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Teaser: Being Different is Beautiful is a animated video that teachers the importance of Diversity among children. The video describes a list of things that is unique with every person and why it's okay to be different.

Teaching Idea: After watching this video, the students could color a picture of what they think look like. On the back the students can write down things about themselves that make them unique (race, gender, ethnicity, & etc.). After that they can partner up and write a couple sentences about how them and their partner are different and similar. The purpose of this assignment could be about discovering how they are different from everyone or this lesson could also be a Language Arts lesson on Compare and Contrast.

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Being Different is Beautiful by LittleSikhs.com (Diversity Video for Children, Kids, & Schools)

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Teaser: Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Teaching Idea: Before watching, learn and research some of the background information in this movie (cattle industry). While watching, do a guided worksheet that goes along with the movie. After, have the students turn in a short reflection about the movie. Purpose of the lesson would be that just because individuals are labeled with a disability does not mean that they aren't capable of doing great things.

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Author: Isdell, Wendy
Illustrator: Not mentioned
Publication Date: 1993
Genre: Science Fiction
Interest Level: Grades 2-7
Text Level: Middle School

Teaser: Julie is an eighth grader who has trouble in math. Frustrated, she rests her head on her book, and is awakened by an Imaginary Number who suddenly appears in her room. When she follows the Number through a mysterious portal, she enters a strange land of mathematics, where she meets a zebra named Al.

Teaching Idea: http://rpsec.usca.edu/ce-mist/7gebralessonplans.pdf

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Teaser: Going to Holland by Emily Pearl Kingsly, is a poem about what it's like to have a child with a disability. Describes a couple who has a trip to Italy, but ends up going to Holland.

Teaching Idea: Although all students may not directly be able to relate to this, I think this is a wonderful poem to share with everyone. This poem would be a great poem for students to read and highlight or underline smilies and metaphors.

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After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

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Author: Liu, Carol and Caldarione, Marybeth Sidoti
Illustrator: Not listed
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Fiction
Text Level: Grades 2-6
Interest Level: Higher Level Elementary

Teaser: A hopeful story about Arlene, a spirited fourth grader, who is determined not to allow her classmates to label her because of a congenital disability called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Teaching Idea: https://www.hnf-cure.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Teachers-Guide-Arlene-On-Scene-Revised-5.13.pdf

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Author: Filling, Virginia
Illustrator: Cooper, Floyd
Publication Date: 1993
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Text Level: DRA Level 20

Teaser: Eddie Lee, is a young boy with Down syndrome. Eddie follows the neighborhood children into the woods to find frog eggs. They are resentful and try to make him stay home.

Teaching Idea:  http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/MINIUNIT/LESSON4.HTM

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Author: Berkus, Clara Widess
Illustrator: Dodd, Margaret
Publication Date: 1992

Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Grade 1-3
Text Level: Lower/Middle Level Elementary

Teaser: Charlsie is a young boy with down syndrome who lives in a town where the spring rains didn't fall. Charlsie's chuckle helps the town council stop arguing long enough to solve some serious issues.

Teaching Idea: Knowledge of Words -- Before reading this book make sure the students are familiar with the concepts that surround this book. For example, give some history of the town where Charlie is from and what the people in his town were going through during this drought. After, the students could write a letter to their town council about an issue they would like to see changed. The purpose of this could be learning how to write a letter.

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Author: Verniero, Joan C.
Illustrator:Flory, Verdon

Publication Date: 1995
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: PreK- Grade 3
Text Level: Lower/Middle Level Education

Teaser: Willy is an 8 year old girl who has HIV. In this book she shares how HIV affects her life through her school, hobbies, and friends.

Teaching Idea: I think this is a great book to be read to class during some sort of health unit. It's important for children and parents to be educated on this. Before reading the book to the class give some history on what HIV is and what its like to have it.

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Author: Krisher, Trudy
Illustrator: Westcott, Nadine Bernard
Publication Date: 1992
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Text Level: Lower Level Elementary

Teaser: In this book, Kathy describes her hats and how much she loves them. That is until the year she is diagnosed with cancer. This book is about how Kathy copes with her cancer.

Teaching Idea: After reading this book, you could have the students draw whatever style hat they would like and draw their own pins on the hat. After they finish their hats they can share with the class and explain why they drew what they draw.

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Author: Wright, Betty Ren
Illustrator: Cogancherry, Helen
Publication Date: 1990
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Grades 1-3
Text Level:  Lower Level Elementary

Teaser: Carlo struggles with his feelings toward his older sister Terry who has an intellectual disability. It isn't until after Carlo loses Terry in a store that he starts to appreciate her special qualities.

Teaching Idea: This story could lead into a lesson about families. After reading the book to the class, the students will make a collage of their families. In this collage, they can state what makes their family different from other families.

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Hi, I'm Adam. A Child's Story of Tourette Syndrome

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Hi, I'm Adam. A Child's Story of Tourette Syndrome

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Author: Behrens, Adam
Illustrator: Not mentioned
Publication Date: 1991
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Grades 2-6
Text Level: Middle Level Elementary
Teaser: Adam, a ten-year-old boy diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, wrote this book to help children with Tourette syndrome understand that they are not alone and that other children are experiencing similar difficulties.

Teaching Idea: Use the fact that the author wrote this about himself as a way to lead the students into writing their own book about something they want other children to not feel like they're alone about.

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Author: Fassler, Joan
Illustrator: Lasker, Joe
Publication Date: 1974
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Grades 2- 6
Text Level: Middle Level Elementary

Teaser: Howie has cerebral palsy. He gets around in a wheelchair, or rather, other people get him around in his wheelchair. More than anything, Howie wants to move that chair himself.

Teaching Idea: After reading the book aloud to the class, have a class discussion about how buildings are handicap accessible and how buildings can improve and the things we can do to make it easier for individuals that are handicap.

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Luna and the Big Blur: A Story for Children Who Wear Glasses

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Luna and the Big Blur: A Story for Children Who Wear Glasses

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Author: Day, Shirley
Illustrator: Morris, Don

Publication Date: 1995
Genre: Fiction
Intrest Level: PreK- Grade 3
Text Level: Lower Level Elementary

Teaser: Luna is a young girl who resents wearing her glasses. After a day without them and a talk with her dad, she realizes wearing her glasses isn't so bad after all.

Teaching Idea: After reading this book, the students could reflect on the book by sharing privately if they have ever had a time where they felt like Luna, or what it would be like to be in her situation.

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Author: Kraus, Robert
Illustrator: Aruego, Jose
Publication Date: 1971
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3
Text Level: DRA Level 16

Teaser: Leo is a tiger cub who can't keep up with the other animals his age. His father is very concerned about his delays, but his mom insists that he is just a late bloomer.

Teaching Idea: https://www.scribd.com/document/329672112/leo-the-late-bloomer-lesson-plan

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Author: Moss, Deborah M.
Illustrator: Schwartz, Carol
Publication Date: 1988
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Grade 1-3
Text Level: Lower Level Elementary

Teaser: Shelley is a hyperactive turtle who faces troubles with behavior and sitting still. Everyone around Shelley convinced him that these behaviors made him a bad turtle. After a visit to a doctor, his condition gets better, and he no longer thinks of himself as a bad turtle.

Teaching Idea: After reading this book to the class, you could have the class sit and talk about a time if they could ever relate to Shelley or his situation.