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Henry, like always
by Jenn Bailey
Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships, and sudden changes in classroom routines--like a parade on Friday instead of share time
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The fire, the water, and Maudie McGinn
by Sally J. Pla
Follows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad
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Listen : how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion by Shannon StockerThis inspiring biography tells the story of musically gifted Evelyn Glennie, who lost her hearing as a young girl and was told she could never be a musician until she proved everyone wrong by listening in a way others didn't.
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Wildoak by C. C. HarringtonAgreeing to spend a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows, Maggie encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, and facing danger head on, vows to keep it safe from those who hunt it.
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My City Speaks
by Darren Lebeuf
In this charming ode to city life, a visually impaired young girl travels around the city she loves, enjoying all it has to offer.
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A bird will soar
by Alison Green Myers
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home
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I talk like a river
by Jordan Scott
When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering
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Show me a sign by Ann Clare LeZotteThe Deaf librarian and author of T4 draws on the true history of a thriving 19th-century Deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard in the story of a girl whose proud lineage is threatened by land disputes with the Wampanoag and a ruthlessly ambitious scientist.
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Just ask! : be different, be brave, be you by Sonia SotomayorThe boundary-breaking Supreme Court Justice and the award-winning author of Book Fiesta present a celebration of the world’s diversity that explains why different people make the world more vibrant and wonderful, just the way a variety of plants and flowers enhance a garden.
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Song for a whale by Lynne KellyFrustrated by the communication challenges of the hearing world as her school's only hearing-impaired student, a 12-year-old electronics whiz uses her tech skills to help a whale that has lost its ability to communicate.
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The truth as told by Mason Buttle
by Leslie Connor
As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies, create an underground haven for themselves, but when Calvin goes missing Mason finds himself in trouble
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Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess
by Shari Green
Dealing with her mother remarrying a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is told that she must help her elderly neighbor Iris Gillan, who is getting ready to move to a nursing home
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Silent days, silent dreams
by Allen Say
The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Grandfather's Journey brings his hybrid narrative and artistic style to the story of artist James Castle, describing how he overcame significant disabilities in order to become one of the modern world's most revered artists.
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Six dots : a story of young Louis Braille by Jen. BryantAn inspiring picture book biography of Louis Braille describes how after losing his eyesight in early childhood he wanted to read so much that he invented a touch alphabet that became a standard that is still in use today. By the author of A River of Words.
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As brave as you
by Jason Reynolds
When Genie and his older brother spend their summer in the country with their grandparents, he learns a secret about his grandfather and what it means to be brave
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother
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Fish in a tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntHiding the truth about her inability to read from a highly motivated new teacher, Ally eventually discovers that her dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of and gains new confidence as she finds alternative ways to learn. By the award-winning author of One for the Murphys.
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A boy and a jaguar by Alan RabinowitzThe renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
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Rain reign
by Ann M. Martin
Struggling with Asperger's syndrome, Rose Howard shares a bond with her dog, Rain, but when the dog goes missing, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels to search for her pet
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Handbook for dragon slayers
by Merrie Haskell
Yearning for life in a cloistered scriptorium, thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, escapes her scheming cousin Ivo and joins her servant Judith and an old friend, Parz, in hunting dragons and writing about them
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A Splash of Red : The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jennifer Bryant
The creators of the Caldecott Honor-winning A River of Words present a sumptuously illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.
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A dog called Homeless by Sarah LeanFifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
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Back to front and upside down!
by Claire Alexander
Stan doesn't like writing--his letters come out upside down and back to front, some don't even look like letters at all, and he certainly can't tell Miss Catnip because he fears everyone will laugh at him; but today, as his class writes cards for a special occasion, Stan finds it harder and harder to hide his troubles...
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Close to famous
by Joan Bauer
Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there
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Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures
by Brian Selznick
Employing the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Caldecott Medal-winning author/illustrator once again takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey that tells the story of 12-year-old Ben, who leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and there meets Rose, who is also longing for something that is missing from her life.
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The pirate of kindergarten
by George Ella Lyon
Struggling in school when her double vision makes it hard for her to figure out which image she sees is real, kindergartener Ginny receives an eye patch to help correct her sight and enjoys imagining herself to be a pirate who now performs activities with double ease.
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