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Our Recommended Children's Chapter Books

Check out our recommendations below, divided out by category for your convenience. All books have been reviewed by at least one of our sensitivity readers, with more being added all the time! 

The content and reading level of books in this category vary from ages 6-13. Be sure to check the book description.

Children's Chapter Books: Physical Disability / mobility aid

Zac's Mighty Wheels and the Case of the Missing Grannies by Andrea Kurth and Braden Kurth
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Zac's Mighty Wheels and the Giant Problem by Andrea Kurth and Owen Kurth
Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper
Out of My Dreams by Sharon M. Draper
The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker & Stacy Davidowitz

Children's Chapter Books: Limb difference / prosthetic

Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling
Her Own Two Feet by Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Born Just Right by Jordan Reeves & Jen Lee Reeves
Aven Green Soccer Machine by Dusti Bowling
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Aven Green Music Machine by Dusti Bowling
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Aven Green Baking Machine by Dusti Bowling

Children's Chapter Books: Sensory Issues / Autism

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran
Being Autistic and What that Actually Means by Niamh Garvey
Red the Dragon by Carole G. Barton
When Stars are Scattered by VIctoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
The Friendship Adventure by Carole G. Barton
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Just Under the Clouds by Melissa Sarno
JJ and Frijolito by Victoria Cepeda
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Ido in Autismland by Ido Kedar

CHILDREN'S chapter BOOKS: DEAF / HARD OF HEARING

El Deafo by Cece Bell
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

Children's chapter books: ADHD

Focused by Alyson Gerber
This is Not the Abby Show by Debbie Reed Fischer
Get Ready for Jetty: My Journal About ADHD and Me by Jeanne Kraus

children's chapter books: blindness / low vision

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Children's chapter books: learning disabilities

Hacking the Code: The Ziggety Zaggety Road of a D-Kid by Gea Meijering
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Children's chapter books: rare or genetic disorders / medical Conditions

Dancing in the Storm by Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock
What Fun is A Quest Alone? by Kathryn South
Ugly by Robert Hoge
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Truth About Stacey by Raina Telgemeier

Children's chapter books: Mental Health / Emotional Health

Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin
Louie and the Dictator by Lisa Bournelis

Children's chapter books: Intellectual Disability

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

children's chapter books: general

Amulet of Scion by J.T. Grobler
The Journeys of Gershom & Jasmine by Jessica Fortenberry
Gershom & Jasmine: Finding Home by Jessica Fortenberry

children's chapter books: Series

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

children's Books: Picture Books for Older Children

Represent: Volume 1 by Rosalie Mastaler and Hunter Mastaler

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