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This Is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability & Adaptation
Jessica Slice - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability.. With love and adaptation, this is how we play! This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists Jessica Slice and Caroline... |
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People who are blind:
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Monster Hands
Karen Kane - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two best friends use rhyming ASL to help vanquish their fear of the monster under the bed in this fun, interactive bedtime readaloud.. When nighttime comes, Milo has a problem - he's convinced there's a monster under his bed! Luckily, his best friend Mel knows just what to do - scare... |
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Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved... |
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The Black Book of Colors
Menena Cottin - Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover
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Living with the use of one's eyes can make imagining blindness difficult, but this innovative title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations... |
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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
Jennifer Bryant - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille - a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.**Winner of a Schneider Family Book Award!** Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else,... |
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My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
Cari Best - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Zulay and her three best friends are all in the same first grade class and study the same things, even though Zulay is blind. When their teacher asks her students what activity they want to do on Field Day, Zulay surprises everyone when she says she wants to run a race. With the help of a special... |
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Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza
J.L. Powers - Purple House Press
Format: Hardcover
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George was one of those kids. You know, the kind that never stays still. And then one day, the doctor said he was going blind. Did that slow George down? Not for a single second. In fact, he was so fast, he went on to break a world record for blind runners. And now he is breaking more barriers... |
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Jeremy's Dreidel
Ellie Gellman - Kar-Ben Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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At the dreidel-making workshop, Jeremys friends think hes molding a secret code on his clay dreidel. But hes really making a special gift for his father, who is blind. How will he get his friends to appreciate his special dreidel |
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So Much More to Helen: The Passions and Pursuits of Helen Keller
Meeg Pincus - Sleeping Bear Pr
Format: Hardcover
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We all know Helen Keller's story--but what else do you know about her? Did you know she was an activist, a rebel, a performer, a romantic ... and so much more! Most stories about Helen Keller focus on the story of her deaf-blindness and scholarship, but there is more to Helen than... |
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Soon, Your Hands
Jonathan Stutzman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Come get to know three neighboring families, each with a young child learning about themselves in this wondrous world. This poetic picture book is a parent's ode to everything their child is--and will be--capable of doing as they grow.. Tonight, each small hand fits inside their parent's... |
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Moses Goes to School
Isaac Millman
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A day at a school for the deaf is like a day at any schoolMoses goes to a special school, a public school for the deaf. He and all of his classmates are deaf or hard-of-hearing, but that doesn't mean they don't have a lot to say to each other! They communicate in American |
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Listening to the Quiet
Cassie Silva - Lantana Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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What does nothing sound like?Jacki's mama has a rare condition. She is slowly losing her hearing. Together, they are learning Sign Language so that they'll always be able to tell each other everything. But as Mama's world becomes quieter, Jacki's remains full of sound, especially... |
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Sound of All Things, The
Myron Uhlberg - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Print book
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A day in the life of a young hearing boy and his deaf parents. The Brooklyn family takes an outing to Coney Island, where they enjoy the rides, the food, and the sights. The father longs to know about how everything sounds, and his son does his best to interpret the noisy surroundings through... |
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The Mitten String
Jennifer Rosner - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An original Jewish folktale about a girl who knits, a deaf woman, and a piece of blue yarn. When her family invites a deaf woman and her baby to stay, Ruthie, a talented knitter of mittens, wonders how the mother will know if her child wakes in the night. The surprising answer inspires... |
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Dad, Jackie, and Me
Myron Uhlberg - National Braille Press Inc.
Format: Paperback
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"It was Opening Day, 1947. And every kid in Brooklyn knew this was our year. The Dodgers were going to go all the way!"It is the summer of 1947 and a highly charged baseball season is underway in New York. Jackie Robinson is the new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers-and... |
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People who use wheelchairs and people with mobility impairment:
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Come Over to My House
Eliza Hull - Hardie Grant
Format: Hardcover
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Come Over To My House is a delightful picture book that explores the home lives of children and parents who are Deaf or disabled.. Co-written by disability advocate Eliza Hull and bestselling author Sally Rippin, the inclusive rhyming text authentically explores the characters' various... |
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We Move Together
Kelly Fritsch - AK Press
Format: Hardcover
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A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way. We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection... |
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I Will Dance
Nancy Bo Flood - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines follows a young girl born with cerebral palsy as she pursues her dream of becoming a dancer.Like many young girls, Eva longs to dance. But unlike... |
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Dancing with Daddy
Anitra Rowe Schulte - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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Elsie can't wait to go to her first father-daughter dance. She picked out the perfect dress and has been practicing swirling and swaying in her wheelchair. Elsie's heart pirouettes as she prepares for her special night. With gestures, smiles, and words from a book filled with pictures,... |
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Best Day Ever!
