Disabilities Awareness for Young Readers

Book List created by the Schaumburg Township District Library

A Sampling of EASY Fiction Material

EASY CARTER Big Brother Dustin by Alden Carter.
EASY COWEN-FLETCHER Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen-Fletcher.
EASY EDWARDS My Brother Sammy by Becky Edwards and David Armitage.
EASY MEYER Rolling Along with Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Cindy Meyers.
EASY MILLMAN Moses goes to the Circus by Isaac Millman.
EASY MOON Lucy’s Pictures by Nicola Moon.
EASY OSOFSKY My Buddy by Audrey Osofsky.
EASY RICKERT Russ and the Almost Perfect Day by Janet Elizabeth.
EASY SENISI All Kinds of Friends, Even Green by Ellen Senisi.
EASY SHRIVER What’s Wrong with Timmy by Maria Shriver.
EASY STUVE-BODEEN We’ll Paint the Octopus Red by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen.
EASY WAHL Rosa’s Parrot by Jan Wahl.
EASY WOLOSON My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson.
EASY ABC GIRNIS ABC for You and Me by Meg Girnis.

A Sampling of NONFICTION Material

306.875 SIBLING The Sibling Slam Book: What it’s Really Like to have a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by Donald Meyer.
362.3 LIBAL My Name is not Slow: Youth with Mental Retardation by Autumn Libal.
362.4 POWELL Disability by Jillian Powell.
362.4 SCHAEFER Some Kids are Blind by Lola Schaefer.
362.4 SCHAEFER Some Kids are Deaf by Lola Schaefer.
362.4 SCHAEFER Some Kids use Wheelchairs by Lola Schaefer.
617.8 GORDON Let’s Talk about Deafness by Melanie Gordon.
618.92 GORDON Let’s Talk about Downs Syndrome by Melanie Gordon.
636.7 MOORE Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog by Eva Moore.

A Sampling of PARENT COLLECTION Materials

362.4 CHILDREN Children with Visual Impairments: a Parents’ Guide by M. Cay Holbrook.
371.9 MCLEAN Assessing Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs by Mary McLean.
618.92 POWELL Luke has Down’s Syndrome by Jillian Powell.
649.15 OSBORN A Special Kind of Love: for Those who Love Children with Special Needs by Susan Osborn.
649.15 AUER Parenting a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder: a Family Guide to Understanding and Supporting Your Sensory-Sensitive Child by Christopher Auer.