Disability books

Ages 3–8

Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Two Latino boys experience carefree camaraderie despite one boy's disability, as fun and friendship overpower physical limitations.

Ages 3–8

Beverley Brenna

Engaging and highly accessible, this text will assist teachers, teacher educators, and teacher candidates in finding and using books about characters where disability is a part of their characterization, supporting the development of ...

Ages 3–8

Pat Thomas

Autism by Pat Thomas — a thoughtfully chosen inclusive book for young readers.

Ages 3–8

Melanie Walsh

A groundbreaking picture book, described by the National Autistic Society as "delightful ... full of positive messages", which explains Asperger's Syndrome in a simple, gentle and positive way to very young children. Meet Isaac. He's a superhero! He might look like everyone else, but he has a kind of autism called Asperger's. Inside this book he'll tell you all about what it's like to have his Asperger superpowers. An essential book for anyone wishing to understand more about Asperger's Syndrome.

Ages 3–8

Jude Welton

In helping the reader get to know Tomas, the book encourages children to recognise what they have in common with him, not just what makes him different.

Ages 3–8

Illana Katz

Joey and Sam by Illana Katz — a thoughtfully chosen inclusive book for young readers.

Ages 3–8

Kathy Hoopmann

Full of mystery and intrigue, this graphic novel version of Kathy Hoopmann's best-selling adventure follows Ben, a boy with Asperger syndrome (AS). When Ben and his friend Andy discover an old blue bottle in the school yard, little do they know of the mysterious forces they are about to unleash.

Ages 3–8

Hans Christian Andersen

This exquisite tale of rejection and redemption has been a favorite with children since its first publication in 1845. The hapless duck's plight, and his ultimate triumph, is especially relevant in today's image-conscious world.

Ages 3–8

Julia Donaldson

After rescuing hard-of-hearing fairy Bessie-Belle, Freddie, who tends to mumble, has his every wish granted with unexpected results--luckily, the Fairy Queen is on hand to help.

Ages 3–8

Wilson Gage

Down in the boondocks by Wilson Gage — a thoughtfully chosen inclusive book for young readers.

Ages 3–8

Louise John

I Can Hear! by Louise John — a thoughtfully chosen inclusive book for young readers.

Ages 3–8

Emily Arnold McCully

Alice Cogswell was a bright and curious child and a quick learner. She also couldn't hear. And, unfortunately, in the early nineteenth century in America, there was no way to teach deaf children. One day, though, an equally curious young man named Thomas Gallaudet, Alice's neighbor, senses Alice's intelligence and agrees to find a way to teach her. Gallaudet's interest in young Alice carries him across the ocean and back and eventually inspires him to create the nation's first school for the deaf, thus improving young Alice's life and the lives of generations of young, deaf students to come.

Ages 3–8

Christy MacKinnon

Christy MacKinnon was a talented artist and a wonderful storyteller. Her life's accomplishments were made all the more remarkable because she was deaf. Here are some of her memories of her youth in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ages 3–8

Myron Uhlberg

Perhaps the words he needs are within reach, after all. Myron Uhlberg's story, based on his own childhood experiences, covers the almost unique topic within children's books of children raised by deaf parents.

Ages 3–8

Pamela J. Baker

Pictures of children demonstrate the forming in sign language of 150 basic alphabetically arranged words, accompanied by illustrations of the words themselves. Includes a discussion of fingerspelling and general rules for signing.

Ages 3–8

Mary Beth Miller

Words and sign language depict children at the zoo discovering how to sign the names of various animals and how to tell time.

Ages 3–8

Jen Bryant

Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet—a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today.

Ages 3–8

Patricia M. St. John

But this is only the start of their adventures. Will Kinza be safe? What will happen to Hamid who dares not go back home?Set in North Africa, readers will be delighted by yet another of Patricia St. John's exciting, freshly edited, novels.

Ages 3–8

Beth Ostrosky Stern

Yoda gets a Buddy by Beth Ostrosky Stern — a thoughtfully chosen inclusive book for young readers.