Inclusion Libraries
In 2021, Sammy’s Buddy Program began a new initiative, “inclusion libraries.” We provide a library of books for each participating classroom and school library that builds understanding, celebrates differences and promotes inclusion, kindness, advocacy, and disability representation. Additionally, we host presentations by authors, activists, students, and leaders within the disability community to share their life experiences as they encourage students with disabilities, and their typical peers, to speak up and speak out for inclusion and equality. Our buddies learn invaluable lessons that will make them better friends and stronger leaders.
Inclusion Library Sets
2024 - 2025
Book List
Fish In a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Out of My Heart by Sharon Draper
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A. Holt
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
Summer of June by Jamie Sumner
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
I Am Not a Label by Cerrie Burnell
All the Way to the Top by Annette Pimentel
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Mosca
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
Rescue and Jessica by Jessica Kensky
When Charlie Met Emma by Amy Webb
Six Dots by Jen Bryant
Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayer
A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott
All My Stripes by Shaina Rudolph
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
Hiya Moriah by Victoria Nelson
Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson
A Sky Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker
The Girl Who Figured It Out by Minda Dentler
A Little Extra Jayne by Summer Adamson
Shout by Pat Loewi
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