Book Nook

Have you read a good book that includes someone with a disability? We have! Snuggle into the Book Nook to read about some of the titles available to check out from CeDIR. They may provide a window for you to better understand what it’s like to have a disability. Books can also help you realize that people with disabilities are individuals who are just like you in many ways. After you read the book, let us know what you think about it via e-mail. Selected reviews will be published on the Web.

Asperger's Syndrome

Adam's Alternative Sports Day: An Asperger Story by Jude Welton.
Asperger's Huh? A Child's Perspective by Rosina G. Schnurr.
Autism Through A Sister's Eyes by Eve B. Band and Emily Hecht.
Blue Bottle Mystery by Kathy Hoopman.
Haze by Kathy Hoopman.
Of Mice and Aliens by Kathy Hoopman.
Wishing on a Midnight Star by Nancy Ogaz.

Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Eddie Enough! by Debbie Zimmett.
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos.
Parents Wanted by George Harrar.
Pay Attention, Slosh! by Mark Smith.

Autism

All About My Brother: An Eight-Year-Old Sister's Introduction to Her Brother Who Has Autism by Sarah Peralta.
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee by Mary Thompson.
Autism Through A Sister's Eyes by Eve B. Band and Emily Hecht.
Buster and the Amazing Daisy by Nancy Ogaz.
Clay by Colby Rodowsky.
Ian's Walk: A Story About Autism by Laurie Lears.
Joey and Sam by Illana katz and Edward Ritvo, M.D.
My Best Friend Will by Jamie Lowell and Tara Tuchel.
My Brother Sammy by Becky Edwards and David Armitage.
Please Don't Say Hello by Phyllis Gold.
Trevor  Trevor by Diane Twachtman-Cullen.

Behavior

Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spence Hesser.

Developmental Disabilities

Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian.

Down Syndrome

The Best Worst Brother by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen.
Fighting Tackle by Matt Christopher.
Head Above Water by S. L. Rottman.
The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood.
My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson.
Russ and the Almost Perfect Day by Janet Elizabeth Rickert.
Russ and the Apple Tree Surprise by Janet Elizabeth Rickert.
Russ and the Firehouse by Janet Elizabeth Rickert.

Hearing Impairments

Anna's Silent World by Bernard Wolf.
The Best Worst Brother by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen.
Can You Feel the Thunder by Lynn E. McElfresh.
Deafness by Elaine Landau.
The Flying Fingers Club by Jean F. Andrews.
Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris.
One TV Blasting and a Pig Outdoors by Deborah Abbott and Henry Kisor.
A Show of Hands: Say It in Sign Language by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke.
A Very Special Sister by Dorothy Hoffman Levi.

Learning Disabilities

The Flying Fingers Club by Jean F. Andrews.
How Many Days Until Tomorrow? by Caroline Janover.
Just Call Me Stupid by Tom Birdseye.
My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt.
Probably Still Nick Swansen by Virginia Euwer Wolff.
Spaceman by Jane Cutler.
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco.
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner.

Intellectual Disability

A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin.
Crazy Lady by Leslie Jane Conly.
Inside Out by TerryTrueman.
Leslie's Story by Martha McNey.
Risk and Roses by Jan Slepian.
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars.
Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star by Randy Powell.
Welcome Home, Jellybean by Marlene Fanta Shyer.
What's Wrong with Timmy? by Maria Shriver.
The Wild Kid by Harry Mazer.  

Multiple Disabilities

TheAlfred Summer by Jan Slepian.
Can You Feel the Thunder by Lynn E. McElfresh.
Diabetes by Alvin Silverstein, et al.
Someone Special, Just Like You by Tricia Brown.

Physical Impairments

After the Dancing Days by Margaret Rostkowshi.
All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! by Ellen B. Senisi.
Because She’s My Friend by Harriet Sirof.
The Berenstain Bears and the Wheelchair Commando by Stan and Jan Berenstain. 
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz.
A Contest by Sherry Neuwirth Payne.
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli.
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret.
Eddie's Blue Winged Dragon by C. S. Adler.
Ellen's Case by Lois Metzger.
How It Feels to Live with a Physical Disability by Jill Krementz.
Imagine Being Paralyzed by Linda O'Neill.
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt.
My Pal, Victor by Diane Gonzales Bertrand.
On Being Sarah by Elizabeth Helfman.
Sports Great Jim Abbott by Jeff Savage.
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman.
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg.

Visual Impairments

Blindness by Elaine Landau.
A Bowl of Sun by Frances Wosmek.
Can You Feel the Thunder by Lynn E. McElfresh.
The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
The Guide Dog Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner.
Knots on a Counting Rope by John Archambault.
My Friend Leslie by Maxine B. Rosenberg.
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris.
Tangerine by Edward Bloor.
The Window by Jeannette Ingold.