Youth Collection - Children with Disabilities

A group of children with different abilities and strengths come together to build a community garden. Also available in Spanish.

It is very hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. This groundbreaking, award-winning book endeavors to convey the experience of a person who can only see through his or her sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing. Raised black line drawings on black paper, which can be deciphered by touch, complement a beautifully written text describing colors through imagery. Braille letters accompany the text so that the sighted reader can begin to imagine what it is like to use Braille to read.

In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy's emerging confidence in facing his blindness.

A young girl, who is visually impaired, finds much to celebrate as she explores the city she loves.

Zulay and her three best friends are all in the same first grade class and study the same things, even though Zulay is blind. When their teacher asks her students what activity they want to do on Field Day, Zulay surprises everyone when she says she wants to run a race. With the help of a special aide and the support of her friends, Zulay does just that.

A young blind girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever.

Ada is a dancing, deaf fox with cochlear implants who loves to help others. On her way to dance in a talent show one day, she meets three other creatures who are each facing a physical challenge or disability of their own. She helps each of her new friends see past their challenges and discover their natural strengths.

The king's battles with the dragon were always mighty and loud ... CLING CLANG CLONG! ROAR! Boy lived in a silence and couldn't hear the fighting. But Boy could see the fear around him ... and how everyone would be much happier without it.

Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale that will delight kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world.

A deaf boy and his father share a special time as they watch the sun rise at the beach.

Sam is fascinated by her new neighbors and their ability to talk with their hands, and when she meets Mai, she starts to learn Filipino sign language so they can communicate. Includes dictionary of Philippine signs.

A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world.

Jacki's mama is slowly losing her hearing. As Mama's world becomes quieter. Jacki's remains full of sound. Can Jacki and her mama find a way to keep sharing the music they love?

Come join Mila and her family on their journey as they navigate the world of hearing loss, hearing aids and cochlear implants! With her family by her side, she can do anything.

Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their special school for the deaf and hard of hearing, where they use sign language to talk to each other.

A student who uses a wheelchair finds a way to see her dog each day in school. Includes author's note about therapy dogs.

Even though he uses a wheelchair, a Pakistani boy tries to capture the most kites during Basant, the annual spring kite festival, and become "king" for the day.

While volunteering with her mother at a community center, a seven-year-old girl befriends Suhana, also seven, whose cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to communicate or control her movements.

Ten-year-old Nathaniel adopts a ninja alter ego to help him adjust to a new disability.

Rescue, initially trained as a Seeing Eye dog, discovers his true calling as a service dog when he meets Jessica, who needs his assistance with everyday tasks. Together, they navigate life's challenges, finding hope and companionship as they support each other's journey forward.

Vincent and Grandma are on their way to the beach. As they get nearer to their destination, his excitement grows as he imagines riding on the roller coaster and other attractions! Will the day out meet his expectations?

Explains how having cerebral palsy affects Taylor, and how getting a wheelchair makes a big difference in helping him get around, do things by himself, and even play basketball with his twin Tyler.

It's Afghan schoolgirl Aria's first day back at school since her accident. She's excited, but she's also worried about sitting on the hard floor all day with her new prosthetic "helper-leg."

Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.

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.

Catherine, a young girl with multiple learning disabilities whose challenges include being unable to speak, walk without assistance, and understand a lot of what is said to her, has many characteristics and abilities that make her special.

What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing. When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice.

Mia offers a glimpse into the life of a child with Down syndrome.

A young bedridden girl spends her day watching a mobile of spinning horses and uses her imagination to give the seven horses life in a fantasy world.

A dwarf girl goes to the circus where she meets another dwarf and realizes that she is not alone.

Charlie feels like he has a whirling, twirling motor running inside him all the time and sometimes he just can't settle. When his mom wants to talk to him, he figures he's in trouble...but she has a surprise for him instead.

Eight-year-old Sam has a powerful brain but needs some help focusing. The doctor gives Sam lots of strategies to try, like staying organized, eating better food, and asking for help when he needs it. Sam's favorite strategy? Make time for imagination.

Meet a boy with a heart so big, his feelings glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and jump up and down on his chest. What good is this giant heart?

Young children will learn what life can look like for an autistic child who uses nonverbal communication by following a mother and child on a day where they use a tablet to communicate with others.

Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong--but Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can play with.

Ian uses his class's show and tell to explain his autism to his classmates.

In this inclusive story, Samuel sees the world differently than everyone else, uses accommodations to learn and creates stunning artwork that surprises and astounds his entire class. Samuel's different way of looking at the world makes him a true masterpiece!

A fictionalized biography of James Castle, a deaf, autistic artist whose drawings hang in major museums throughout the world.

A boy describes his friendship with Matt, an autistic boy, telling how he helps Matt cope with everyday situations.

Riley's cousin Emma insists there's only one right way to play, but with the help of Charlie the dog, Riley learns that there are many ways to play, all of which are valid. This children's book, based on the author's own experiences as an Autistic child, celebrates diversity in play styles and is illustrated by an Autistic creator.

When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.

Learning to read is a great struggle for Adam, but with expert help, hard work, and belief in himself, he wins "The Alphabet War." Includes information about dyslexia.

While the rest of the class makes birthday cards for the principal, Stanley struggles with his words and letters.

With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.

Through a story from his own childhood, Hudson Talbott shares the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of being a non-mainstream kind of learner

Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day. His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to go outside and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favorite teddy. Nothing helps. But one by one, they get quiet and begin to listen. After some time, space, and reassurance, Coen is able to show them what he needs

A kid robot named Pi from planet Robot-Earth is invited on a field trip to Olde Silicon Valley, but they are overcome with a scary feeling called the Zaps, so Pi must find the courage to learn how to deal with their anxiety.

Alex Allen, like lots of children, sometimes worried about things - like dancing badly or getting an answer wrong in class. But unlike lots of children, every time he worries a real-life llama appears! And the more Alex worries, the bigger the llama grows... which starts getting him into all sorts of trouble! Will Alex ever learn how to control his worries and get rid of this pesky llama?

An emotional and tender award-winning picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through the use of color.

Follows a girl whose gloomy feelings are transformed by friendship and meaningful connection.

Her mother says you can't see her daddy's hurt because it's inside his head. When her father feels sad, a little girl finds ways to keep the bonds of love alive.

Malik worries that his number thoughts will interfere with his friend's mini-golf birthday party, but with the help of his therapist, family, and friends, Malik is able to manage his feelings and enjoy the day.

Eight-year-old Kevin is frustrated by his need to check things and repeat actions over and over until a counselor diagnoses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and teaches him ways to manage this condition.

A boy with Down syndrome and his dog are best friends, but how will they manage being apart when the boy heads to school for the first time?

Mia likes many of the things other people like—going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn't like when strangers stare at her because she looks different from them. Down syndrome allows Mia to see and understand the world in a way that may not make sense to others. She considers it her superpower--and instead of it making her strange, she considers herself a masterpiece. As we all are.

A young boy named Charlie describes the activities he shares with his friend Isabelle, a girl with Down Syndrome.

Inspired by the author's son, the story of a boy with Down syndrome who goes on a superhero's journey to New York City and learns what truly makes him unstoppable.