Books about Disabilities
ADHD
Joey Pigza loses control, By Jack Gantos
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Joey Pigza swallowed the key, By Jack Gantos
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Parents wanted, By George Harrar
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Pay attention, Slosh, By Mark Smith
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Waiting for Mr. Goose, by Laurie Lears
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What would Joey do?, By Jack Gantos
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Zipper, the kid with ADHD, By Caroline Janover
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Autism
Al Capone does my shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
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Ian’s Walk: A Story about Autism, by Laurie Lears
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My Brother Sammy, by Becky Edwards
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Rules, by Cynthia Lord
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Blindness
Annerton Pit, By Peter Dickinson
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Blind Men and the Elephant: an old tale from the land of India, by Lillian Fox Quigley
EMC: Non-fiction 398.2 Q6b
Brian’s Bird, by David A. Adler
EMC: Non-fiction 921 B814a
Do You Remember the Color Blue? And Other Questions kids ask about Blindness, by
Sally Hobart Alexander
EMC: Non-fiction 362.41 A378d
Follow my leader, By James B. Garfield
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Gift of gold, By Beverly Butler
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Granny Torrelli makes soup, By Sharon Creech
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Hannah, By Gloria Whelan
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Hickory Chair, by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
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How Smudge Came, by Nan Gregory
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Listen for the Bus: David’s Story, by Patricia McMahon
EMC: Non-fiction 362.41 M167l
Listen for the fig tree, By Sharon Bell Mathis
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Looking out for Sarah, by Glenna Lang
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Mom Can’t See Me, by Sally Hobart Alexander
EMC: Non-fiction 617.712 A378m
Mom’s Best Friend, by Sally Hobart Alexander
EMC: Non-fiction 362.41 A378
Private and Confidential: a Story about Braille, by Marion Ripley
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Rainbow Joe and Me, by Maria Diaz Strom
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Sarah’s Sleepover, by Bobbie Rodriguez
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See the Ocean, by Estelle Condra
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Seeing lessons : the story of Abigail Carter and America’s first school for the blind,
By Spring Hermann
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Seeing Stick, by Jane Yolen
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Seeing Summer, By Jeannette Eyerly
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Sees Behind Trees, By Michael Dorris
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Sky : a novel in three sets and an encore, By Roderick Townley
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Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain, by Florence Parry Heide
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Storyteller's beads, By Jane Kurtz
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Summer-house Loon, By Anne Fine
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Things not seen, By Andrew Clements
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Through Grandpa’s Eyes, by Patricia MacLachlan
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Timothy of the cay, By Theodore Taylor
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What’s That, by Virginia Allen Jensen
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What would Joey do?, By Jack Gantos
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Cerebral Palsy
Accidents of Nature, by Harriet McBryde Johnson
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Danny and the Merry-Go-Round, by Nan Holcomb
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Howie Helps Himself, by Joan Fassler
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I’m the Big Sister Now, by Michelle Emmert
EMC: Non-fiction 618.92 E54i
Living with cerebral palsy, By Susan H. Gray
EMC: Non-Fiction 616.836 G782l
Rolling Along: the story of Taylor and His Wheelchair, by Jamee Riggio Heelan
EMC: Non-fiction 616.836 H458r
Small Steps, by Louis Sachar
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Stoner & Spaz, By Ron Koertge
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Stretching Ourselves: Kids with Cerebral Palsy, by Alden R. Carter
EMC: Non-fiction 362.19 C323s
Stuck in neutral, By Terry Trueman
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Summer Tunes: a Martha’s Vineyard Vacation, by Patricia McMahon
EMC: Non-fiction 974.4 M167s
We Can Do It!, by Laura Dwight
EMC: Non-fiction 305.908 D992w
Deafness
Anna’s Silent World, by Bernard Wolf
EMC: Non-fiction 371.9 W853a
Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg
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Down in the Boondocks, by Mary Steele
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Gift of the girl who couldn't hear, By Susan Shreve
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Handtalk Birthday: a Number and Story Book in Sign Language, by Remy Charlip
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Handtalk School, by Mary Beth Miller & George Ancona
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Handtalk Zoo, by George Ancona
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I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf, by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
EMC: Non-fiction 362.78 P485i
Lisa and her Soundless World, by Edna S. Levine
