A HOPEFUL BOOK FOR KIDS WITH BUSY, BRILLIANT, DISTRACTING BRAINS.

Your brain is amazing.

My Amazing, Distracting, Shoe-Forgetting Brain helps kids with ADHD feel seen, understood, and proud of the way their brains work while giving grown-ups a warmer way to talk about ADHD.

My Amazing, Distracting, Shoe-Forgetting Brain — book cover
Zeke SeimKatie Linehan

Meet Zeke & Katie

My Amazing, Distracting, Shoe-Forgetting Brain helps kids with ADHD feel understood and proud of the way their brains work while giving grown-ups a warmer way to talk about ADHD.

Parenting Toolkit

Daily scripts, printables, and gentle reminders.

Media

Book Zeke & Katie for podcasts, panels, and events.

Bulk & Partners

Bulk pricing for classrooms, clinics, and schools.

You're in Great Company

Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Dav Pilkey, will.i.am and more — famous brains that work like yours.

Our promise

Kids with ADHD aren't broken. Their brains are busy, creative, distracted, emotional, funny and amazing.

This book helps adults understand what ADHD feels like from a child's point of view and helps kids feel understood and celebrated.

ADHD is not rare. Millions of kids are growing up with busy, creative, sometimes frustrating brains. Many of them are still looking for language that makes them feel understood instead of broken.

ADHD by the Numbers

12.0%

of U.S. children ages 3–17 have been diagnosed with ADHD.

15.6%

of boys and 8.2%of girls have been diagnosed.

~7M

U.S. children have received an ADHD diagnosis.

~1 in 3

children with ADHD receive no ADHD-specific treatment.

~78%

of children with ADHD have at least one co-occurring condition.

Sources: CDC, AAP, CHADD.

A family reading a picture book together on the couch

Made for the kids who are spectacular and the grown-ups who love them.

Whether you're a parent navigating a fresh diagnosis or a teacher looking for the right words, we made this for you.