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Teaching About Disabilities Through Children's Literature
Mary Anne Prater, Tina Taylor Dyches
Book Code: TIP5414
ISBN: 1-59158-541-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-541-1
148 pages
Teacher Ideas Press, an imprint of Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 2/28/2008
List Price: $38.00 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Librarians and teachers who work with students at the elementary and middle school levels will appreciate the resources here and will use this as a reference when considering items for purchase, or when planning for instruction. Preservice teachers would also benefit from reading through this title. Recommended.
    —Library Media Connection     November/December 2008
Description: This book is written to provide teachers, social workers, school psychologists, counselors, and other professionals who work with children a comprehensive guide to selecting and using children's books to teach about disabilities. With the support of this book readers will be able to:

* Select appropriate children's literature that includes characters with disabilities;
*Use children's books to teach awareness, knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of individuals with disabilities;
* Follow unit and lesson plans for recommended books that include characters with disabilities;
* Implement standard lesson plans and discussion guides for self-selected books that include characters with disabilities; and
Recognize what books are available and recommended in this genre.
The book includes reproducible lesson and unit plans and extensive annotated bibliographies of over 100 books. Grades K-12
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Lesson Plans
  • Unit Plans
  • Activities and Reproducible Worksheets
  • Additional Resources
  • Index of Titles
  • Index of Authors
LC Card Number: 2007034917
LCC Class: PN1009
Dewey Class: 809'
PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
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