[LM_NET] HIT: Picture books with characters in wheelchairs

[Sandra Lingo <slingo47@FUSE.NET>]

My original post requested titles that could help a colleague's daughter interact 
with her uncle who is in a wheelchair.

This was the #1 favorite:   Zoom by Robert Munsch.  He reads the book on his 
website.

The second most frequently recommended book was Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Here are some very helpful websites:

http://www.christopherreeve.org/atf/cf/%7B3d83418f-b967-4c18-8ada-adc2e5355071%7D/Children's%20and%20Teen%20Books.PDF
 

http://nancykeane.com/rl/345.htm 

Here are the other books recommended by the wonderfully generous librarians who 
responded:

A Very Special Critter,  Gina Mayer
A young man's dance, Knowlton, Laurie Lazzaro.
All kinds of friends, even green. Senisi, E. (1998).  
Arnie and the New Kid, Nancy Calrson 
Best Friend on Wheels by Debra Shirley
Butterfly Boy by Steven Kroll
Here Comes Kate by Judy Carlson
It's OK to Be Different by Todd Parr
It's ok to be me! : just like you, I can do almost anything ! Moore-Mallinos, 
Jennifer. 
Let's Talk About Being in a Wheelchair by Melanie Ann Apel
Let's talk about it: extraordinary friends. Rogers, F. 
Miss Bindergarten celebrates the 100th day of  kindergarten. Slate, J. 
Seal surfer, Foreman, Michael  
The Berenstain Bears and the wheelchair commando by Stan & Jan Berenstain. 
Being in a wheelchair  by Lois Keith.  
Grandma's wheelchair  Lorraine Henriod 
Let's talk about being in a wheelchair by Melanie Ann Apel.   

Rolling along : the story of Taylor and his wheelchair
Sam uses a wheelchair by  Jillian Powell ; [photographs by Gareth Boden].
So get on with it : a celebration of wheelchair sports / Marilee Weisman & Jan 
Godfrey.   
Using a wheelchair  by Angela Royston. 
A Very Special Critter by Mercer Mayer
The child's world of understanding. Zeigler, S. 



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Sandra Lingo, Librarian
Delhi Middle School
5280 Foley Road
Cincinnati, Ohio   45238
slingo47@fuse.net

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