Marilyn Singer - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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This playful puppy thinks she's having the best day ever! She's so happy to be out with her friend, she doesn't even realize that she's being a little naughty. But then he scolds her, and suddenly - Worst. Day. Ever. Will puppy be able to make amends and turn their day back... |
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Outside Amelia's Window
Caroline Nastro - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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New friends to meet, new worlds to explore ... Amelia is a shy little girl with a big imagination. After an injury, she finds solace in stories - fairy tales about faraway lands and magical creatures. When two children move in next door, Amelia wonders: Can she play with them? Can she be as brave... |
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Logan's Greenhouse (Where In the Garden?)
JaNay Brown-Wood - Peachtree
Format: Hardcover
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Logan searches for carrots in his wheelchair-accessible greenhouse in this vibrant exploration of gardening and healthy eating, from the Where in the Garden? picture book series.Logan is organizing a pet playdate at his greenhouse for all of his friends, and his treats won't be the same... |
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Hello Goodbye Dog
Maria Gianferrari - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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For Zara's dog, Moose, nothing is more important than being with her favorite girl. So when Zara has to go to school, WHOOSH, Moose escapes and rushes to her side.Hello, Moose!Unfortunately, dogs aren't allowed at school and Moose has to go back home.Goodbye, Moose. But Moose can't... |
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King for a Day
Rukhsana Khan - Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Basant is here, with feasts and parties to celebrate the arrival of spring. But what Malik is looking forward to most is doing battle from his rooftop with Falcon, the special kite he has built for speed. Today is Malik's chance to be the best kite fighter, the king of Basant. In two fierce... |
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Best Friend on Wheels
Debra Shirley - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover
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In second grade, Mrs. Poole asks our narrator to show the new girl around school. Imagine the surprise when our narrator first meets Sarah - Sarah uses a wheelchair! For a moment, our narrator feels awkward. |
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Lucas at the Paralympics
Igor Plohl - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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Introduce your child to the Paralympics--where physically disabled world-class athletes exemplify strength, determination, and courage.Lucas and Eddie, two physically disabled friends, visit the Paralympics and cheer on blind and physically challenged athletes as they compete in running,... |
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Rolling Along: The Story of Taylor and His Wheelchair
Jamee Riggio Heelan - Peachtree
Format: Print book
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Taylor and Tyler are twin brothers and best friends. But the twins are different in one significant way: Taylor has cerebral palsy, while Tyler does not. Through Taylor's eyes we see how much effort he must expend to strengthen his legs, which are weak. He explains how valuable his new wheelchair... |
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Let's Talk about It: Extraordinary Friends
Fred Rogers - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Paperback
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How do you get to know someone in a wheelchair? Is it okay to ask questions when you see someone who is different from you? Written for the child without special needs--the child with the questions--this book opens up a difficult subject to discussion. Mister Rogers challenges the stereotypes... |
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What Happened to You?
James Catchpole
Format: Hardcover
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This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground . . . Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play Pirates. But as usual, one after the other, all the children ask him the same... |
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You're So Amazing!
James Catchpole - Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback
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When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. But can't he just be . . . Joe?. One-legged Joe is 'amazing'. He knows this because wherever he goes people always tell him he's amazing. Amazing for sliding down the slide, for kicking a ball . . . even... |
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Mara Hears in Style
Terri Clemmons - Beaming Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mara takes on the world with her flashy purple hearing aids and sassy, hot pink earmolds. Mara's first day at her new school is filled with ups and downs surrounding her hearing aids: her teacher doesn't remember to turn on her microphone, the lunchroom is too chaotic for lip-reading,... |
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Cesaria Feels the Beat
Denise Rosario Adusei - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this powerful and inspiring picture book, a deaf girl stands up for herself and takes off her shoes while dancing at her Carnival performance so she can feel the music through her bare feet.. Cesaria is going to perform for the seaside Carnival. She skips past the beach barefoot, dressed... |
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Shake It Off!
Vanessa Brantley-Newton - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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The whimsical tale of a clever little goat who rises above everything that threatens to keep her down. Meet a sweet, curious little goat, who loves to sing and climb on everything. Some neighbors find her annoying, but nothing can keep her down - even when she gets stuck in a well and it looks... |
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Olu's Teacher: A Story About Starting Preschool
Jamel C. Campbell - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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First-day-of-school fears are eased when a child discovers his new teacher is warm and approachable - and looks like him - in a tender picture-book debut.. Olu is nervous about going to school for the first time - his legs are shaking and his tummy feels wobbly. He knows his friends will... |
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Lola and I
Chiara Valentina SegreÌ - Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Secretly told through the perspective of a seeing-eye dog, LOLA AND I is a story of a friendship with a rocky start. Lola, the human, was blinded in a car accident. She moves to the city with her seeing-eye dog, Star. Star describes Lola's pains and struggles as she adjusts to her new condition.... |
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