Six UK children’s titles have been selected for IBBY’s List of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2015.
This unique international list is compiled every two years from nominations received from IBBY national sections. It includes books from across the world that are published for children with disabilities and those that feature them in an inclusive role.
IBBY UK nominated thirteen titles for the 2015 list, and is pleased to announce that the following six have been chosen:
Off to the Park! by Stephen Cheatham (Child’s Play)
Max the Champion by Sean Stockdale, Alexandra Strick and Ros Asquith (Frances Lincoln)
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton (Walker Books)
Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson and Karen George (Macmillan)
Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads by David Almond (Barrington Stoke) and
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (Hot Key Books)
