Using Children’s Literature to Cultivate Compassion for People with Differences
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children, literature, disabilities
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My Friend Isabelle
Eliza Woloson
Bryan Gough, illustrator
Woodbine House, 2003
Different Just Like Me
Lori Mitchell
Talewinds, 1999
Don’t Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability
Pat Thomas
Lesley Harker, illustrator
Barron’s, 2002
Ian’s Walk: A Story about Autism
Laurie Lears
Illustrated by Karen Ritz
Albert Whitman & Company, 1998
Moses Goes to a Concert
Isaac Millman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
Thank You, Mr. Falker
Patricia Polacco
Philomel Books, 1998
The Face at the Window
Regina Hanson
Illustrated by Linda Saport
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
The Seeing Stick
Jane Yolen
Remy Charlip and Demetra Maraslis, illustrators
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1977
Chapter Books:
Stuck in Neutral
Terry Truman
HarperCollins, 2000
Sees Behind Trees
Michael Dorris
Hyperion Books for Children, 1996
Joey Pigza Loses Control (2002)
Jack Gantos
Also Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (2000) and What Would Joey Do? (2004)
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World’s Best Underachiever, Niagara Falls or Does It?, I Got a D in Salami, Day of the Iguana, The Zippity Zinger
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Read by Henry Winkler
Grosset &Dunlap
My Sister Annie
Bill Dodds
Caroline House, 1993
Eddie Enough!
Written by Debbie Zimmett
Illustrated by Charlotte Murray Fremaux
Woodbine House, 2001
The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn’t Hear
Susan Shreve
Tambourine Books, 1991
Crazy Lady!
Jane Leslie Conly
A Laura Geringer Book, 1993
Tiger’s Fall
Molly Bang
Henry Holt and Company, 2001
A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin
Scholastic Press, 2002
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mark Haddon
Doubleday, 2003
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech
Illustrator, Chris Raschka
Joanne Colter Books, 2003
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Anna Stewart
Anna Stewart, B.A., is an accomplished reviewer, writer, teacher, advocate, and leader. A prolific writer and columnist, she has published more than 80 book reviews and over 200 articles, essays and columns. She is on the Boulder Valley School District Advisory Board for disabilities, works as a parent mentor, and edits a bi-monthly newsletter for parents who have children with disabilities.