Children's Book Suggestions | Disability Pride Month 2025

A few of our favorite books about kids with disabilities, including learning disabilities and neurodivergence, published in 2024. For more book ideas, check out our Disability Pride Month 2024 Picture Book and Chapter Book lists, 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 April 17, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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This is how we play : a celebration of disability and adaptation
Slice, Jessica
Paper Book
A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability. With love and adaptation, this is how we play! This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Emma's awesome summer camp adventure
Webb, Amy
Paper Book
All for inclusion, and inclusion for all! Emma is going to her first summer camp, and she is soexcited! Camp Waterfall is an accessible camp, which means that Emma, Charley, and a host of new friends with different abilities can all participate, with nobody feeling left out...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

A pair of parrots
Adler, David A.
Paper Book
When Ava's new parrot flies the coop, can she fix this fowl situation? Find out in this comical caper perfect for introducing the concept of multiples, pairs, and trios to early readers. There's only one problem with this perfect new parrot: it's not in its cage! To keep this...

Early Graphic Novel (Level 2)

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)

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)

Shiny misfits
Zayid, Maysoon
Paper Book
Bay Ann doesn't think she's a star--she knows it! Now how does she prove it to the rest of the world? This is a hilarious graphic novel about friendship, fame, and fighting for control of your own story, perfect for fans of Nat Enough, Click, and Invisible. Bay...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Very bad at math
Larson, Hope
Paper Book
Hijinks, unexpected friendships, and math take center stage in this contemporary middle grade graphic novel perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller from New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author Hope Larson. Verity "Very" Nelson can do it all.<...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

The girl who figured it out
Dentler, Minda
Paper Book
Winner of the 2025 Texas Bluebonnet Award! The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon. Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)

You're so amazing!
Catchpole, James
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor book! ​In this authentic and humorous picture book, a child with a limb difference is tired of being told how amazing he is for doing normal things. Joe and his friend Simone are practicing their best playground...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)

Mara hears in style
Clemmons, Terri
Paper Book
Mara takes on the world with her flashy purple hearing aids and sassy, hot pink earmolds. Mara's first day at her new school is filled with ups and downs surrounding her hearing aids: her teacher doesn't remember to turn on her microphone, the lunchroom is too chaotic for lip...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)


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