You Belong Book Project – July Book List

July is Disability Pride Month

This month we are taking time to celebrate those who are differently abled.

To kick off Disability Pride Month we were joined by Kris Ann Piazza who read Everyone Belongs by Heather Avis; Illustrated by Sarah Mensinga.

Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Disability Pride Month.

You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel; Illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Can Bears Ski? By Raymond Antrobus; Illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Everyone Belongs by Heather Avis; Illustrated by Sarah Mensinga*
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott; Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor; Illustrated by Raphael Lopez *
Little Senses Series for Children on the Autism Spectrum: By Samantha Cotterill:
The Beach is Loud
It Was Supposed to be Sunny
Can I Play, Too?
Nope, Never. Not for Me.
Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen-Fletcher
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay by Cari Best; Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
My Whirling Twirling Motor by Miriam Sarcia Sanders; Illustrated by Tammie Lyon
Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes; Illustrated by Scott Magoon
Sam’s Super Seats by Keah Brown; Illustrated by Sharee Miller
Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis; illustrated by Tony Ross
Taking Cystic Fibrosis to School by Cynthia S. Henry
Taking Tourette Syndrome to School by Tira Krueger; Illustrated by Tom Dineen
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen; illustrated by Pam DeVito
We Move Together by Kelly Fritch, Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos
Zeeba and the Siezure written and illustrated by Michaela Barnes