[ISLMA-Share] Looking for titles about celebrities with disabilities

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*Soul Surfer* by Bethany Hamilton
*Born on a Blue Day *-- Daniel Tammet
*Thinking in Pictures* -- Temple Grandin


M.Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have been working with a SPED teacher in my school to find books about
> famous people with disabilities. She is having her students choose and read
> a book and write a paper on the person, the disability, and how it affected
> that person's life.
>
> I have found her a number of titles in our library but we are apparently a
> little short in this area, especially when it comes to more contemporary
> titles. I am also ordering a couple of books. I was looking to see if
> anyone has insight on some titles that are middle school to early high
> school reading level and are specifically about sports, music, or TV
> celebrities with disabilties. The whole book doesn't have to be about their
> disability, but it should talk about how it has affected the person's
> life/career to some extent.
>
> Thank you!
> Alison Kurtz
> Library Media Specialist
> Sandwich High School
> 515 E. Lions Rd.
> Sandwich, IL 60548
> 815-786-2157 ext. 22134
> akurtz at kidsroe.org
> http://tinyurl.com/shsmediacenter
>
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-- 
Michelle Harris
District Librarian
Heyworth CUSD #4
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