All WRAP’d Up: Disability Experiences in K-12 Literature
The Teen Reading Ambassadors created this issue of All WRAP’d Up in response to picturebooks and novels we read depicting disability experiences. After considering multiple stories, we engaged in brief book talks to see what themes emerged across all the titles and connections we made. We also asked ourselves and each other penetrating questions to push our understandings of the experiences depicted, question what we think we know and begin to develop informed beliefs.
TRAP includes disabled and non-disabled people. Those who identify as disabled are clear that their disability is not their personality.
This post includes selected pages from the ‘zine and information on how to request a paper copy.
Books informing this issue:
Red Apple (picturebook), by Tadahiro Ogawa
Flutter Forest (picturebook), concept by Colette Pelt
Black Book of Colors (picturebook), by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria
You Started It (YA), by Jackie Khalilieh
Where You See Yourself (YA) by Claire Forrest
Disability Visibility (YA), edited by Alice Wong
Darius the Great Is Not Okay (YA), by Adib Khorram
Waking Ben Doldrums (picturebook), by Heather Smith and Byron Eggenschwiler
Breathe and Count Back from Ten (YA), by Natalia Sylvester
Incredible Dogs (picturebook), by Mariajose Creixell Moya and Catalina Fuenzalida
Consultants: Rebecca Ballenger, Aika Adamson, Alexis Mendoza, Melanie Reyes.
Special thanks to Bob Bingham Photography for the use of one of his image.
If you would like a copy of our ‘zine response to these books, send a 6.5 X 9.5 self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE - flat rate for under 2 oz.) to: Worlds of Words Center - TRAP, U of A College of Education, 1430 E Second St, Rm 453, Tucson, AZ 85721
For more information on TRAP, visit wowlit.org.
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