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Disabilities - Physical Challenges

Book cover Prairie School

In 1880, Noah's aunt teaches the reluctant nine-year-old how to read as they explore the Colorado prairie together, Noah pushing Aunt Dora in her wheelchair.

Book cover Goose's Story

A young girl finds a Canada goose with a badly injured foot and looks for her each day to see how she is doing.

Book cover Harry and Willy and Carrothead

Three boys overcome prejudicial ideas about appearances and become friends.

Book cover The Storm

Though confined to a wheelchair, Jonathan faces the terror of a tornado all by himself and saves the lives of the horses on the family farm.

Book cover My Buddy

A young boy with muscular dystrophy tells how he is teamed up with a dog trained to do things for him that he can't do for himself.

Book cover Susan Laughs

Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.