Portraying Persons with Disabilities: An Annotated Bibliography of Nonfiction for Children and Teenagers

by Joan Brest Friedberg, Adelaide Weir Sukiennik

Following the earlier Accept Me As I Am , this selection guide describes and evaluates over 350 nonfiction titles, encouraging readers to develop open attitudes about people with disabilities. Informative introductory essays on topics such as Disability and Historical Trends , The Power of Nonfiction to Portray People with Disabilities , and Patterns and Trends . Similar in structure to is companion volume, Portraying Persons with Disabilities (fiction) groups titles by broad disability categories and also includes reference books on disabilities and on the handicapped.

385 pages, Hardcover

First published January 30, 1992

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Friedberg, J. B., Mullins, J. B., & Sukiennik, A. W. (1992). Portraying persons with disabilities: An annotated bibliography of nonfiction for children and teenagers. New Providence, N.J: R.R. Bowker.

Citation created by: Rachel Davis
Call Number: 011.62
Description: Describes and evaluates over 350 nonfiction titles, encouraging readers to develop open attitudes about people with disabilities.
Content/Scope: This book lists over 300 nonfiction titles of books that include disabilities. Reading levels of books are identified to make it easy for children to find books that are at their current reading level.
Accuracy/Authority: These authors have researched and wrote several annotated bibliographies to help students find books of interest.
Relation to Similar Works: Part of the serving special needs series
Cost: $22.55
Rationale for Selection: To give students an easy way to find books on disabilities and also experience with using annotated bibliographies as a reference source.
Professional Review: School Library Journal, Jan93, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p37.