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A Learn @ Your Library booklist for and about people with special needs
Picture Books
 Dustin's Big School Day
(and others in the series)
Carter, Alden R. J E CAR
Second-grader Dustin, who has Down Syndrome, anticipates the arrival of two very special guests at his school.
Harry and Willy and Carrothead
Caseley, Judith J E CAS
Willy becomes friends with Harry who was born without a hand and Oliver who is teased because of his red hair.
Be Good to Eddie Lee
Flemming, Virginia J E FLE
Although Christy considered him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down Syndrome, follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her.
The Hickory Chair
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe J E FRA
A blind boy tells of his warm relationship with his grandmother and the gift she left him after her death.
Ben, King of the River
Gifaldi, David J E GIF
Chad experiences a range of emotions when he goes camping with his parents and his five-year-old developmentally disabled brother Ben.
1 2 3 for You and Me
Girnis, Margaret J E GIR
Photographs show children with Down Syndrome in activities with objects corresponding to numbers one through twenty.
The Storm
Harshman, Marc J E HAR
Jonathan, confined to a wheelchair, tends the family's horses. One day, he's home alone when a tornado strikes…
Moses Goes to School (and others in the series)
Millman, Isaac J E MIL
Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of the year at their school for the hearing impaired.
Different Just Like Me
Mitchell, Lori J E MIT
While preparing for a visit to her grandmother, a young girl notices that, like the flowers in Grammie's garden, people who are different from one another also share many similarities.
Lucy's Picture
Moon, Nicola J E MOO
A young girl creates a special picture that her blind grandfather can "see" with his hands.
Way To Go, Alex!
Pulver, Robin J E PUL
Carly learns a lot about her mentally disabled older brother as he trains for and competes in the Special Olympics.
Sarah's Sleepover
Rodriguez, Bobbie J E ROD
When the lights go out while her cousins are spending the night, a young blind girl shows them what to do in the dark.
Susan Laughs
Willis, Jeanne J E WIL
This rhyming story describes a wide range of common emotions experienced by an active young girl who uses a wheelchair.
Fiction
Tiger's Fall
Bang, Molly J BAN
After eleven-year-old Lupe is partially paralyzed in an accident in her Mexican village, other handicapped people help her realize that her life can still have purpose.
Nick's Mission
Blatchford, Claire H. J BLA
Nick, a deaf sixth grader, is upset about going to speech therapy over the summer, until he learns the importance of being able to communicate.
Quit It
Byalick, Marcia J BYA
Diagnosed with a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics, Carrie must
cope with the embarrassment and strain of various reactions from family, friends, and strangers.
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (and others in the series)
Gantos, Jack J GAN
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention and controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off.
Bluish: a novel
Hamilton, Virginia J HAM
Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a
wheelchair.
Sparks
McNamee, Graham J MCN
This sympathetic portrait shows Todd's attempts to adjust to the workload when he moves into a mainstream fifth-grade class.
The Shiniest Rock of All
Patterson, Nancy Ruth J PAT
Fourth grader Robert Morris Reynolds, who cannot say his name properly, works hard with a speech therapist to overcome his problem.
The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear
Shreve, Susan J SHR
Two friends, one of whom is deaf, help each other when tryouts are held for a seventh-grade production of "Annie."
Colt
Springer, Nancy J SPR
A horseback riding program teaches a young boy with a crippling disease to overcome his anxieties and to help others in dealing with their own problems.
Non-Fiction
Do You Remember the Color Blue? And other questions kids ask about blindness
Alexander, Sally Hobart J 362 .41 ALE
Children asks questions of an author who lost her vision at the age of twenty-six.
Seeing Things My Way
Carter, Alden R. J 362 .41 CAR
A second-grader describes how she and other students learn to use a variety of equipment and methods to cope with their visual impairments.
Stretching Ourselves: Kids with Cerebral Palsy
Carter, Alden R. J 362 .1989 CAR
Focusing on the daily lives of three children, this book describes cerebral palsy and the varying degrees of this condition.
Can You Hear a Rainbow?: the story of a deaf boy named Chris
Heelan, Jamee Riggio J/E 362 .42 HEE
A deaf child tells how he uses sign language and hearing aids to communicate. We
also learn how his friends help him and how he goes to public school with an interpreter.
You Can Learn Sign Language!: More than 300 words in pictures
Kramer, Jackie J 419 KRA
This is an instructional book that teaches many every day words using American Sign Language. Photos of children demonstrate the signs.
Thinking Big: the Story of a Young Dwarf
Kuklin, Susan J 362 .1 KUK
Text and photographs depict the family and school life of an eight-year-old dwarf.
Dancing Wheels
McMahon, Patricia J 792 .8082 MCM
Read about the creation, training, and performances of the dancing troupe! Known as Dancing Wheels, this group includes dancers in and out of wheelchairs.
Extraordinary Friends
Rogers, Fred J 362 .4 ROG
Meet some disabled friend, who might use equipment such as wheelchairs or special computers and who are more like you then you think!
This booklist was prepared at the
CRANSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
140 Sockanosset Cross Road
Cranston, Rhode Island
(401) 943-9080
by Edna Hutchins
Youth Services Librarian
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