Totally Booked with Zibby Penn and Kim Holderness, ALL YOU CAN BE WITH ADHD
Nov 28, 2025
Kim and Penn Holderness, viral content creators and New York Times bestselling authors, discuss their new children's book about ADHD. They share how inspiration from families led them to create a kids' edition after their adult book's success. Penn opens up about his own undiagnosed ADHD and the book's potential impact on kids. The couple aims to help children feel seen and understood, while emphasizing the importance of representation. They also reflect on their writing process and how their son's ADHD diagnosis reshaped family conversations.
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Clubhouse Invitation For Kids With ADHD
- Penn reads the clubhouse-opening passage to kids, inviting them into an ADHD clubhouse full of playful imagery.
- He says the book is for kids who feel out of place so they can feel seen and understood.
Kids' Book Was A Natural Extension
- Kim explains the children's book grew naturally from their adult book because kids at signings wanted something for themselves.
- They saw early demand and realized kids need resources that frame ADHD positively.
How Diagnosis Could've Changed Childhood
- Penn becomes emotional recalling how knowledge of ADHD would have helped his childhood playground and classroom experiences.
- He notes many kids live convinced something is wrong because literature was lacking then and now.
