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Books focusing on Differences

  1. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Mo Willems, age 2-6 (role reversal)
  2. The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt, age 3-7 (resolving differences)
  3. Giraffes Can’t Dance, Giles Andreae, Age 4+ (differences don’t mean you can’t do)
  4. We’re All Wonders, R J Palacio, age 4-8 (Wonder condensed for a younger age)
  5. Wheelie, the Wheelchair in Search of Adventure, Mary Eigel, age 6-10 (mobility)
  6. Just Because, Rebecca Elliott, age 5-7 (wheelchairs don’t define kids)
  7. A Different little Doggie, Heather Whittaker, age 6-9 (accepting differences)
  8. Wonder, R J Palacio, age 8-12 (we are more than our physical characteristics)
  9. El Deafo, Cece Bell, grade 2-6
  10. Who was Helen Keller, Gare Thompson, age 8-12
  11. One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate, grade 4-6 (power of love to overcome)
  12. Fish in a Tree, Linda Mullaly Hunt, age 10+, (dyslexia)
  13. Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper, age 10+, (cerebral palsy),
  14. Honest Truth, Dan Gemeinhart, age 10+ (cancer, friendship)

 Children’s Books That Encourage Kindness Towards Others (click)

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Disability Today Network

Wounded Warrior Project

Quiet Revolution

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Shriner’s Hospital, St. Louis

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Juvenile Arthritis Foundation

March of Dimes

Muscular Dystrophy Association

United Cerebral Palsy Association

United Way

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