| Title (Series)
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Author/Illustrator
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Character(s) with limb difference(s)
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Year 1st Published
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Book type
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| The abilities in me: Limb Difference[12]
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Gemma Keir/Yevheniia Lisovaya
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Protagonist is a girl missing fingers on her right hand as well as her right leg below her knee.
|
2022
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Picture book
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| Baking Up a Storm[13]
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Jessica Parham/Srimalie Bassani
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Protagonist is a boy without a left hand.
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2022
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Picture book
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| Come Over to My House[14]
|
Eliza Hull, Sally Rippin/Daniel Gray-Barnett
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Examples of lots of different disabilities and how people live by showing kids playing at each other's houses. One family includes a dad with a missing forearm and his various prosthetics. There is also a parent with dwarfism who uses a reaching claw to assist.
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2022
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Picture book
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| Goldie's Tasty Tacos[15]
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Nicole Julia/Jeff Crowther
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Protagonist is a girl goat who does not have a left hand.
|
2022
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Chapter book
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| I am Sheriauna: We are Able[16]
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Sherylee Honeyghan/Ana Patankar
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Protagonist is Sheriauna Haase, a girl with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2022
|
Picture book
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| My Friend Jackson[17]
|
Sharon Wasson
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Protagonist is a boy with congenital limb differences.
|
2022
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Picture book
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| Perfectly Precious Peggy: A True Story about Challenges, Acceptance, and Friendship[18]
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Dale Lee Loomis/Maria Mughal
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Protagonist is a female goat missing her front right leg.
|
2022
|
Picture book
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| Why Me, Mama?[19]
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Katherine Lockwood/Evgeniya Erokhina
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Two of the characters have a limb difference. Every character in the story represents a different disability.
|
2022
|
Picture book
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| ABC Let's Celebrate You and Me[20]
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Sugar Snap Studio
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Features several characters with limb differences, including a boy with a prosthetic right leg, a boy with a prosthetic left leg, a boy with two short fingers on his left hand, and a girl without a left hand.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| The Bare Naked Book[21]
|
Kathy Stinson/Meilssa Cho
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Depiction of many people, including some with limb differences.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| What makes you Super?: Let's talk about Amniotic Band Syndrome[22]
|
Fernanda Neves/Leonardo Zampronio
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Protagonist is a girl missing her index and middle fingers on her right hand, from Amniotic Band Syndrome.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| When You See a Child Who's Different[23]
|
Abbey Luckett Benjamin/Michael Garriga
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Depiction of children with various limb differences.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Bodies are Cool[24]
|
Tyler Feder
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Book shows a variety of different bodies (including ones with varied limb differences).
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Good to Be Me[25]
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Jessica Parham/Srimalie Bassani
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Depiction of many kids, including some with limb differences.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Kodi[26]
|
Jared Cullum
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One of the main characters is an amputee from a fishing accident.
|
2021
|
Graphic novel
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| Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship[27]
|
Jessica Kensky/Patrick Downes
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Protagonist is a girl who is a double-leg below-knee (acquired) amputee.
|
2021
|
Picture book (based on true story)
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| Roxy and Maliboo: It's Okay to Be Different[28]
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Hillary Sussman/Blake Marsee
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Protagonist is a dog missing her right back leg because she was ill.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Roxy and Tully: Words Matter[29]
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Hillary Sussman/Blake Marsee
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Protagonist is a dog missing her right back leg because she was ill.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Splash[30]
|
Claire Cashmore/Sharon Davey
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Protagonist is Claire Cashmore (Paralympian) as a child. She does not have a left hand.
|
2021
|
Picture book (based on true story)
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| Timo the Adventurer[31]
|
Jonathan Garnier/Yohan Sacré
|
Protagonist loses his arm (due to magic) near the end of the book.
|
2021
|
Graphic novel
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| What Happened to You?[32]
|
James Catchpole/Karen George
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Protagonist is a boy missing his right leg and is asked by other kids "what happened" to him.
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2021
|
Picture book
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| The Wonky Donkey[33]
|
Craig Smith
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Protagonist is a donkey missing front left leg; wears a prosthetic.
|
2021
|
Picture book
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| Alf's Power[34]
|
Mina Minozzi/Miruna Prunache
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Protagonist is a boy without his lower left arm.
|
2020
|
Picture book
|
| Brooklyn's Lucky Fin[35]
|
Jenna Regan
|
Protagonist is a girl with what she calls a "lucky fin," referring to her right hand specifically.
|
2020
|
Picture book
|
| Evie's Missing Something[36]
|
Khadija Johnson
|
Protagonist is a girl missing the lower part of her left arm.
|
2020
|
Picture book
|
| We Are Little Feminists On-the-Go[37]
|
Brook Sitgraves Turner/Archaa Shrivastav
|
Depicts many children, including some with various limb differences.
