Celebrating Disability Pride Month

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the ways in which people with disabilities contribute to the diverse fabric of our society. July marks the anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.

Disability comes in many different forms, both visible and invisible. Disability Pride Month aims to end the marginalization of those with disabilities as well as the stigma around the term disability and instead encourage all people to recognize the value of a more inclusive world.

One important way to celebrate Disability Pride Month is through reading books featuring characters living with a variety of disabilities. Natalia Sylvester wrote to us about the importance of authentic and nuanced disability respresentation for our blog, highlighting her Schneider Family Book Award honor novel Breathe and Count Back From Ten. Read on below for more books to read this month and all year long!

Early Reader

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Brayden Speaks Up

By Brayden Harrington


Wednesday and Woof: Catastrophe

By Sherri Winston

Middle Grade

Invisible Isabel

By Sally J. Pla


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Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By Leslie Connor


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Ali and the Sea Stars

By Ali Stroker


Mirror to Mirror

By Rajani LaRocca


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Figure It Out, Henri Weldon

By Tanita S. Davis


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Speak Up!

By Rebecca Burgess


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No Matter the Distance

By Cindy Baldwin


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Finding Junie Kim

By Ellen Oh


The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn

By Sally J. Pla


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Will on the Inside

By Andrew Eliopulos


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Izzy at the End of the World

By K. A. Reynolds


Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

By Sharon Creech

Teen

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Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By Natalia Sylvester


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One True Loves

By Elise Bryant


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How to Live Without You

By Sarah Everett


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The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By Sonora Reyes


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Then Everything Happens at Once

By M-E Girard