EMC: Non-fiction 362.7 L665l
Moses Goes to a Concert, by Isaac Millman
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Moses Goes to School, by Isaac Millman
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Of sound mind, By Jean Ferris
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The Printer, by Myron Uhlberg
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Raging quiet, By Sherryl Jordan
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Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything, by Lenore Look
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Screaming Kind of Day, by Rachna Gilmore
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Tuck triumphant, By Theodore Taylor
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Very Special Friend, by Dorothy Hoffman Levi
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What is the Sign for Friend?, by Judith E. Greenberg
EMC: Non-fiction 362.42 G798w
Down Syndrome
1 2 3 For You and Me, by Margaret Girnis
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A B C For You and Me, by Margaret Girnis
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Be Good to Eddie Lee, by Virginia Fleming
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Big Brother Dustin, by Alden R. Carter
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Crazy Dave, by Basil Johnston
EMC: Non-fiction 970.3 O39j
Dustin’s Big School Day, by Alden R. Carter
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How about a hug, By Nan Holcomb
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A little time, By Anne Norris Baldwin
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Man who loved clowns, By June Rae Wood
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Veronica’s First Year, by Jean Sasso Rheingrover
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We Can Do It!, by Laura Dwight
EMC: Non-fiction 305.908 D992w
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red, by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
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What about me?, By Colby F. Rodowsky
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Where's Chimpy?, By Berniece Rabe
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Mentally Handicapped
Big Brother Dustin, by Alden R. Carter
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Dustin’s Big School Day, by Alden R. Carter
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He's my brother, By Joe Lasker
EMC: Non-Fiction 301.42 L345h
How About a Hug, by Nan Holcomb
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My brother Steven is retarded, By Harriet Langsam Sobol
EMC: Non-Fiction 362.7 S677m
My Friend Jacob, by Lucille Clifton
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Special Kind of Sister, by Lucia B. Smith
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Veronica’s First Year, by Jean Sasso Rheingrover
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Where’s Chimpy?, by Berniece Rabe
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Physically Handicapped
Andy Finds a Turtle, by Nan Holcomb
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Anna’s Silent World, by Bernard Wolf
EMC: Non-fiction 371.9 W853a
Arnie and the New Kid, by Nancy Carlson
EMC: Picture Books Ca
Balancing Girl, by Berniece Rabe
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Big dipper marathon, By Jerome Brooks
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Bluish, By Virginia Hamilton
EMC: Fiction Ha
Danny and the Merry-Go-Round, by Nan Holcomb
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Don’t Feel Sorry for Paul, by Bernard Wolf
EMC: Non-fiction 362.7 W853d
Forty acres and maybe a mule, By Harriette Gillem Robinet
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Freak the Mighty, By Rodman Philbrick
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Good Morning Franny, Good Night Franny, by Emily Hearn
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Harry and Willy and Carrothead, by Judith Caseley
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He’s My Brother, by Joe Lasker
EMC: Non-fiction 301.42 L345h
Hickory Chair, by Lisa Row Fraustino
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Howie Helps Himself, by Joan Fassler
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Izzy, willy-nilly, By Cynthia Voigt
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Midget, By Tim Bowler
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Mind's eye, By Paul Fleischman
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Move Over, Wheelchairs Coming Through, by Roy Ron
EMC: Non-fiction 362.4 R888m
My Brother Steven is Retarded, by Harriet Langsam Sobol
EMC: Non-fiction 362.7 S677m
My Buddy, by Audrey Osofsky
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My Friend Jacob, by Lucille Clifton
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My Friend Leslie: the Story of a Handicapped Child, by Maxine B. Rosenberg
EMC: Non-fiction 362.4 R814m
Nick Joins In, by Joe Lasker
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Peeling the onion, By Wendy Orr
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Pigs might fly, By Dick King-Smith
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Rainbow Joe and Me, by Maria Diaz Strom
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Rajesh, by Curt Kaufman
EMC: Non-fiction 371.9 K21r
Seeing Things My Way, by Alden R. Carter
EMC: Non-fiction 362.41 C323s
Shadow spinner, By Susan Fletcher
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Special Kind of Sister, by Lucia B. Smith
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Storm, by Marc Harshman
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Tangerine, By Edward Bloor
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Very Special Friend, by Dorothy Hoffman Levi
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Winning, By Robin Brancato
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Compiled 4/05
Revised 4/08