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Disability & Dyslexia Awareness

Celebrating DPS Cultural Moments

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October is Disability Awareness Month and Dyslexia Awareness Month.


We've included a curated list of new and well-reviewed books as well as links to relevant Sora collections.


Access the entire Challenges We Face: Physical Challenges and the entire Challenges We Face Sora collections.

Elementary Picture Book Titles

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Dog Watch (Emma Every Day series) by C.L. Reid

Read-Along


Emma loves animals and is looking forward to taking care of her neighbor's dog, Lily, for the weekend, with some help from her brother--but disaster threatens when Lily slips her leash and runs away. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.

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In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi

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Translated from Persian. A young, bedridden girl spends her day watching a mobile of spinning horses and uses her imagination to give the seven horses life in a fantasy world.

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Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty

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When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.

Elementary Chapter Book Titles

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Air by Monica Roe

ebook | audiobook


Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels.

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Swan Lake. Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero

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Inspired by the ballet, Swan Lake. Destined to be enemies due to their warring kingdoms, two princesses become the best of friends as they follow an ancient legend to make everything right. Dillie's prosthetic leg does not slow this hero's journey down.

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Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern

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Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can't read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder but words on the page just don't seem to make sense to her.

Middle School Titles

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Out of My Heart by Sharon Draper

ebook | audiobook


Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.

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Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

ebook | audiobook


When Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. But if she can find the magical wishing-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.

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Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

series | Spanish


The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan features a main character with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr.

High School Titles

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Clementine. Book One by Tillie Walden

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Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys north to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement.

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Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

ebook | audiobook


Veronica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.

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Loveboat Reunion (Book 2) by Abigail Hing Wen

ebook | audiobook


Companion to Loveboat. After their disastrous summer in Taipei, Sophie Ha and Xavier Yeh must come together once more to help each other pursue the futures they want. Storyline includes assistive tools for dyslexia and dysgraphia used by the character.

Resources
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DENCOKID

Denver County Kids Identified with Dyslexia group. Learn more here.
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Denver Public School's Special Education

Special Education is committed to providing a quality educational experience based on the individual needs of each child. Includes family resources and school supports.
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Denver Public Schools Celebrating Cultural Moments

Denver Public Schools strives to recognize cultures and identities year round. With equity as our core identity, we aim to celebrate the significant cultural moments of our students and staff, especially those that have not been historically and consistently recognized.
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Enabling Dyslexic Font in Sora

Dyslexic font is designed to make text easier to read for users with dyslexia. Learn how to enable dyslexic font here.
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Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Titles Sora Collection

Affirming representations of deaf and hard-of-hearing characters. Access the collection here.
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Neurodiverse Reads Sora Collection

Collection featuring representation of neurodiverse characters and nonfiction books. Access the collection here.
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Sora All-in-One Resource

Click here to access the Sora All-in-One resource for teachers.
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Sora Tutorial Video

Click here to watch a tutorial video and learn all the basics of Sora-- how to log in, browse, and check out books.
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Databases All-in-One Resource

Click here to access the suite of DPS-subscribed databases, ready to support research on Hispanic Heritage topics.
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Denver Public Schools Library Services

Email: libraryhelpdesk@dpsk12.org
Website: https://lion.dpsk12.org
Phone: 720-423-1842
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DPSLibraries
Twitter: @DPSLibraries

This flyer is a part of the Library Services initiative that seeks to support culturally responsive education in Denver Public Schools where all students have equitable access to reading materials that reflect and honor their lives and connect them with the world.
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