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All Dogs Have ADHD, Kathy Hoopmann
Absorbing and insightful, this book takes a refreshing approach to understand ADHD. It  combines humour with understanding to reflect the joys and challenges of raising a child who is different.  

 

All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! / Ellen B.Senisi

AMAZINGLY... ALPHIE: understand and accepting different ways of
being / Espin, Roz.
A story about differences, trying to understand and accept people's
different ways of being, finding the buried treasure - looking
beyond the challenge and finding the good that is always there.
ISBN 1-931282-53-6. 

 

(A) COLOR OF HIS OWN / Lionni, Leo.
A chameleon goes in search of a color of his own, and finds a true
friend.

 Friends Learn About Tobin / Diane Murrell

 

GOOD MORNING FRANNY GOOD NIGHT FRANNY
Story of a young girl in a wheelchair.

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If I Could by Suzanne Berton
Autumn visits her cousins in their home town. When she arrives, she soon finds very little she can do.
This is a story about awareness and accessibility as seen through the eyes of children. 

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If I Could Fly by Suzanne Berton
This book brings children face to face with a delightful disabled girl's life through Ronny's eyes, a life of boundaries and possibilities.

 

I'M WENDY BLAIR, NOT A CHAIR! / MacDiarmid, Carolyn. / The Canadian
Council on Rehabilitation and Work.
A story of a girl who is hurt and ends up in a wheelchair.
ISBN 1-896508-33-2.

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It's What I Do by Suzanne Berton
Normal living of a child with a disability as seen through her own eyes.

 

Jessies Blessing

 

JOSEPHINE THE SHORT-NECK GIRAFFE / Fred Rodgers.
Story of a giraffe who is different from the others.

 

KING JORDAN / Sallows, Roy.
One of the Jordan series books.
ISBN 0-7715-6947-5.

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Lemon the Duck
author: Laura Backman
Based on a true story. Visit www.lemontheduck.com

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Mama Drives a School Bus by Suzanne Berton
This little book for children (and Parents who will read to them) will teach them about the general bus safety rules.

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Megan Rides the Accessible Bus by Suzanne Berton
created for inclusion and awareness

 

(THE) MISSING PIECE / Silverstein, Shel. 1976.
What it finds on its search for the missing piece is simply and
touchingly told in this fable that gently probes the nature of
quest and fulfillment.
ISBN 0-06-025671-0.

Oliver Onion, the onion who learns to accept and be himself by Diane Murrell

RACE YOU FRANNY / Hearn Emily.
Franny, who loves to race in her wheelchair,  makes friend with a
boy and his dog.

ROLLING ALONG WITH GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS / Gool, Van.
The tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears - but little Baby Bear
must use a wheelchair to get around. He has a special bed, goes to
physical therapy, and has a ramp in his house to get to his bedroom.

The Rosie Summer / Tracey Cooke
A storybook that strives to put a human face on dealing with tube feeding. It can - and should - be read not only by the families and friends of children who deal daily with illness and adversity, but also by all of us whose actions have the ability to touch another's life.

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Special People, Special Ways
Arlene Maguire's delightful rhymes combine with Sheila Bailey's rich watercolor illustrations to take the reader on a journey of discovery. Each page portrays positive images of children with various disabilities. Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this book illustrates that beyond our physical limitations is a world of unique gifts for each of us to share.

WHAT HE CAN'T DO / Sallows, Roy.
One in the series of Jordan books
ISBN 0-7715-6948-3.

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Wings
Christopher Myers challenges us to embrace our differences and celebrate our individuality. Only then can we truly fly. 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 November 2011 )