I'd look at Linda Silver's JPS Guide - Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens. There's a chapter on Immigrant life, and one on Contemporary Issues, which has some books that deal with disabilities.
  Andrea Rapp
  Wise Temple, Cincinnati

--- On Mon, 6/25/12, Witty, Emily <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Witty, Emily <[email protected]>
Subject: [ha-Safran] seeking book suggestions
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:07 PM

Dear Safranim,

 

I am hopeful you can help me. Is there a booklist with book suggestions for students in grade 1-6 on the topic of diversity (immigrants, minorities) as well as disabilities. I am looking for books that have main characters who are ethnically and/or religiously diverse and or have a disability. I have the Invisible Inc. Series which has a main character who is Deaf (and another one who is invisible). Books can be both fiction and non-fiction; even poetry is welcome.

 

The following are books I know of from my own experience, but any suggestions would be most welcome.

 

Adler, D. A. (1993). A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass. New York: Holiday House.

Bunting, E. (1989). The Wednesday Surprise. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Friedman, I.R. (1984) How My Parents Learned to Eat. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Levy, E. (1994). The Schoolyard Mystery. New York: Scholastic.

Spier, P. (1980). People. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

 

Thank you,

 

 

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