Central Kansas Library System

"Little Critter meets a student named Alex who uses a wheelchair. Before long, Little Critter learns Alex is just like everyone else, and they become the best of friends!" --

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

The book starts with a basic illustrated guide to where food comes from, the different food groups, how to create our own diet and why cooking is a great skill to master. Simple step-by-step instructions, accompanied by fun illustrations, guide children through three levels of cooking, starting with basic preparation of a wide variety of foods and building up to more complex recipes. Health and safety skills are taught as an essential part of the...

"Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Also incorporating the stories of other families with visible and invisible differences...

The story of a child in a wheelchair who explain how he can do almost anything that other children can do.

Follow the friendship of two boys growing up in the 1960's.

Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."

"A children's picture book that celebrates the inherent differences in every person, and encourages children to welcome differences with open arms"--