Children's Book Suggestions | Disability Pride Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about kids with disabilities, including learning disabilities and neurodivergence, published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Disability Pride Month 2025 and 2024 lists (picture books and chapter books), our Autism Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month book lists, or browse the library catalog.

More great books are honored annually with the Schneider Family Book Award.

Updated January 30, 2026
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Children's Book Suggestions | Disability Pride Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about kids with disabilities, including learning disabilities and neurodivergence, published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Disability Pride Month 2025 and 2024 lists (picture books and chapter books), our Autism Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month book lists, or browse the library catalog.

More great books are honored annually with the Schneider Family Book Award.

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Wish in a tree
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly
Paper Book
An uplifting picture book celebrating neurodiversity, starring characters from Lynda Mullaly Hunt's New York Times bestselling novel Fish in a Tree Oliver's brain is a volcano of ideas--always bubbling with questions. This makes it hard to focus at school, and...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

This is how we talk : a celebration of disability and connection
Slice, Jessica
Paper Book
From the creators of This Is How We Play is a new jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that celebrates all the ways we communicate with each other. A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR We sign, write, clap! We tap, stim,...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Bitsy Bat, team star
Windness, Kaz
Paper Book
Bitsy meets a new nonspeaking student who uses an AAC device and sign language at school and learns the importance of being a star teammate in this sequel to Bitsy Bat, School Star from Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Kaz Windness. Bitsy...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Mia the masterpiece : an empowering story about inclusivity and growing up with Down Syndrome
Armstrong, Mia
Paper Book
Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book. Don't miss Mia in A Christmas in New Hope, streaming now! Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the beach, the...

Early Reader (Grades K-2)

The emerald egg
Whaley, Kayla
Paper Book
Solve Animal Mysteries from A to Z! Inspired by Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries series, this exciting animal adventure mystery is perfect for budding young chapter book readers. This time, 8-year-old Abbi and her friends solve the mystery of missing emu egg! E IS FOR EMU EGG . . .

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Benny on the case
King, Wesley
Paper Book
Two starred reviews! A New York Public Library Best Kids Book of 2025 A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2025 A boy with Mosaic Down syndrome navigates entering a mainstream classroom, making new friends, and standing up to...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Mandanna, Sangu
Paper Book
*Winner of the Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Awards* *A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches comes an action-packed, enchanting middle grade fantasy about a...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The bionic boy
Plourde, Lynn
The moving story of a superhero-loving boy born without hands who finds the hero inside himself Benji feels like he's had more than his fair share of good luck-so it's frustrating that his disability tends to make people think the opposite. Adopted from an overseas orphanage when...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Mixed-up
Garcia, Kami
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia has returned with a middle grade graphic novel about the struggles of a game-loving girl who gets diagnosed with dyslexia and her loving support network that help her along in the journey. Stella knows fifth grade will be...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Hazel has her hands full
Fairbairn, Nathan
Paper Book
More heartwarming and humorous adventures await in the fourth book of this graphic novel series that is the Baby-Sitters Club for pets!     Summer break is just around the corner, and the PAWS team is gearing up for a busy season full of dog-walking,...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

The girl in the walls
Kuyatt, Meg Eden
Paper Book
There's a ghost in the walls, and V must decide if it is an ally or an enemy. The wrong decision could destroy her and her family. From Schneider Honor Award winning author Meg Eden Kuyatt comes a chilling and insightful novel-in-verse. After a hard school year, V has...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The extraordinary orbit of Alex Ramirez
Paulino, Jasminne
A powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year "This story is about a boy who is certain of his own magic in the midst of the doubtful adults...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Please pay attention
Sumner, Jamie
Paper Book
Three starred reviews! A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn't built for her in this "intimate, lyrical" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse from Jamie Sumner, the...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Rolling on
Sumner, Jamie
Paper Book
In this "equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming" (Kirkus Reviews) companion to Jamie Sumner's acclaimed and beloved novels Roll with It and Time to Roll, Ellie finds herself faced with first love and learning to let go. It's the very end of eighth grade...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Vote for the G.O.A.T.
Terese, Ali
From the author of National Book Award-longlisted Free Period comes a new hijinks-fueled comedy about finding your voice, perfect for fans of Carrie Firestone and Lisa Yee! Sporty Meg and fashionista Jo don't have much in common besides being seventh graders at Somerset...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Absolutely everything
Alexander, Damian (Cartoonist)

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Very bad at math
Larson, Hope
From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author Hope Larson comes a middle grade graphic novel full of hijinks, unexpected friendships, and pizza, perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller. Verity "Very" Nelson can do it all. She's student...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Whale eyes : a memoir about seeing and being seen
Robinson, James (Filmmaker)
Paper Book
★ 5 STARRED REVIEWS ★ ★ "Lively, interactive...truly eye-opening." -Booklist ★ "A sincere reflection on childhood...growing up in a world not built with him in mind." -Publishers Weekly ★ "A...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Down syndrome out loud : 20+ true stories of disability and determination
Hart, Melissa
Paper Book
"In a society that often overlooks those with intellectual and developmental disabilities...this book will inspire readers to befriend and champion people with Down syndrome." - JACQUELINE JODL, Special Olympics International In this illustrated biography collection, meet over...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 9-12)

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