physically handicapped

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physically handicapped

Never sell yourself short

2001
A photo-essay about Josh, a boy born with dwarfism, describing the challenges he faces along with his plans for the future.

The miracle worker

2004
Depicts the story of Helen Keller and her guardian, Annie Sullivan, who broke through Helen's barriers of blindness and deafness to communicate with her.

Missing sisters

1998
Twelve-year-old Alice, an orphan who has never been adopted because of her physical handicap and difficult personality, is shocked to discover she has an identical twin sister living nearby.

My brother made me do it

2001
In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.

Just a little different

1994
A child relates how he and his best friend, who is in a wheelchair, are both alike and different.

Eddie's blue-winged dragon

1990
A sixth-grader with cerebral palsy becomes the owner of a brass dragon which helps him out in some of the battles he faces due to his handicap.

Knots on a counting rope

1985
A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race.

Handtalk birthday

a number & story book in sign language
1991
Words and sign language depict friends helping a deaf woman celebrate her birthday.

The man who sang in the dark

1987
Ten-year-old Leah, her young brother, and their recently widowed mother begin forging a new life for themselves through friendship with a blind man and the other inhabitants of their boarding house in Philadelphia during the Depression.

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