Introduction

This is a blog devoted to children's literature that explores questions relating to special needs and how difference is perceived and treated in society.

Autism

Novels
Wild Orchid - Beverley Brenna - 2003 (Canadian)
Rules - Cynthia Lord - 2007
Up High In the Trees - Kiara Brinkman - 2007

Picture Books
Taking Autism to School - Andreanna Edwards - 2001
My Little Brother - Suemee Lee - 2008 (Canadian)
My Brother Charley - Holly Robinson Peete - 2010

AD/HD

The Joey Pigza Series (4 novels) - Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - 1998
Joey Pigza Loses Control - 2000
What Would Joey Do? - 2002
I Am Not Joey Pigza - 2007

The Hank Zipzer Series (17 novels) - Henry Winkler
Niagara Falls, or Does It? - 2003
I Got a "D" in Salami - 2003
Day of Iguana - 2003
The Zippity Zinger - 2003
Night I Flunked my Field Trip - 2004
Holy Enchilada! - 2004
Help! Somebody Get Me out of Fourth Grade! - 2004
Summer School! What Genius Thought Up That? - 2005
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard - 2005
My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat - 2006
Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down - 2007
Barfing in the Backseat - 2007
Who Ordered this Baby? Definitely Not Me! - 2008
Life of Me
A Tale of Two Tails - 2008
Dump Trucks and Dog Sleds - 2009
A Brand New Me - 2010

Other Novels
Zipper: The Kid with ADHD - Catherine Janover - 1997
The Middle of Somewhere - JB Cheaney - 2007

Picture Books
Otto Learns About His Medicine - Matthew Galvin - 2001
Annie's Plan - Jeanne Kraus - 2007
80HD - Trish Wood - 2008
My Friend has ADHD - Amanda Doering Touville - 2010

Behaviour

The Harper Winslow Series (4 novels) - Don Trembath (Canadian)
The Tuesday Cafe - 1996
A Fly Named Alfred - 1997
A Beautiful Place on Young St. - 1999
The Popsicle Journal - 2001

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series (5 novels) - Rick Riordan
The Laughing Thief - 2005
The Sea of Monsters - 2006
The Titans Curse - 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth - 2008
The Last Olympian - 2009

Holes/Small Steps (2 novels) - Louis Sacher
Holes - 1998
Small Steps - 2006

Giftedness

Novels
Looking for X - Deborah Ellis - 1999 (Canadian)
The Center of Everything - Laura Moriarty - 2003
The Report Card - Andrew Clements - 2004

LD

The Josh Series (2 novels) - Caroline Janover
Josh: A Boy with Dyslexia - 1988
How Many Days Until Tomorrow - 2000

Sahara & Paris (2 novels) - Esme Raji Codell
Sahara Special - 2003
Vive La Paris - 2006

Other Novels
Finders Keepers - Andrea Spalding - 1995 (Canadian)
My Thirteenth Winter - Samantha Abeel - 2003 (memoires)

Picture Books
Reach for the Moon - Samantha Abeel - 1995
It's Called Dyslexia - Jennifer Moore-Mallinos - 2007
Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters - Deborah Hodge - 2007 (Canadian)