This list includes books and videos recommended by Connecting for Kids families. Many of the titles in this list are available through Connecting for Kids partner libraries. Or, if you choose to purchase one of the titles on this list, you can help contribute to Connecting for Kids when you select us as your preferred charity through the Amazon Gives program. Go to Smile.Amazon.com and select Connecting for Kids of Westlake Ohio when you visit! To get started, click one of the options below. | Not Sure Where to Start?
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The following books have been recommended for adults:
Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice, M. Nario-Redmond (Amazon Smile)
About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times , P. Catapano (editor), R. Garland-Thompson (editor) (Amazon Smile)
Demystifying Disability, e. Ladau (Amazon Smile)
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, A. Wong (editor) (Amazon Smile)
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, H. Girma (Amazon Smile)
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me, K. Brown (Amazon Smile)
The following books have been recommended for children and adolescents:
All Are Welcome, A. Penfold (Amazon Smile)
All My Stripes (A Story for Children With Autism), S. Rudolph (Amazon Smile)
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything, A. B. Pimentel (Amazon Smile)
Ben's Adventures: Day at the Beach, E. Gerlach (Amazon Smile)
El Deafo, C. Bell (Amazon Smile)
Fish in a Tree, L. M. Hunt (Amazon Smile)
I Want to Be Like Poppin' Joe: A True Story Promoting Inclusion and Self-Determination, J. Mach, V. L. Stroup-Rentier (Amazon Smile)
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, S. Sotomayor (Amazon Smile | en español)
Out of My Mind, S. Draper (Amazon Smile)
Roxy the Raccoon: A Story to Help Children Learn about Disability and Inclusion (Truth & Tails Children's Books), A. Reeves (Amazon Smile)
Wonder, R. J. Palacio (Amazon Smile)
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion, M. O'Hair, S. Sanchez (Amazon Smile)