CHILDREN'S BOOKS & LINKS
The Wishing Room, Inc. publishes upbeat children's
books, most of which deal with, or have a main character with, a disability
or disadvantage of some sort. Go to Books
for a catalog file containing price, synopsis, and other pertinent ordering
information.
Titles include:
A Child's Diary - 1930's, Johnson, Ages 5-15 (poverty, great
recession)
An Adventure in Mouseland, Williams, Ages 4-10 (disobedience)
History Hunt at Cold Harbor, Cathcart, Ages 11 & up (learning
disabled, visual)
Just For Me, Branch, Ages 9 and up (siblings, broken homes, blind,
etc.)
Shy Ann, Ball, Ages 5-11 (shyness)
There's A Blue Square On My Brother's School Bus , Craymer, Ages
5-12 (many types of disabilities)
Willy On Wheels, Howell, Ages 4-14 (crippled, blind)
Autobiographies:
Bremner's Bulletins, Bremner, Ages 14 & up (news columns,
was educator & minister)
How to Fail, Hasbin, Ages 14 & up (education, learning disabled,
leadership)
Forthcoming titles:
Cynde's Christmas Gift, Beachy, ages 6-12 (Commercial glitter
not required)
My Best Friend Has Diabetes, Phillips, Ages 8-12 (diabetes)
Purity's Problem, Liberté, Ages 5-11 (sexual abuse)
Do you know of other similiar books? (Please include Web address as well as title, author, age group & subject.) We will list the books below with links to the Web site.
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