Characters with Disabilities: books for kids & youthLike this list

28 items

• We Move Together

  Fritsch, Kelly,

  Add We Move Together to your for later shelf

  A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way.

• Next Door

  Kerbel, Deborah

  Add Next Door to your for later shelf

  In this wordless picture book, a Deaf child and his mother meet the family in the apartment next door who are newcomers to the country. A friendship blooms between the boy and his new neighbor, a young Syrian girl. Although they speak different…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Addy's Chair to Everywhere

  Novotny, Debi

  Add Addy's Chair to Everywhere to your for later shelf

  This whimsical picture book celebrates children's imagination and inclusive play. Addy worries about making friends, but through her vivid imagination, she draws other children into her play. Together, Addy and her friends create an imaginative…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You're So Amazing!

  Catchpole, James

  Add You're So Amazing! to your for later shelf

  A young boy with a limb difference wishes people could see him for who he is, rather than treating him as "so amazing" due to his disability.

• This Is How We Play

  Slice, Jessica

  Add This Is How We Play to your for later shelf

  This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain demystifies and respects how disabled people and their families use adaptive, imaginative, and considerate play so everyone can join in the fun.

• The Invisible Elephant

  Anisimova, Anna

  Add The Invisible Elephant to your for later shelf

  A blind girl joyfully explores her environment using her senses and vivid imagination, inviting young readers to understand their surroundings in entirely new ways.

• The Scooter Twins

  Palmer, Dorothy Ellen, 1955-

  Add The Scooter Twins to your for later shelf

  Melanie and Melvin may be twins, but they couldn't be more different. Melanie is LOUD and Melvin is quiet. Melvin likes frogs and Melanie loves MOTORCYCLES! When the twins learn that they will get their very own mobility scooters, Melanie is excited…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gut Reaction

  Larson, Kirby

  Add Gut Reaction to your for later shelf

  Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.

• Please Pay Attention

  Sumner, Jamie

  Add Please Pay Attention to your for later shelf

  After surviving a school shooting that left her feeling helpless in her wheelchair, Bea finds healing and empowerment through horseback riding therapy and begins to advocate for change.

• El Deafo

  Bell, Cece

  Add El Deafo to your for later shelf

  Also available as eBook. Graphic novel memoir based on author Cece Bell‘s childhood. As Cece starts at a new school, she discovers her hearing aid gives her "superpowers".

• Rolling on

  Sumner, Jamie

  Add Rolling on to your for later shelf

  Thirteen-year-old Ellie finds herself faced with first love and learning to let go as her friendship with best friend Bert starts to turn into something more, and her beloved grandfather loses his battle with Alzheimer's disease

• Out of My Dreams

  a Novel

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

  Add Out of My Dreams to your for later shelf

  Chosen to be a spokesperson at an international symposium for kids with different abilities, Melody arrives in London where she meets like-minded kids who want to make the world more equal, no matter the unusual challenges they face, and hopes her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wheelchair Rugby Rush

  Maddox, Jake

  Add Wheelchair Rugby Rush to your for later shelf

  When Robinson finds out about wheelchair rugby, he decides that it can provide the challenge he craves and needs.

• Roll With It

  Sumner, Jamie

  Add Roll With It to your for later shelf

  Ellie has big dreams of being a chef but an unexpected move threatens to upend her dreams.

• Wink

  a Novel

  Harrell, Rob

  Add Wink to your for later shelf

  Also available as eBook and eAudiobook. After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can help him survive both treatment and middle school.

• Splinter & Ash

  Nijkamp, Marieke

  Add Splinter & Ash to your for later shelf

  Princess Adelisa of Calinor, called Ash, returns home after years away but feels like an outsider because of how others view her cane and braces. Splinter believes that her dreams of becoming a squire are impossible because she's "not a boy", but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Boy Called Bat

  Arnold, Elana K.

  Add A Boy Called Bat to your for later shelf

  Also available as eBook and audiobook. An autistic boy is determined to keep a pet skunk!

• Freak the Mighty

  Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)

  Add Freak the Mighty to your for later shelf

  An award-winning book that is a funny, gritting and moving story of the friendship between two boys, both of whom have a disability. On their own, Kevin and Max are immersed in doubt about themselves, but find strength in each other.

• Deer Run Home

  a Novel in Verse

  LeZotte, Ann Clare

  Add Deer Run Home to your for later shelf

  Effie's first language is American Sign Language (ASL), but no one in her family has learned it. When she and her sister move in with their dad, Effie is alone and unable to communicate fluently with anyone around her.

• How We Roll

  Friend, Natasha, 1972-

  Add How We Roll to your for later shelf

  After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.