 | OLD - Special Needs |
| Recommended fiction for children about people with special needs. Find most nonfiction on this subject on the J362.4 and JE362.4 shelves. For more ideas, see Voices from the Margins: An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction on Disabilities and Differences for Young People, R J016 WA.
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Picture Books (JE)
| Anderson | We Go in a Circle (Horsemanship for people with disabilities) |
| Best | Goose's Story (Physical disabilities) |
| Booth | Mandy (Hearing disorders) |
| Carlson | Arnie and the New Kid (Wheelchairs) |
| Caseley | Harry and Willy and Carrothead (Physical disabilities, prosthetics) |
| DeBear | Be Quiet, Marina! (Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome) |
| Gifaldi | Ben, King of the River (Mental disabilities) |
| Glenn | Keeping Up with Roo (Mental disabilities) |
| Herrera | Featherless (Spina bifida, wheelchairs) |
| Hines | Gramma's Walk (Wheelchairs) |
| Karim | Mandy Sue Day (Blind) |
| Lakin | Dad and Me in the Morning (Deaf) |
| Lang | Looking Out for Sarah (Deaf, seeing eye dogs) |
| Lasker | Nick Joins In (Wheelchairs) |
| Lee | Silent Lotus (Deaf, mutism) |
| MacLachlan | Through Grandpa's Eyes (Blind) |
| Martin | Knots on a Counting Rope (Blind) |
| Millman | Moses Goes to the Circus (Deaf, sign language) |
| Moran | Imagine Me On a Sit-Ski! (Cerebral palsy, wheelchairs) |
| Munsch | Zoom! (Wheelchairs) |
| Osofsky | My Buddy (Muscular dystrophy, service dogs) |
| Petrillo | Keep Your Ear on the Ball (Blind) |
| Rabe | Where's Chimpy? (Down syndrome) |
| Rickert | Russ and the Almost Perfect Day (Down syndrome) |
| Ripley | Private and Confidential: A Story About Braille (Blind, Braille) |
| Rodriguez | Sarah's Sleepover (Blind) |
| Senisi | All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! (Spina bifida, wheelchairs) |
| Stewart | Sea Crow (Physical disabilities, prosthetics) |
| Stuve-Bodeen | The Best Worst Brother (Down syndrome) |
| Uhlberg | The Printer (Deaf, sign language) |
| Willis | Susan Laughs (Wheelchairs) |
| Woloson | My Friend Isabelle (Down syndrome) |
Easy Readers (JE ER)
| Hooks | Nice Wheels (Wheelchairs) |
| Rau | The Secret Code (Blind, Braille) |
Children’s Fiction (J)
| Asare | Sosu's Call (Physical disabilities) |
| Burnett | The Secret Garden (Wheelchairs) |
| Butler | Witch's Fire (Wheelchairs) |
| Christopher | Wheel Wizards (Wheelchairs) |
| Creech | Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (Blind) |
| Cutler | Spaceman (Learning disabilities) |
| Denenberg | Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan (Blind) |
| Graff | The Thing About Georgie (Dwarfs) |
| Harshman | The Storm (Wheelchairs) |
| Helfman | On Being Sarah (Cerebral palsy) |
| Hill | Chang and the Bamboo Flute (Mutism) |
| Kehret | Earthquake Terror (Physical disabilities) |
| Kesey | The Sea Lion: A Story of the Sea Cliff People (Physical disabilities) |
| King-Smith | Spider Sparrow (Mental disabilities) |
| Lears | Nathan's Wish (Cerebral palsy) |
| Levin | Away to Me, Moss! (Physical disabilities) |
| Look | Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything (Deaf) |
| Matlin | Deaf Child Crossing (Deaf; see also Nobody's Perfect and Leading Ladies) |
| McKenzie | Stargone John (Emotional problems) |
| McNamee | Sparks (Learning disabilities) |
| Napoli | Shark Shock (Blind) |
| Niner | I Can't Stop!: A Story About Tourette Syndrome (Tourette syndrome) |
| Pryor | Seth of the Lion People (Physical disabilities) |
| Radin | Carver (Blind) |
| Senisi | Just Kids: Visiting a Class for Children With Special Needs |
| Shreve | The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear (Deaf) |
| Taylor | Timothy of the Cay (Blind) |
| Thompson | Andy and His Yellow Frisbee (Autism) |
| Thomson | The Sound of Colors (Blind) |
| Wallace | True Friends (Physical disabilities) |
| Wanous | Sara's Secret (Cerebral palsy) |
| Whelan | Hannah (Blind, Braille) |
| Winkler | Hank Zipzer (Series; learning disabilities) |
| Yolen | The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms (Hearing disorders) |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| JE 628.9 Rickert | Russ and the Firehouse (Down syndrome) |
Last Updated: 4/13
