2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
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Kids

My Life with Cerebral Palsy

Meet Charles! He likes music and being with his family. He also has cerebral palsy. Charles is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. Colorful, realistic illustrations and a dyslexic-friendly font promote accessibility. Includes tips for kids about interacting with someone who has cerebral palsy.

My friend Uses a Wheelchair

In My Friend Uses a Wheelchair, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who use wheelchairs, how using a wheelchair may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who use wheelchairs. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to be empathetic and include all kinds of friends. A diagram shows different parts of a wheelchair, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary.

My Friend Is Blind

In My Friend Is Blind, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who are blind, how blindness may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who are blind. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to be empathetic and include all kinds of friends. A diagram shows the different parts of the eye and explains how they function, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary.

Michael Rosen's Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again

After being admitted to the hospital in 2020 for treatment of Covid, Michael Rosen had to learn to walk again. With the help of the hospital staff, he began the slow steps to recovery--rolling through corridors in a wheelchair, taking tiny steps with a walker, and navigating the parallel bars at the gym. But it was the walking stick he named Sticky McStickstick that helped him take the most important steps of all: back to his home and the love of his family.

Meet the Dyslexia Club!: The Amazing Talents, Skills and Everyday Life of Children with Dyslexia

If you're dyslexic, you might struggle with reading and spelling, writing neatly, or staying focused when people give you lots of instructions. This book shows how you can help yourself and how adults can help you. You will meet a group of dyslexic children who talk about their lives, what their schooldays are like and what they are great at. They will also let you know how grown-ups can help. You might recognize some of their strengths as things that you can do too.

Lucas at the Paralympics

Lucas the Lion discovers the Paralympics--where physically disabled world-class athletes exemplify strength, determination, and courage. Includes sidebars about how athletes who are blind, wear prosthetics, or use wheelchairs compete in different events, as well as the history of the Paralympic Games.