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