Recs if you like Song for a Whale...
deaf / hard of hearing characters in books
These books either have a main character or main side character who's important to the plot with deaf and/or hard of hearing rep! 🙉👂🔕 I haven't read all of these, but I have read a good chunk, so I'm always happy to talk with anyone about them & recs are always appreciated! 💜
Disability in Kidlit (YA, middle grade, children)
Winners and honorees of the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award: https://www.ala.org/awards/books-media/schneider-family-book-award. The award honors “an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.”
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Books with Deaf Protagonists/Characters
i'm profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant and don't sign but i always keep an eye out for books with deaf rep
middle-grade and YA with strong representation
YA books featuring characters with diverse backgrounds / sexualities / gender identities / ethnicities / religions / disabilities / neurodiversities
Cephalopods and Cetaceans
Whales and octopus, the best and smartest creatures in the world! A mix of fiction and nonfiction that are about or prominently feature these amazing marine animals.
❤️Middle School Appropriate❤️
Use to be a middle school library para, so here’s some books I’ve read that are appropriate for middle school :)
(I am only gonna put the first one since there's a lot of series that are longer. I have removed those who are sequels)
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