Picture Books
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
Song in the City by Daniel Bernstrom
A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
I Will Dance by Robert L. Flood
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
King for a Day by Rukhsana KhanI
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
Not So Different by Shane Burcaw
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca
I Am Temple Grandin by Brad Meltzer
Middle Grade
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Distance between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti
This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability (NOT Disability) by Aaron Philip
Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Young Adult
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens by Marieke Nijkamp
The First Thing About You by Chaz Hayden
The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Pinned by Sharon G Flake
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today (Adapted for Young Adults) by Alice Wong
You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
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