3rd December International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD)

International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is held on 3rd December each year.  The UN give it a theme, which this year  is ‘Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world’.

School with students has finished for me this year, but this is a day well worth sharing with classes and picture books. Many disabilities have a day of their own, but here is a smattering of books worthy of a display in your school library. I have listed books that are in my library, but you will find others, I'm sure.

Books with a focus on children who have mobility difficulties or wheelchairs.

• What Happened to You?  by James Catchpole & Karen George

• Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari & Patrice Barton

• Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross

• I Will Dance by Nancy Bo Flood & Julianna Swaney         

• Woodpecker Girl  by I-Tsun Chiang & Chingyen Liu  

• King For a Day  by Rukhsana Khan & Christiane Kroemer 

• Seal Surfer  by Michael Foreman 

• Arabella  by Wendy Orr & Kim Gamble (OOP but probably in the school library)

• All the Way to the Top  by Annette Bay Pimental & Nabi H. Ali (a biographical episode from the life of Jennifer Keelan)

Books with a focus on children who are dealing with sight issues 

• The Patch  by Justina Chen Headley & Mitch Vane

• Lucy's Picture by Nicola Moon & Alex Ayliffe (OOP Lucy's grandfather is blind)

• The Black Book of Colours  by  Menena Cottin & Rosana Faria 

• Six Dots:  A Story of a Young Louis Braille  by Jen Bryant & Boris Kulikov

• Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson & Raul Colon

• Helen's Big World by Doreen Rappaport & Matt Tavares 

• Yuko-Chan and the Daruma Doll  by Sunny Seki

• Looking Out for Sarah  by Glenna Lang

Books with a focus on children dealing with deafness

• Can Bears Ski?  by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar

• Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson & Karen George 

• Hands and Hearts  by Donna Jo Napoli & Amy Bates

•  Moses Goes to a Concert  by Isaac Millman

• The Boy in the Jam Jar  by Joyce Dunbar & John Shelley

• Boy by Phil Cummings & Shane deVries

• The Race by Christobel Mattingley (OOP but probably in the school library)

Of course there are other disabilities, but this is a good start and enough for a display!