Disabilities in Children's Fiction

The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Nature, Only Children, Teachers/Librarians, Science
• Alba and her friend Levi are really into bird watching, especially hummingbirds. 

Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-6 interest
• Valencia (who is deaf) and Virgil become friends through a series of coincidences. 

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-7 interest
• See also: In verse, Gardens, Intergenerational, Books
• Macy (who is deaf) gets to know her elderly neighbor when she helps her pack up her books. 

The Collectors by Jacqueline West

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Wishes 
• Van, who is hard of hearing, meets a Collector and gets involved in the dangerous world of wishes. 

Snow Lane by Josie Angelini

• Pub Date: 2018
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Abuse 
• Annie, who is dyslexic, lives in a large dysfunctional family. 

Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell

• Pub Date: 2013
• Grades 5-8 interest
• Princess Tilda, who has a splayfoot, finds herself on an adventure when a distant cousin tries to take over her kingdom.