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Disability Pride July 2024
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Cesaria Feels the Beat
by Denise R. Adusei
Getting ready to perform at Carnival, Cesaria, a young deaf girl who hears the music through the soles of her feet, convinces all the other dancers to take off their shoes to feel what she feels, in this heartfelt story about deafness, community and Carnival.
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Song In the City
by Daniel Bernstrom
Young blind girl Emmaline, who loves the sounds of her city, teaches her Grandma Jean how to listen more closely to the vibrant everyday music that floats all around them.
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The Roller-Coaster Ride
by David Broadbent
Grandma and Vincent (who has a limb difference) are off to visit the amusement park at the beach. They spend the bus journey talking about the wonderful rides there. Vincent can't wait to ride on the big roller coaster! But when they arrive at the beach, his hopes are dashed. Will Grandma be able to save the day?
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What Happened to You?
by James Catchpole
Joe, a young boy trying to play pirates at the playground, keeps getting interrupted with questions about what happened to his leg, and gets more and more fed up until the kids finally understand they don't need to know what happened.
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You're So Amazing!
by James Catchpole
Addressing the assumptions people make about those with disabilities in an accessible, honest and humorous way, this story follows Joe, who is tired of being told how amazing he is for doing normal things.
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Hide And Shh! A Not-So-Sneaky Sister Story About Inclusion
by Christina Dendy
Dinah, a young girl with Down Syndrome, loves to play games with her older sister, Chloe, but her idea of fun differs from the older kids' ideas. Dinah and her not-so-sneaky efforts to join in the game backfire. In the process, the sisters and their friends learn that there's more than one way to play and have a good time!
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We Move Together
by Kelly Fritsch
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.
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My Monster And Me
by Nadiya Hussain
A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his toys, and even when his friends come over to visit. How can he escape his worries?
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More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean
by Roz MacLean
Quietly observing the many different ways his classmates communicate (including text-to-speech and symbol-to-speech technology for nonspeaking folks), Nathan learns that understanding and being mindful of one another are the greatest bridges to friendship and belonging, in this moving picture book that explores and celebrates many forms of expression.
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Natural Me
by MzVee
Inspired by her hit song“Natural Girl,” the award-winning musician presents this ode to young girls on their journey to self-empowerment, sisterhood and self-love that speaks to beauty inside and out. It is a rare example of a picture book depicting a child with vitiligo.
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Lucky Me
by Lawrence Schimel
Bruno's friend Sanjay has his own room and a pet iguana. Bruno's brother, Mateo, who is visually impaired, has a dog named Rocco who helps him get around...and is a fantastic storyteller. Bruno doesn't have a pet, and he has to share his room with Mateo, but he still feels like the luckiest of all to have such a great brother and amazing friend.
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My Art, My World
by Rita Winkler
Rita Winkler is a young woman living with Down syndrome. My Art, My World shows us the world as she sees it: a place full of joy, color, and the delight of life with her family and friends. Approaching her daily life with enthusiasm and a dry sense of humor, Rita rides public transit to her job working at a university coffee shop. She takes yoga and folk dance classes and enjoys drama and music at a day program, and she continues to practice using sign language. Rita's great passion is making art. Here she shows her love for the world in fun and beautiful works of art.
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Fifty-four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
by Caela Carter
A chronically frustrated eleven-year-old girl named Gwendolyn Rogers comes to realize she has an undiagnosed mental health issue and tries every way possible to get control of her emotions.
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Falling Short
by Ernesto Cisneros
Two best friends, one athletically gifted and one academically gifted, have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other through difficulties such as anxiety attacks and family problems so they don't fall short.
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Zion Unmatched
by Zion Clark
A photographic essay showcases Zion Clark, an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer born with no legs, exploring his journey from a childhood in the foster care system to his rising as an Olympic-level athlete.
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Lark Goes the Distance
by Natasha Deen
When their friend Kate's heirloom watch is stolen at the Run in the Sun fundraiser—and a threatening note says she has to drop out of the competition to get it back, siblings Lark and Connor Ba race against the clock to find the culprit. This is part of an early chapter book mystery series narrated by a character who is dyslexic.
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Sara And the Search for Normal
by Wesley King
A prequel to the Edgar Award-winning OCDaniel shares the story of fan-favorite character Sara, whose pursuit of a“normal” life is shaped by a talkative and outgoing new friend's painful secrets.
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Hummingbird
by Natalie Lloyd
Twelve-year-old Olive, who is seen as“fragile” due to brittle bone disease, searches for a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that could possibly make her most desperate, secret wish come true.
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Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
by Jerry Pinkney
One of the most celebrated children's book illustrators of all time who paved the way for countless other Black artists shares how drawing offered him a sense of calm, control and confidence during a time when the segregation of Black Americans was the norm, and he struggled with dyslexia at school.
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Set Me Free
by Ann Clare LeZotte
Three years after being kidnapping from her home in Martha's Vineyard, fourteen-year-old Mary Lambert receives a letter from Nora O'Neal, a servant in the house where she was held, who tells her of an eight-year-old girl where she is now employed whom Nora believes to be a deaf-mute, but who is being treated as insane, and asks Mary to come and teach the nameless child; a little scared, but intrigued, and bored with domestic life, Mary agrees--only to find that there is more to the child's story, and that freeing her from a world of silence and imprisonment may be more dangerous than anyone anticipated.
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Just Shy Of Ordinary
by A. J. Sass
Thirteen-year-old Shai is an expert problem-solver. There's never been something they couldn't research and figure out on their own. But there's one thing Shai hasn't been able to logic their way through: picking at the hair on their arms. Ever since their mom lost her job, the two had to move in with family friends, and the world went into pandemic lockdown, Shai's been unable to control their picking. Now, as the difficult times recede and everyone begins to discover their "new normal," Shai's hoping the stress that caused their picking will end, too. After reading that a routine can reduce anxiety, Shai makes a plan to create a brand new normal for themself that includes going to public school. But when their academic evaluation places them into 9th grade instead of 8th, it sets off a chain of events that veer off the path Shai had prepared for, encouraging Shai to learn how to accept life's twists and turns, especially when you can't plan for them.
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Paige Not Found
by Jen Wilde
When she discovers her parents had a chip implanted in her brain that keeps track of her location and brain activity, Paige dons her noise-canceling headphones and sets out to find the other kids in the study to show them what's been done to them.
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Stop That Frog!
by Henry Winkler
Caring for Principal Love's pet frog over the weekend, Hank is dismayed when he forgets to put the top back on the tank and the frog escapes. This early chapter book about a dyslexic main character is newly available as a Playaway audiobook.
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Shiny Misfits
by Maysoon Zayid
When her classmate and crush steals her spotlight after she wins the school talent show, Bay Ann, reduced to her disability and her talent ignored, vows to do everything in her power to beat him at his own attention-seeking game, which backfires spectacularly.
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