Eagle Eyes: A Child’s Guide to Paying Attention/Jeanne Gehret Verbal Images Press, Fairport NY, 1996 1884281-11-7
Eukey, the Jumpy Jumpy Elephant/Clifford L. Corman and Esther Trevino Plantation, FL: Specialty Press, Inc., 1995 0-9621629-8-1
Joey Pigza Loses Control/Jack Gantos Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2000. 0-374-39989-1
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key/Jack Gantos Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1998 0-374-33664-4
Jumpin’ Johnny Get Back to Work!: A Child’s Guide to ADHD/Hyperactivity/Michael Gordon, Ph.D. GSI Publications, P.O. Box 746, DeWitt NY 13214 0-9627701-1-6
Shelley, The Hyperactive Turtle/Deborah M. Moss Woodbine House, 1989 0-933149-31-X
Sparky’s Excellent Misadventures: My A.D.D. Journal by Me (Sparky)/ Phyllis Carpenter and Marti Ford Magination Press, Washington DC 1-55798-606-1
Zipper, the Kid with ADHD/Caroline Janover Woodbine House, 1997 0-933149-95-6
Alex, the Kid with AIDS/Linda Girard Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-0247-2
AIDS: First Facts for Kids, Grades 4-6/Linda Schwartz The Learning Works, 1997
0-88160-249-3
AIDS: Answers to Questions Kids Ask, Grades 6-8/Barbara Christie-Dever
The Learning Works, 1997 0-88160-286-8
Be a Friend: Children Who Live with HIV Speak/Lori S. Weiner, et al. Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-0591-9
Carmine’s Story: A Book about a Boy Living with AIDS/Arlene Schulman Lerner, 1997 0-8225-2582-8
Losing Uncle Tim/MaryKate Jordan Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-4758-1 (pb)
Autobiography. Ryan White: My Own Story/Ryan White and Ann M. Cunningham. Demco, 1991.
0-606-02881-1; NAL/Signet Paperback, 0-451-17322-8
Boy Who Drank Too Much/Shep Greene. Econoclad, 1999. 0-88103-596-3
I Wish Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much/Judith Vigna Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-3526-5 (pb)
ALLERGIES
Andrew and Maya Learn About Food Allergies/Scott H. Sicherer, M.D. Food Allergy Network, 2000 (10400 Eaton Place, Suite 107, Fairfax VA 22030) 1-882541-16-2
Caring for Your Child with Severe Food Allergies: Emotional Support and Practical Advice from a Parent Who’s Been There/Lisa Cipriano Collins John Wiley & Sons, 2000 0-471-34785-X
My Friend has Allergies/Nicola Edwards Chrysalis Education, 2005 1-59389-169-5
Taking Food Allergies to School/Ellen Weiner Jayjo Books, LLC, 1999 (P.O. Box 9120, Plainview NY 11803)
1-891383-05-1
ALOPECIA AREATA
Because of Anya/Margaret Peterson Haddix Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. 0-689-83298-2
An Early Winter/Marion Dane Bauer Clarion Books, 1999 0-395-90372-6
The Memory Box/Mary Bahr Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-5053-1 (pb)
ANOREXIA
Nell’s Quilt/Susan Terris Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1987 (no ISBN)
Nicole’s Story: A Book about a Girl with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis/Virginia Totorica Aldape Lerner, 1996 0-8225-2578-X
All About Asthma/William Ostrow Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-3475-7
Brianna Breathes Easy: A Story About Asthma/Virginia Kroll Albert Whitman & Co., 2005 0-8075-0880-2
I’m Tougher Than Asthma!/Alden R. Carter Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-3474-9 (hc);
0-8075-3475-7 (pb)
Biography. Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Champion Athlete/ Geri Harrington. (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged series). Chelsea House, 1994. 0-7910-2085-1
The Lion Who Had Asthma/Jonathan London Albert Whitman & Co., 1992 0-8075-4559-7
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee/Mary Thompson Woodbine House, 1996 0-933149-83-2
A Corner of the Universe/Ann M. Martin (Newbery Award, 2002) Scholastic, 2002 0-439-38880-5
“El Pequeno Rainman” (el autismo-a traves de los ojos de un nino)/Karen L. Simmons (Text in Spanish) Future Horizons, Inc. (Arlington TX), [n.d.]
