Walking This Way: Exploring Tolerance, Diversity, and Difference
Reading List for Students

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Tolerance Issues

• Smokey Night by Eve Bunting ( Los Angeles race riots)
• Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting (struggles of a Native American Child)
• Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen (struggles of a young Jewish Russian-American)
• White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman (segregation)
• The Wagon by Tony Johnston (slavery)
• Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery by William Miller
• In My Pocket by Dorrith M. Sim (Holocaust)
• The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Batezat Sisulu (changes in South America)
• The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida (Japanese-American internment camp)
• The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor (material things vs. character)

Learning Disabilities

• How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star: A Story of Hope for Dyslexic Children and Their Parents by Joe Griffith
• Many Ways to learn: Young People’s Guide to Learning Disabilities by Judith Stern and Uzi Ben-Ami
• The Survival Guide for Kids With LD by Rhoda Cummings and Gary Fisher
• Different Drums, Different Drummers: A Guide for Young People With ADHD by Barbara Ingersoll, PhD
• My Brother is a World Class Pain: A Sibling’s Guide to Understanding ADHD/Hyperactivity by M. Gordon
• Putting on the Brakes: Young Peoples Guide to Understanding ADHD by Patricia Quinn and Judith Stern
• My Name is Brain – Brian by J. Betancourt

Physical Disability

• Uncle Shamus by James Duffy (blindness)
• Barry’s Sister by Lois Metzger (cerebral palsy)
• Golden Daffodils by M. Gould (cerebral palsy)
• Tell Me How the Wind Sounds by Leslie D. Guccione (deafness)
• Dear Dr. Bell – Your Friend Helen Keller by Judith St. George (deafness)
• The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood (Down Syndrone)
• Witch’s Fire by Beverly Butler (wheelchairs)
• Colt by Nancy Springer (disabling disease)
• Speedway Sam: A Book About Spinal Injuries for Children by Nancy Glover
• Stick Boy by Joan T. Zeier (disability and friendship)