Reviewed by Jacklyn Ogden Review Source: Reading Is Resistance Book Author: A Day With No Words by Tiffany Hammond is inspired by the author’s own life as an autistic mother of two autistic boys and follows a Black autistic boy’s daily life written from his own perspective. The first-person language strengthens the voice of the […]
My Rainbow
Reviewed by Paige Pagan and Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Simple language and vibrant illustrations highlight the warm dynamics of a close-knit and accepting Black family in this picture book about a transgender child living with autism. This book for younger elementary school students centers on Trinity, a transgender girl in a […]
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Reviewed by Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: If your ears can’t hear the strum, or hum, or thrum of a melody, can music still swirl and whirl? Talented Evelyn Glennie embraced music from a young age but gradually grew deaf. Her audiologist, and others around her, predicted that she would have to […]
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
Reviewed by Don Allen Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: All the Way to the Top attempts to fill a gap in children’s literature, but it disappoints in a couple of areas. Based on the real life of Jennifer Keelan-Chafins, the picture book shows how she became media famous in the movement for disability […]
Love from A to Z
Reviewed by Notes from an Islamic School Librarian Review Source: Notes from an Islamic School Librarian Book Author: Now that there is legitimately a genre of YA Islamic Romance out there told in Own Voice, the expectations are high that a book is compelling, realistic, and unique somehow. While the author’s first book, Saints and Misfits, […]
Kinda Like Brothers
Reviewed by Kaitlyn Plyley Review Source: Disability in Kids Lit Book Author: Kinda Like Brothers is New York novelist Coe Booth’s first book for middle-grade readers, and it is told from the point of view of an eleven-year-old boy who has asthma. Jarrett is struggling to keep up at school and to show the other boys that […]