Picture books featuring people using mobility aids. In some of these books, the focus is on the character's disability and their use of a mobility aid, and in some, it is just about the character going about their day, and the mobility aid is just part of who they are (aka the disability and aid is not the focus of the story). Lastly, there are some books that simply (but importantly) feature a wide cast of characters, some of whom have disabilities, and some of whom use mobility aids.
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A book about a kid with a wonderful imagination who happens to have one leg and how they deal with being asked, in a variety of ways, "What happened to you?" Their answer is basically a non-answer, and eventually, the other children get over it and…
I don't think the author would mind my saying that, this book is amazing! And thought-provoking, and sad, and fun. I think this just might be a must-read for every grown-up and kid. I also think this is one of the best examples of an excellent…
A lovely book with fairly simple text about a little girl's ocean and all the things you can see and do there.
The lead character uses crutches. I like that the book shows her doing so many different things (something using the crutches and…
Our lead, Emma, has some limb differences and uses a wheelchair.
I thought this book dealt well with how friends of someone who is disabled (or is short, moves more slowly, etc) may sometimes try to be TOO helpful because they feel "bad" for the…
I really like that though our main character, Elsie, has a disability, that is not what the book is really about. It is exactly about what the title says, Dancing with Daddy, and all of the anticipation and worries (especially if it's snowing the…
This book was absolutely beautiful. I had happy tears in my eyes throughout almost the whole thing. Someday, I would love to go to one of their performances (it's based on a real dance company); what a wonderful thing it would be to attend such a…
A young girl has a "helper leg" (prosthetic leg), and so it makes her very sore to sit on the floor of her school as the other girls do, so she decides to build her own bench. I like this because disability is not very often represented in picture…
The author (who has cerebral palsy like the lead character) and illustrator did a wonderful job of incorporating Sam's disability without having it be the main focus. The book also has an overall great body-positive message, and I enjoyed how the…
For those who do Paws for Reading (or a similar program where children read to dogs), this is a great book to add.
It's about how a very friendly dog becomes a therapy dog and is allowed into the school so children can read to it.
Also, it helps…
Poor little doggie, this goes from being the BEST DAY EVER to the worst day ever and then, thankfully, back to BEST DAY EVER! This was a fun book about a companion dog (maybe a service dog in training?) and his boy, who uses a wheelchair. This book…
A wonderful book that welcomes us into all sorts of households containing all sorts of people. In this book, you'll meet Mei Li who has cerebral palsy and uses a walker and wheelchair to get around, Archie who has a mother who is deaf, Bella who is…
This is probably the most diverse picture book I've ever seen. Not only in terms of the wide range of disabilities represented but also in terms of skin tones, body types, ages, and more. Instead of all being crammed in there to achieve this goal,…
I love that there is not only great racial diversity but that a boy in a wheelchair and a girl with crutches are also prominently featured. I love when such individuals are included at all (because they're often not), but often, even when they are,…
Hurrah! There is not only great racial diversity, but also one kid who wears hearing aids, one who uses crutches and has leg braces, one who wears glasses, and there is actually a kid who is kind of chubby.
There is one page on which the characters…
Great, thoughtful text and cute, wonderful illustrations team up in this book to remind us of many reasons to love our bodies, no matter their shape or size or color or...
Overall, a wonderful book about loving our bodies and some of the ways we…
This is one of my favorite books of the year. Outside of the Harry Potter world, I think this may be the world I most want to inhabit. I think this is a sort of heaven for animal-loving kids. There are tigers feeding goldfish, birds feeding…
A beautiful celebration of girls! Engaging text and lovely illustrations pair nicely to show some of the wonderful things girls can be and do. I love the variety of these things, from running for student council to rock climbing, from doing art to…
Simple text and lovely pictures illustrate how small acts of kindness can ripple out to help inspire other small acts of kindness. I love that there is a lot of racial diversity and also a boy who uses a walker and a girl who has cochlear implants.…
A great book about some of the seemingly simple actions that demonstrate bravery.
This book has great racial diversity, interracial friendships, inter-generational interactions, kids with glasses, a brave boy with a leg-brace and a cane standing up…
The rhythm, rhyme, and message of the text are pretty good, but the diversity within the illustrations is what really does it for me. There is great racial diversity, a variety of hair types and lengths, a girl wearing a hijab, and a few characters…