Ian’s Walk: A Story about Autism/Laurie Lears Albert Whitman & Co., 1998 0-8075-3480-3 (hc);
0-8075-3481-1 (pbk)
Looking after Louis/Lesley Ely Albert Whitman & Co., 2004 0-8075-4746-8
Mori’s Story: A Book about a Boy with Autism/Jerry Gay Lerner, 1998 0-8225-2585-2
Rules/Cynthia Lord Scholastic, 2006 0-439-44382-2
Who Took My Shoe?: Discovering Who, What, Where, When Why and How/Karen Emigh (teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorders about abstract language) Future Horizons (Arlington TX), 2003 1-885477-95-3
BLINDNESS see VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
BRAIN DAMAGE (see also HEAD INJURY)
So B. It/Sarah Weeks Laura Geringer Books/HarperCollins, 2004 0-06-623623-1
Andrew’s Story: A Book about a Boy Who Beat Cancer/Chris Bridge Lerner, 2002
0-8225-2587-9
Good Luck, Mrs. K!/Louise Borden Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1999 0-689-82147-6 (teacher with cancer)
Kathy’s Hats: A Story of Hope/Trudy Krisher Albert Whitman & Co., 1992 0-8075-4116-8
Let’s Talk About When Kids Have Cancer/Melanie Apel Gordon Powerkids Press, 1999 0-823-5195-2
Oliver’s Story: For ‘Sibs’ of Kids with Cancer/Michael Dodd Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2004
(P.O. Box 498, Kensington MD 20895) 0-9724043-4-1
The Paper Chain/Claire Blake Health Press, 1998 (P.O. Drawer 37470, Alburquerque NM 87176)
0-929173-28-7 (parent with cancer)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes/Eleanor Coerr G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1977 0-399-20520-9
When Eric’s Mom Fought Cancer/Judith Vigna Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-8883-0 (parent with cancer)
Finest Kind/Lea Wait Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006. 1-4169-0952-4
Petey/Ben Mikaelsen Hyperion Books for Children, 1998. 0-7868-2376-3
Stretching Ourselves: Kids with Cerebral Palsy/Alden R. Carter Albert Whitman & Co., 2000
0-8075-7637-9
CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT
Camp of the Angel/Aileen Arrington. Philomel Books, 2003. 0-399-23882-4
Slake’s Limbo/Felice Holman. Scribner, 1974. 0-684-13926-X
DEAF-BLIND
Can You Feel the Thunder?/Lynn E. McElfresh Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999
0-689-82324-X
Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit/Laurie Lawlor. Holiday House, 2001. 0-8234-1588-0
Amy, the Story of a Deaf Child/Lou Ann Walker E.P. Duttom, 1977 0-525-67145-5
Being Me/Julie Broski Children’s Press, 2006 0-516-24975-4
Handtalk: An ABC of Finger Spelling and Sign Language/Remy Charlip MacMillan, c1974, 1980 0-02-718130-8
Handtalk Birthday/Remy Charlip [Out of print.]
Handtalk Zoo/George Ancona. Four Winds Publishing, 0-0270-0801-0; Aladdin Paperbacks,
0-689-80392-3
I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf/Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson Harper & Row, 1977
0-06-024701-0 0-06-024702-9 lib. bdg
Moses Goes to a Concert/Isaac Millman. Frances Foster Books/Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1998
0-374-35067-1
My Friend is Deaf/Anna Levene Chrysalis Education, 2003 1-93233-327-4
Biography. Picture Book of Helen Keller/David A. Adler Holiday House, 1992. 0-8234-0950-3
[N.B.: There are too many Keller biographies to list here!]
