Picture Books with Disability Representation
This list highlights picture books that I recommend that include characters with disabilities, offering representation across a range of experiences and abilities.
Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming
By Steve Asbell
More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean
By Roz MacLean
Don’t Hug Doug: (He Doesn’t Like It)
By Carrie Finison
Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion
By Minda Dentler
Illustrated by Stephanie Dehennin
We Want to Go to School!: The Fight for Disability Rights
By Maryann Cocca-Leffler and Janine Leffler
What Happened to You?
By James Catchpole
Illustrated by Karen George
Rescue & Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship
By Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes
Illustrated by Scott Magoon
A Day with No Words
By Tiffany Hammond
Illustrated by Kate Cosgrove
Bitsy Bat, School Star
By Kaz Windness
A Friend For Henry
By Jenn Bailey
Illustrated by Mika Song
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language
By Joanna Que and Charina Marquez
Illustrated by Fran Alverez
Translated by Karen Llagas
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability
By Shane Burcaw
Illustrated by Matt Carr
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
By Julia Finley Mosca
Illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
By Sonia Sotomayor
Illustrated by Rafael López
Hello Goodbye Dog
By Maria Gianferrari
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
The Black Book of Colors
By Menena Cottin
Illustrated by Rosana Faría
Translated by Elisa Amado
When Charley Met Emma
By Amy Webb
Illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
By Shannon Stocker
Illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
I Talk Like a River
By Jordan Scott
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion
By Margaret O’Hair and Sofia Sanchez
Illustrated by Sofia Cardoso