Children's Literature

Dancing with Daddy, by Anitra Rowe Schulte is a lovely story told from the perspective of Elsie, a young girl with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome who uses a wheelchair, communicates with a PODD book, a eats using a G-tube. A great read-aloud for grades EC-3.

A Day With No Words is written by Tiffany Hammond, an autistic author and mother to an autistic son. Told from the perspective of the young boy, this is really the story of the mother. He uses an SGD to communicate and every so often, the family has "a day with no words" where they all use an SGD for the day. This is a good way to introduce AAC to students in grades 1-4. 

This Beach Is Loud! by Samantha Cotterill is an adorable and realistic depiction of a young boy with autism. It is narrated by the young boy and shows some positive coping strategies. The text is part of the illustration, which makes for a fun read aloud! This book is appropriate for grades EC-1.

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My Friend Isabelle, by Eliza Woloson tells the story of a young boy, Charlie, and his friend, Isabelle. Charlie talks about the things they like to do together and the characteristics that make them different. At the end of the story, we learn that Isabelle has down syndrome. In real life, the author's daughter is named Isabelle. This is a good book for an early childhood setting.

All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism, by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer tells the story of a young zebra who feels frustrated because he thinks everyone only sees his "autism stripe". His mom points out all his other characteristics-- his pilot stripe, his caring stripe, his honesty stripe, and his curiosity stripe-- and talks about how all his stripes, including his autism stripe, makes him, him. This book would be appropriate for K-2nd grades. 

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