Sign Language Talk/Laura Greene and Eva Barash Dicker Franklin Watts, 1989
0-531-10597-0
Beautiful/Susi Gregg Fowler Greenwillow Books, 1998 0-688-15111-6 (death of an uncle)
The Blue Roses/Linda Boyden Lee & Low Books, 2002 1-58430-037-X (death of a grandparent)
Fireflies, Peach Pies & Lullabies/Virginia Kroll Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995 0-689-80291-9 (death of a grandparent)
How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies, third edition/Dan Schaefer & Christine Lyons Newmarket Press, 2001
1-55704-430-9 hc; 1-55704-425-2 pbk
Learning to Say Good-By: When a Parent Dies/Eda LeShan MacMillan, 1976 0-020756360-X
Losing Uncle Tim/MaryKate Jordan Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-4758-1 (pb) (AIDS)
Loss: Understanding the Emptiness/Eileen Kuehn Life Matters/Capstone Press, 2001
0-7368-0746-2
Marianne’s Grandmother/Bettina Egger E.P. Dutton, 1979 0-525-44335-5 (death of a grandparent)
Molly’s Rosebush/Janice Cohn Albert Whitman & Co., 1994 0-8075-5213-5 (miscarriage)
The Saddest Time/Norma Simon Albert Whitman & Co., 1986 0-8075-7203-9 (lib bdg) 0-8075-7204-7 (pbk) (family grief; loss of grandmother)
Talking About Death/Karen Bryant-Mole Raintree Steck Vaughn, 1999 0-8172-5536-2
Thank You, Grandpa/Lynn Plourde Dutton Children’s Books, 2003 0-525-46992-3 (loss of grandfather)
The Two of Them/Aliki Greenwillow Books, 1979 0-688-80225-7; 0-688-84225-9 lib bdg (death of a grandparent)
Upside-Down Cake/Carol Carrick Clarion Books, 1999 0-395-84151-8 (death of a father)
What’s Heaven?/Maria Shriver St. Martin’s Press, 1999 0-307-44043-5
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death/Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown Little, Brown & Co., 1996 0-316-10917-7
Even Little Kids Get Diabetes/Connie Pirner Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-2159-0 (pb)
Sugar Was My Best Food/Carol Antoinette Peacock et al. Albert Whitman & Co., 2000
0-8075-7648-4
ABC for You and Me/Meg Girnis Albert Whitman & Co., 2000 0-8075-0101-8
Bebes con Sindrome de Down: Guia para padres, Segunda edicion/Compilado por Karen Stray Gundersen (Text in Spanish) Woodbine House, 1998 0-933149-91-3
Big Brother Dustin/Alden R. Carter Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-0715-6
Dustin’s BIG School Day/Alden R. Carter Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-1741-0
Leslie’s Story: A Book about a Girl with Mental Retardation/Martha McNey Lerner, 1996
0-8225-2576-3
My Friend Isabelle/Eliza Woloson Woodbine House, 2003 1-890627-50-X
Russ and the Almost Perfect Day/Janet Elizabeth Rickert Woodbine House, 2000 1-890627-
Russ and the Apple Tree Surprise/Janet Elizabeth Rickert Woodbine House, 1999 1-890627-X
Russ and the Firehouse/Janet Elizabeth Rickert Woodbine House, 2000 1-890627-17-8
Somebody Called Me a Retard Today and My Heart Felt Sad/Ellen O’Shaunessy
Walker & Co, 1992 0-8027-8187-7
Spider Sparrow/Dick King-Smith Crown Publishers, 2000. 0-517-80043-8 (trade);
0-517-80044-6 (lib. bdg,)
Thumbs Up, Rico/Maria Testa Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-8474-6
Veronica’s First Year/Jean Sasso Rheingrover Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-8474-6
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red/Stephanie Stuve-Boveen Woodbine House, 1998 1-890627-06-2
Where’s Chimpy?/Berniece Rabe Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-8928-4 (hc);
0-8075-8927-6 (pbk)
Biography. Chris Burke: Actor/Helen Monsoon Geraghty. (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged series). Chelsea House, 1995. 0-7910-2081-9; 0-7910-2094-0
My Big Sister Takes Drugs/Judith Vigna Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-5316-6 (pb)
DYSLEXIA
My Friend has Dyslexia/Nicola Edwards Chrysalis Education, 2005 1-59389-168-7
DYSPRAXIA (Clumsy Child Syndrome)
My Friend has Dyspraxia/Nicola Edwards Chrysalis Education, 2005 1-59389-169-5
EPILEPSY
Black Water/Michael Anderson Henry Holt & Co., 1994 0-8050-3847-7
HANDICAPS (GENERAL)
About Handicaps: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children/Sara Bonnett Stein Walker & Co, 1974
0-8027-6174-7
Special-Needs Reading List: An Annotated Guide to the Best Publications for Parents and Professionals/Wilma K. Sweeney. Woodbine House, 1998. 0-933149-74-3
We Walk in a Circle/Peggy Perry Anderson Houghton Miflin, 2004 0-618-44756-3
Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs/Donald Meyer
Woodbine House, 1997.0-933149-98-0
Kidnapping Kevin Kowalski/Mary Jane Auch Holiday House, 1990 0-8234-0815-9
HEMIPLEGIA see MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT
LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—ALS)
Biography. Stephen Hawking: Revolutionary Physicist/Melissa McDaniels. (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged series). Chelsea House, 1994. 0-7910-2078-9;
0-7910-2091-6
MENTAL ILLNESS
The Dream Bearer/Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins, 2003. 006029521X.
