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1) How we play
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Feminist
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Play is powerful! Featuring beautiful photos of all the inclusive ways kids and families play (like using imagination, adaptive devices, sports equipment, and musical instruments), How We Play shows us there are so many ways to play."--
2) On-the-go
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Feminist
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful, full-color photos of kids with disabilities celebrate all types of movement and mobility aids (like wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, prosthetics, and service dogs), while simple, poetic text builds both vocabulary and empathy."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books, Jump!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In My Friend Uses a Wheelchair, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who use wheelchairs, how using a wheelchair may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who use wheelchairs."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Presenting a positive image of persons with disabilities, "Special People, Special Ways" shares the message that even though being different is painful at times, it can also be glorious. Maguire explains that although people may have something different about them, they share many similarities.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines."--
Author
Publisher
A Kids Book About, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes people act like having a disability means you're from another planet, even though over a BILLION people in the world have disabilities. So how do you talk about disability? How do you talk to people with disabilities? This book helps kids and grownups approach disability as a normal part of the human experience."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
This delightful picture book explores questions and concerns about disability in a simple and reassuring way. Younger children can find out what a disability is, and learn how people deal with their disabilities to live happy and full lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In My Friend Uses Leg Braces, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who use leg braces, how using leg braces may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who use leg braces. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to empathetic and inlude all kinds of friends."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bulldog Books, Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In My Friend Has Down Syndrome, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who have Down syndrome, how Down syndrome may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who have Down syndrome. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to empathetic and inlude all kinds of friends."-- provided by publisher.
12) The cookbook for children with special needs: learning a life skill with fun, tasty, healthy recipes
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The book starts with a basic illustrated guide to where food comes from, the different food groups, how to create our own diet and why cooking is a great skill to master. Simple step-by-step instructions, accompanied by fun illustrations, guide children through three levels of cooking, starting with basic preparation of a wide variety of foods and building up to more complex recipes. Health and safety skills are taught as an essential part of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"En My Friend Uses a Wheelchair, los lectores principiantes son presentados a diferentes personajes que usan sillas de ruedas, c̤mo el uso de una silla de ruedas puede afectar sus acciones y c̤mo podemos ser buenos amigos para las personas que usan sillas de ruedas. Las fotos vibrantes a todo color y el texto cuidadosamente nivelado atraen a los lectores j̤venes a medida que descubren c̤mo empatizar e incluir a todo tipo de amigos."-- provided...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"En My Friend Has Down Syndrome, los lectores principiantes son presentados a diferentes personajes que tienen s̕ndrome de Down, c̤mo el s̕ndrome de Down puede afectar sus acciones y c̤mo podemos ser buenos amigos para las personas que tienen s̕ndrome de Down. Las fotos vibrantes a todo color y el texto cuidadosamente nivelado atraen a los lectores j̤venes a medida que descubren c̤mo empatizar e incluir a todo tipo de amigos."-- provided by...
Author
Publisher
Sensory World, an imprint of Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Out of Sync Family (Formerly titled, The Goodenoughs Get In Sync) is a delightfully illustrated chapter book geared for ages 8 to 12 and tells the tale of five family members and their naughty dog (each with a different sensory processing challenge), and how they got in sync after a tough day. Each family member explains what they do to function successfully and how readers, too, can enjoy sensory-motor activities at home or school. The unique...
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