Ann Estelle

Ann Estelle

List of books where people with disabilities are shown in a positive light

Here is a list of books for primary students is Here a list of books for primary school with at least one character with a disability. All characters with disabilities are portrayed positively.

There are characters with autism, Down syndrome, intellectual disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, delayed speech, dyslexia, spina bifida, synaesthesia and use a wheelchair. The list was created with the winners of the Dolly Gray Award and the Schneider Family Book Award and charts compiled by Sandy Lahmann, pesto CHERLA on Disaboom and Mary Anne Prater and Tina Taylor Dyches to teach exceptional children.

* Very Special Critter, Mercer Mayer - Little Critter discovers that the new kid in class not really so different from any other person, despite being in a wheelchair.

* My friend Elizabeth, Eliza Woloson - A child activities he shares with his friend Isabelle, a girl with Down syndrome.

* Laughs Susan, Jeanne Willis / Tony Ross - rhyming couplets describe a wide range of emotions and activities commonly experienced by a girl who uses a wheelchair.

* Harry and Willy and Carrothead, Judith Casely - Three boys overcome prejudicial ideas about appearances and make friends.

* Hooway to Wodney Wat Helen Lester / Lynn Munsinger - The classmates make fun of Rodney because he can not pronounce his name, but is prevented Rodney's speech that alienates the class bully.

* Dad and I in the morning, Patricia Lakin - A deaf child and his father share a special moment when they see sunrise on the beach.

* Best friend on wheels, Debra Shirley - The narrator meets Sarah, a girl in a wheelchair, and they become fast friends.

Kami and the Yaks * Andrea Stenn Stryer - Kami, a young Sherpa who is deaf, rescues his family yaks s livelihood during a violent storm?.

* Musicians deaf, Pete Seeger / Paul Dubois Jacobs - After losing his hearing, jazzman Lee learns to make music in a new way.

* Beware of Sarah, Glenna Lang - Describe a day in the life of a guide dog with its owner to go to the store and post office, to visit a classroom of school and play ball

Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum, Robert A. Parker - Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound that was to become a virtuoso who was revered by pianists of classical music and jazz.

* Alphabet War, Diane Burton Robb - Learning to read is a great struggle for Adam, but with expert help, hard work and belief in himself, winning the "War of the alphabet.

* See the Sea, Estelle Condra - Driving through mountain fog to the beach, two young brothers compete to see who first see the ocean, but it is their blind sister Nellie who feels for the first time.

* Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. Archambault / Juan - A grandfather and his blind grandson remember the birth of the child, his first horse, and an exciting horse race.

* Thank you, Mr. Falker, Patricia Polacco - Trisha could paint and draw very well, but when he looked at the words on a page, All I could see was confusion. He had a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha's dyslexia.

* Mama Zooms Jane Cowen-Fletcher - great mom A child goes to the zoom everywhere with her, because her wheelchair is a zooming machine.

* My friend, Victor / My friend V or Diane Gonzales Bertrand -? Two children enjoy the summer doing all the things children do in spite of the disability of a child.

* Two tracks in the snow, Louella Bryant - Ari, a child who uses a wheelchair, uses its mono-to teach how to snowboard.

* Silent Lotus Jeanne M. Lopez - Although no You can talk or listen, Lotus trains as Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing to the legends of the gods.

* Crow Boy, Taro Yashima - A lonely boy in a village school in Japan learned all the calls of the crows as he left his home at dawn and arrived home the evening of the day.

* Ian's Walk, Laurie Lear - A young girl realizes how much he cares for his autistic brother Ian when lost in the park.

* Pens (Plucked), Juan Felipe Herrera - Despite Tommy Spina bifida keeps him in a wheelchair, where it often feels as confined to their pet birds and feathers flying, discovers that he can feel free when in the football field.

* Keeping up with Roo, Dan Andresen / Sharlee Glenn - Gracie always has had a special bond with his aunt Roo, who is mentally disabled, but that relationship begins to change when Gracie starts school.

* Dad, Jackie, and Me, Myron Uhlberg-A young woman shares the excitement of the rookie season of Jackie Robinson with his deaf father.

About the Author

Mara Kaplan is an educator, a parent of a child with special needs, and a seasoned advocated for inclusive play. You can find many recommendations for toys and books for children with and without disabilities on her blog: http://letkidsplay.blogspot.com . Sign up for her newsletter and get the recommendations sent to you. Learn more about Mara at http://www.letkidsplay.com