Need to find a book showing children with Special Needs!?

Question

I need to find a children's book (pre-school to early school years) showing children with special needs, any type of special needs. I would prefer something about Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, but it's not mandatory. Can anyone recommend anything??

Answer 1

Here are some good books:
*Taking Autism to School by Andreanna Edwards, Tom Dineen
*Ian's Walk: A Story About Autism by Laurie Lears and Karen Ritz
*Everybody Is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters With Autism by Fiona Bleach
*Tacos Anyone?
*The Autism Acceptance Book: Being a Friend to Someone With Autism by Ellen Sabin

Hope this gets you started!

Answer 2

This is an excellent reference book, if you are near a university they may carry it. Runs about $90 at Amazon:
Take Up Thy Bed and Walk: Death, Disability, and Cure in Classic Fiction for Girls (Children's Literature and Culture) (Hardcover)
by Lois Keith
Review:Take Up Thy Bed and Walk provides an in-depth critical analysis of a number of nineteenth and early twentieth-century works for girls, including Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna. Lois Keith argues that these works reflect the widespread beliefs that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will. She also situates her study in a modern context by discussing representations of disabled people in contemporary films such as Breaking the Waves, contemporary plays such as Broken Glass, and in the media coverage of Christopher Reeve.

Amazon also lists the books citations in an easy to read and copy list.

Answer 3

Russell is Extra Special by Charles A. Amenta III
Ian's Walk by Laurie Lears
Keisha's Doors by Marvie Ellis
Tacos Anyone? by Marvie Ellis

Answer 4

Go to bn.com, go to the children's books section, and type in autism, there are lots of books that come up that would be appropriate. Good luck!!

Answer 5

Look up a company called Turtle Books.