Helicopter Man/Elizabeth Fensham NY: Bloomsbury, 2005 1-58234-981-9
I Will Call It Georgie’s Blues/Suzanne Newton. Viking, 1983. 0-670-39131-X
Summer Secrets/Patricia Hermes Marshall Cavendish, 2004 0-7614-5074-2
MENTAL RETARDATION see DOWN’S SYNDROME/MENTAL RETARDATION
Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor/Yin. Philomel Books, 2002. 0-399-23636-8
Nice Wheels/Gwendolyn Hooks Scholastic/Children’s Press, 2005. My First Reader series. 0-516-25179-1
Rules/Cynthia Lord Scholastic, 2006 0-439-44382-2
Wheel Wizards/Robert Hirschfeld Little, Brown 0-316-13611-5 (hc); 0-316-13733-2 (pb)
Biography. Actor and Activist Christopher Reeve/Margaret L. Finn Chelsea House, 1997.
0-7910-4446-7; 0-7910-4447-5
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade/Barth DeClements. Puffin Books, 1990. 0-14-03443-8
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town/Kimberly Willis-Holt Henry Holt & Co., 1999.
0-8050-6116-9
PARAPLEGIA see MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT
Biography. Michael J. Fox: Overcoming Adversity/Richard Kozar. Chelsea House, 2000.
0-7910-5425-X (hc); 0-7910-5426-8 (pb)
RETARDATION see DOWN’S SYNDROME/MENTAL RETARDATION
SEIZURES see EPILEPSY
Laurie Tells/Linda Lowery Carolrhoda Books, 1994 0-87614-790-2
My Body Is Private/Linda Walvoord Girard Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-5320-4
No More Secrets for Me/Oralee Walker little, Brown, 1983 0-316-91490-8
Now One Foot, Now the Other/Tomie dePaola G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981. 0-399-20774-0 hc;
0-399-22400-9 pbk [grandparent stroke]
Bringing Nettie Back/Nancy Hope Wilson MacMillan, 1992. 0-02-793075-0 [child stroke]
STUTTERING
Flimflam Man/Darleen Bailey Beard. Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1998. 0-374-32346-1
If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents/ Stanley Humphreys Ainsworth. Stuttering Foundation of America [Memphis, TN], c2000. 0-933-38844-6
Mary Maroney and the Snake/Suzy Kline. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1991. 0-399-22044-5
A Family That Fights/Sharon Chesler Bernstein Albert Whitman & Co. 0-8075-2248-1
Blueberry Eyes/Monica Driscoll Beatty Health Press, Santa Fe, NM 1996 0-929173-24-4
Brian’s Bird/Patricia A, Davis Albert Whitman, 2000 0-8075-0881-0
A Cane in Her Hand/Ada B. Litchfield Albert Whitman, 2000 (?) 0-8075-1056-4
Biography. Louis Braille: Teacher of the Blind/Jennifer Fisher Bryant. (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged series). Chelsea House, 1994. 0-7910-2077-0; 0-7910-2090-8
Seeing Things My Way/Alden R. Carter Albert Whitman 0-8075-7296-9
Through Grandpa’s Eyes/Patricia MacLachlan Harper & Row, 1979 0-06-024044-X
TJ’s Story: A Book about a Boy Who Is Blind/Arlene Schulman Lerner