be an officially registered Epilepsy Toronto member. Becoming a member is free. Simply fill out the registration form below to get started.

  EPILEPSY  AWARENESS

  • Epilepsy Mastery: Definitive Guide to Raising Awareness. By Marsha. X Thorpe
  • Big Brain Energy: An Epilepsy Awareness Activity Book. By Marissa Ogea

  PARENT RESOURCES

  • When Your Child Is Sick: A Guide to Navigating the Practical and Emotional Challenges of Caring for a Child Who Is Very Ill By Joanna Breyer, PhD
  • A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically or Chronically Ill Children By Jolene Philo
  • Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. By Bryan Mellonie (Author), Robert Ingpen (Illustrator)
  • Caregiver’s Essential Handbook for Aging Parents. By Kian L. Kowalski

  CHILDREN /YOUTH BOOKS ABOUT EPILEPSY 

  • My Life with Epilepsy.  By Mari Schuh and Ana Sebastián.
  • Taking Seizure Disorders to School: A Story About Epilepsy Taking Seizure Disorders to School. By Kim Gosselin
  • The Secret of the Bounce-Back Mom.  By Dr Bernd Pohlmann-Eden
  • What About Me?: Well Children With Sick Siblings. By William G Bentrim
  • Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes. By Jennifer Elder
  • The Magical Yet. By Angela DiTerlizzi
  • The Sparkle in my brain. By Ms Desire Love
  • The abilities in me. By Gemma Keir
  • Let me tell you about Epilepsy: A children’s book about seizures. By John Crouch (Author), Stacey Crouch (Author), Delightfully Different World (Contributor)
  • The abilities in me: ADHD. By Gemma Keir (Author), Adam Walker-Parker (Illustrator)
  • Franklin Goes to the Hospital. By Paulette Bourgeois
  • Sometimes. By Rebecca Elliott
  • The Surgery Book for kids.  By Shivani Bhatia, MD
  • My Brother Charlie. By Holly Robinson Peete
  • When We Were Alone. By David A. Robertson (Author), Julie Flett (Illustrator)
  • Taking Seizure Disorders to School. By Kim Gosselin
  • My Mommy Has Epilepsy: Embracing Understanding and Empathy
  • Every Child Matters
  • Did you know that I have epilepsy? By Stacey Crouch
  • The Sparkle in my brain
  • My Brain is a Race Car: A children’s guide to a neuro-divergent brain
  • My Shaky WorldMy Shaky World  by Cassandra Potichnyj
  • Wonder by R. J. Palacio
  • The Invisible String, by Patrice Karst and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
  • Lee, the Rabbit With Epilepsy by Deborah M. Moss and Carol Schwartz
  • Neurology for Kids by Betty Nguyen
  • Franklin Goes to the Hospital  by Paulette Bourgeois
  • The Surgery Book for Kids by Shivani Bhatia, MD

 COOKING AND LIFE SKILLS BOOKS

  • THE COMPLETE EPILEPSY AND SEIZURE DIET COOKBOOK FOR BEGINNERS
  • Essential Life Skills for Teens & Young Adults: A Practical Guide to Time & Money Management, Basics of Cooking, Cleaning, and More, So You Can Set Yourself Up for Success During & After High School by Trudy C. Marsh
  • The Complete Guide to Financial Literacy for Teens: Build Real-World Money Management Skills, Avoid Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Take Charge of Your Financial Destiny – Includes Budgeting Tools! by Holly Sherman
  • Money Skills for Kids: A Beginner’s Guide to Earning, Saving, and Spending Wisely. Everything Tweens Should Know About Personal Finance by Ferne Bowe
  • Life Skills for Young Adults: How to Manage Money, Find a Job, Stay Fit, Eat Healthy and Live Independently. Everything a Teen Should Know Before Leaving Home.
  • Keto Epilepsy Diet Cookbook for Kids: Easy, Kid-Friendly Keto Meals to Reduce Seizures and Help Your Child Thrive, by Susan E. Bradford
  • Keto Epilepsy Diet Cookbook For Kids: Discover Nutrient-Rich High Fat Low-Carb Kid-Friendly Recipes For Seizure Management and Healthy Growth, by Audrey Waldron
  • Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)
  • Epilepsy Journal For Teens: Blank-lined notebook Journal for Teens with Epilepsy
  • Life Skills for Tweens: How to Cook, Make Friends, Be Self-Confident and Healthy. Everything a Pre-Teen Should Know to Be a Brilliant Teenager by Ferne Bowe.
  • Essential Life Skills for Teens & Young Adults: A Practical Guide to Time & Money Management, Basics of Cooking, Cleaning, and More, So You Can Set Yourself Up for Success During & After High School
  • Money Skills for Teens: A Beginner’s Guide to Budgeting, Saving, and Investing. Everything a Teenager Should Know About Personal Finance by Ferne Bowe
  • The Complete Guide to Financial Literacy for Teens: Build Real-World Money Management Skills, Avoid Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Take Charge of Your Financial Destiny – Includes Budgeting Tools! by Holly Sherman
  • This Stinks: A Hygiene Workbook  by Dana Kirk
  • How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis LPCGE

GENERAL EPILEPSY BOOKS /  LITERARY BOOKS

  • I Hate This Feeling: A Memoir of Epilepsy, Brain Surgery & Seizure Freedom  by Joe Rodriguez
  • Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures Workbook: Therapeutic Techniques for Overcoming Pnes in Adults by Wagner Julio
  • The Sacred Disease: My Life with Epilepsy
  • Tornado Brain by Cat Patrick.
  • Brain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition): My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
  • A Mind Unravelled: by Kurt Eichenwald by Trudy C. Marsh
  • Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story by Kathleen Raymundo

  EPILEPSY AND THE WORKPLACE

  • Thriving Authentically: The Neurodivergent Professional’s Complete Workplace Success System  by Dr. Morgan Ashford, PhD
  • Career Success with a Disability: Overcoming Barriers in the Canadian Workplace by Michael Gorre
  • Autism Equality in the Workplace: Removing Barriers and Challenging Discrimination  by Janine Booth
  • Disability Friendly: How to Move from Clueless to Inclusive  by John D. Kemp
  • Embracing Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace: A real-world guide to chronic illness, mental health conditions, and neurodivergent traits in the workplace  by Jason Reid
This is the content of our library thus far, but our library will continue to grow!  If you have a recommendation for a book that is relevant to the epilepsy journey and is not currently on our list, please let us know.