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Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph - Magination Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Brilliant Bea is an endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn't define who you are. Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice... |
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The Alphabet War: A Story about Dyslexia
DIANE BURTON ROBB - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Paperback
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When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." In first grade, he had to put the letters into words so he could read. That was the beginning of the Alphabet War! This... |
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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Sonia Sotomayor
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique.. A #1 New York Times bestseller!. Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be t |
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A Walk in the Words
Hudson Talbott - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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When Hudson Talbott was a little boy, he loved drawing, and it came naturally to him. But reading? No way! One at a time, words weren't a problem, but long sentences were a struggle. As his friends moved on to thicker books, he kept his slow reading a secret. But that got harder every... |
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Back to Front and Upside Down
Claire Alexander - Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Its the principal Mr. Slippers birthday, and while the rest of the class gets busy writing cards for the occasion, Stan becomes frustrated when his letters come out all in a muddle. Stan is afraid to ask for help, until a friend assures him that nobodys good at everything. And after lots... |
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Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph - Magination Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Brilliant Bea is an endearing and empowering story that demonstrates that a learning difference like dyslexia doesn't define who you are. Despite her struggles with reading and writing, Beatrice is a natural and brilliant storyteller. With the help of a kind-hearted teacher, Beatrice... |
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Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who's ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn't fit in. "Everybody is smart in different... |
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Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen
Kate McGovern
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Maple is in fifth grade - again. Now everyone will find out she struggles with reading - or will they? An engaging read for anyone who has ever felt different.. Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can't read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves di |
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The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Paperback
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: Lightning Thief, The |
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Books with Dyslexia Friendly Font:
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Crazy Crab Dyslexic Font
Mark C Evans - MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Steve is no ordinary Hermit Crab. He has a big dream... to be an astronaut and fly in space! His friends and family think he is crazy. They don't send crabs into space. Will Steve have "the right stuff" to be sent on a daring mission to Mars? Can he work hard to beat mischievous... |
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Niagara Falls, Or Does It? #1
Henry Winkler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences. It's science project time in Ms. Adolf's class.... |
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For Teens (Fiction):
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Lakelore
Anna-Marie McLemore
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In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact? . Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethe |
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Loveboat, Taipei
Abigail Hing Wen
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-An instant New York Times Bestseller and Indie Bestseller!-Optioned for film by the producers of Jenny Han's Netflix series, TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE -#1 Cosmopolitan Audiobook of the Year-Featured in Entertainment Weekly, Seventeen, Boston Globe, South China Morning Pos |
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Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling
Elise Bryant
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From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossove |
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A List of Cages
Robin Roe - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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FIVE STARRED REVIEWS! #1 BESTSELLER! "I love this book with my whole heart."--Jennifer Niven "Remarkably gripping and moving."--Emma Donoghue "Triumphant."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Beautiful and brilliant."--Shelf Awareness (starred review)... |
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For Teens (Informational Books):
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Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
Margaret Rooke - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Print book
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23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard... |
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I Wanted to be a Pilot: The Making of a Tuskegee Airman
Franklin J. Macon - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Library Binding
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Sometimes history is made by a dyslexic, mischievous boy who hates school, is a descendant of one of Frederick Douglass' half-sisters, and whose Pops was a Buffalo Soldier. In I Wanted to be a Pilot, one of the less than 100 living Documented Original Tuskegee Airman, Franklin J. Macon,... |
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The Self-Help Guide for Teens with Dyslexia
Alais Winton - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Gold Medal Winner in the Self-Help category of the 2015 Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year AwardsAs Alais Winton knows, having dyslexia doesnt mean youre not bright; like her, you might just need a different way of looking at things. In this book, she lets you in on the learning... |
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For Adults (Fiction):
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First Daughter
Eric Van Lustbader - Center Point Large Print; Lrg edition
Format: Book
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Sometimes the weakness we fear most can become our greatest strength . . . Jack McClure has had a troubled life. His dyslexia always made him feel like an outsider. He escaped from an abusive home as a teenager and lived by his wits on the streets of Washington... |
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For Adults (Informational Books):
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The Adult Side of Dyslexia
Kelli Sandman-Hurley - Jessica Kingsley Pub
Format: Paperback
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This book combines moving accounts of the lived experience of dyslexic adults with tips and strategies for surmounting the challenges you or a loved one or family member may face. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Kelli Sandman-Hurley explores common themes such as school experiences; the impact... |
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Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive Outside the Lines
Jonathan Mooney - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Confessional and often hilarious, in Normal Sucks a neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father meditates on his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeedJonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present... |
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For Parents/Caregivers:
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World
DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing... |
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Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Don M. Winn - Cardboard Box Adventures
Format: Paperback
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Keyed to current, cutting edge research, this user-friendly guide provides detailed assistance to parents and educators who want to help dyslexic children achieve their best life. Topics include signs of dyslexia parents can watch for at various ages, symptoms that warrant diagnosis by a professional,... |
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