Looking Into Early Childhood Special Education

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Children's Books On Development Of Children's Self-Concept, Dealing With Life's Challenges and/or Have Characters With Disabilities

This list has been sorted by the books' readability levels;

AC = Adult Read to Children. Books for Pre-K to Grade 3, ranging from 10 to 30 pages, with illustrations; typically designed for parents to read to their children (Teacher Vision, 2000-2016).

JE = Juvenile Easy Reader. For children who are beginning to read on their own, such as those in Grades 1-2; ranging from 30 to 80 pages; illustrations are included to break up the text (Teacher Vision, 2000-2016).

JF = Juvenile Fiction. Children's fiction or chapter books; for children in Grades 2-6; ranging from 60 to 200 pages, the books are generally divided into chapters, contain fewer illustrations, and have more complicated plots or concepts than either AC or JE books (Teacher Vision, 2000-2016).

Andy and His Yellow Frisbee

Publisher: Woodbine House, 6510 Bells Mill Road, Bethesda, MD 20817; 1996

Disability: Autism

Story Profile: Sarah is a new girl at school who is curious about why Andy spins his yellow Frisbee every day by himself on the playground. When Sara tries to talk to Andy, Rosie, Andy's older sister, watches and worries about how her brother may react.

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Rosie knows that Andy is in his own world most of the time, and that he has trouble finding the words to express himself.

Reading Level: AC

Danny and the Merry-Go-Round

Publisher: Jason and Nordic, Publishers, PO Box 441, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648; 1987

Disability: Cerebral Palsy

Story Profile: Danny, who has cerebral palsy, visits the park with his mother and watches other children playing on a playground. He makes friends with a young girl after his mother explains cerebral palsy to her and points out that it is not contagious.

Reading Level: AC

Happy Birthday Jason

Publisher: IPI Publishing Ltd., 50 Prince Arthur Avenue, Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1B5 Canada; 1984

Disability: Reading Disability, Dyslexia

Story Profile: A delightful story that will help children better understand their world by understanding Jason's. His story reveals that children with learning disabilities are more similar to other children than they are different.

Reading Level: AC

Keith Edward's Different Days

Publisher: Impact Publishers, 1988

Disability: Down Syndrome; Physical Disabilities

Story Profile: Keith meets a variety of people with differences, including Down syndrome and physical differences, and learns that being different is okay.

Reading Level: AC.....

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