|
2020
|
Board book
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| 5 Fingers and 10 Toes: Jo-Jo Goes to School[38]
|
Dawn Civitello/Francisco Villa
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| Awesomely Emma: A Charley and Emma Story[39]
|
Amy Webb/Merrilee Liddiard
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One of the two protagonists is a girl with a congenital upper and lower limb differences.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| The Bionic Kid: Bionic Beginnings[40]
|
Zachary Pamboukas, Christo Pamboukas, Niko Pamboukas
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Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his right side.
|
2019
|
Comic
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| The Bionic Kid, Issue 2[40]
|
Zachary Pamboukas, Christo Pamboukas, Niko Pamboukas
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Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his right side.
|
2019
|
Comic
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| Hands (My Body, Your Body)[41]
|
John Wood
|
Book displays a variety of hands, some displaying hands with varied lengths of fingers or number of fingers.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| Rae's First Day: The First Story in the Capable Series[42]
|
Danny Jordan/Agustina Perciante
|
Protagonist is a girl with radial dysplasia (on her right side).
|
2019
|
Comic
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| Sophia Takes the Stage[43]
|
Kristen Silva
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Protagonist is a girl with a prosthetic left leg.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| When Charley Met Emma[44]
|
Amy Webb/Merrilee Liddiard
|
One of the two protagonists is a girl with a congenital upper and lower limb differences.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| 5 Fingers and 10 Toes[45]
|
Dawn Civitello/Francisco Villa
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2019
|
Picture book
|
| Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus[46]
|
Dusti Bowling
|
Protagonist is a girl who is a congenital double-arm amputee.
|
2019
|
Chapter book
|
| Ava Takes the Stage[47]
|
Kristen Silva
|
Protagonist is a girl with a congenital left-hand limb difference.
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| Barefoot Books: Children of the World
|
Tessa Strickland, Kate DePalma/David Dean
|
Depiction of many children, including those with limb differences.
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| Clara Takes the Stage[49]
|
Kristen Silva
|
Protagonist is a girl missing part of her right arm (congenital amputee).
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| Kyra Takes the Stage[50]
|
Kristen Silva
|
Protagonist is a girl missing part of her right arm (congenital amputee).
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| Look What Kate Can Do: One Hand Works as Well as Two[51]
|
Katie Leatherwood, Paul Leatherwood
|
Protagonist is a girl with symbrachydactyly on her left hand.
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| Reindeer in Here[52]
|
Adam Reed/Xindi Yan
|
Protagonist is a reindeer with shortened left antler.
|
2018
|
Picture book
|
| I am Sheriauna[53]
|
Sherylee Honeyghan/Ana Patankar
|
Protagonist is Sheriauna Haase, a girl with a congenital upper limb difference on her left side.
|
2017
|
Picture book
|
| I Have a Doll Just Like You![54]
|
Julie Ann Zitterkopf Larson/Jacqueline Kerr
|
One of the protagonists is a boy with a congenital amputation of his left arm.
|
2017
|
Picture book
|
| Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus[55]
|
Dusti Bowling
|
Protagonist is a girl who is a congenital double-arm amputee.
|
2017
|
Chapter book
|
| Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youths to Become Stars[56]
|
Gregory Zuckerman, Elijah Zuckerman, Gabriel Zuckerman
|
Includes the story of a professional baseball pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand.
|
2017
|
Non-fiction
|
| Uniquely Brave[57]
|
Trace Wilson/Ana Sebastian
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2017
|
Picture book
|
| Different is Awesome[58]
|
Ryan Haack/Wes Molebash
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2015
|
Picture book
|
| Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah[59]
|
Laurie Ann Thompson, Sean Qualls
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital lower limb different on right-hand side.
|
2015
|
Picture book (non-fiction)
|
| My Little Leg[60]
|
Robyn Lambert
|
Protagonist is a girl with a prosthetic leg.
|
2015
|
Picture book
|
| My Little Leg Grows Bigger[61]
|
Robyn Lambert
|
Protagonist is a girl with a prosthetic leg.
|
2015
|
Picture book
|
| Nimona[62]
|
ND Stevenson
|
One protagonist is a man with an amputated right arm.
|
2015
|
Graphic novel
|
| Uniquely Me[63]
|
Trace Wilson/Ana Sebastian
|
Protagonist is a boy with a congenital upper limb difference on his left side.
|
2015
|
Picture book
|
| Just Like Us: A Coloring Book Celebrating Children with Limb Differences[64]
|
Jennifer Latham Robinson
|
Depiction of many kids with varying limb differences.
|
2014
|
Coloring book
|
| Harry and Willy and Carrothead[65]
|
Judith Caseley
|
One of the protagonists (Harry) is a congenital left hand amputee.
|
1991
|
Picture book
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