One of the titles in the best-selling A Kids Book About series that introduces important and relevant topics.

A clear explanation of what disabilities are and how to navigate conversations about them.

Sometimes people act like having a disability means you're from another planet, even though over a billion people in the world have disabilities. So how do you talk about disability? How do you talk to people with disabilities? This book helps kids and grown-ups approach disability as a normal part of the human experience.

This is one conversation that's never too early to start, and this book was written to be an introduction to kids on the topic.
Kristine Napper teaches middle school just outside Portland, Oregon. She’s a lifelong wheelchair user and social justice seeker. She loves to be able to serve the community and be a part of positivity and change, which she does through her day job as an English language development teacher in a middle school, as well as sharing her stories and experiences as a person with a disability. View titles by Kristine Napper

Discussion Guide for A Kids Book About Disability

Provides questions, discussion topics, suggested reading lists, introductions and/or author Q&As, which are intended to enhance reading groups’ experiences.

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About

One of the titles in the best-selling A Kids Book About series that introduces important and relevant topics.

A clear explanation of what disabilities are and how to navigate conversations about them.

Sometimes people act like having a disability means you're from another planet, even though over a billion people in the world have disabilities. So how do you talk about disability? How do you talk to people with disabilities? This book helps kids and grown-ups approach disability as a normal part of the human experience.

This is one conversation that's never too early to start, and this book was written to be an introduction to kids on the topic.

Author

Kristine Napper teaches middle school just outside Portland, Oregon. She’s a lifelong wheelchair user and social justice seeker. She loves to be able to serve the community and be a part of positivity and change, which she does through her day job as an English language development teacher in a middle school, as well as sharing her stories and experiences as a person with a disability. View titles by Kristine Napper

Guides

Discussion Guide for A Kids Book About Disability

Provides questions, discussion topics, suggested reading lists, introductions and/or author Q&As, which are intended to enhance reading groups’ experiences.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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