Happy Ever Afters - disability awareness in children's storybooks - based on the book Happy Ever Afters.
This page links to all the books featured on this site and shows if they have been selected to highlight special events. These events often provide an excellent opportunity to include an unexpected aspect of disability awareness in discussions.
Lists are given by category of
Mouse and Elephant by An Vrombaut
Aesop's Fables by Jacqueline Morley, illustrated by Giovanni Caselli: inspired by Greece for the International Day of Disabled People
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees for National Poetry Day
Nalohima the deaf tortoise by Gcina Mhlophe and CLaSH, illustrated by Imke Weitzel: inspired by Namibia for the International Day of Disabled People
Hello Europe by Humphrey Carpenter, illustrated by Frank Rodgers: inspired by France for the International Day of Disabled People
The Great Piratical Rumbustification by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Quentin Blake: inspired by New Zealand for the International Day of Disabled People
The Librarian and the Robbers by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Quentin Blake to celebrate 150 years of Public Libraries in the UK.
Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman from Australia for the Olympics and Paralympics September 2000 and the International Day of Disabled People
Viking in Trouble by Jeremy Strong, illustrated by John Levers: inspired by Scandanavia for the International Day of Disabled People
Picture books for older readers
Masha and the Firebird by Margaret Bateson-HilI, illustrated by Anne Wilson: inspired by Russia for the International Day of Disabled People
The Snow Dragon by Vivian French, illustrated by Chris Fisher
Voices In The Park by Anthony Browne
Dreaming in Black and White by Reinhardt Jung to mark the first UK Holocaust Memorial Day 2001
King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo
Aesop's Fables by Jacqueline Morley, illustrated by Giovanni Caselli:
Dreaming in Black and White by Reinhardt Jung
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Hello Europe by Humphrey Carpenter, illustrated by Frank Rodgers:
King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo
Masha and the Firebird by Margaret Bateson-HilI, illustrated by Anne Wilson:
Mouse and Elephant by An Vrombaut
Nalohima the deaf tortoise by Gcina Mhlophe and CLaSH, illustrated by Imke Weitzel:
The Great Piratical Rumbustification by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Quentin Blake:
The Librarian and the Robbers by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Quentin Blake
The Snow Dragon by Vivian French, illustrated by Chris Fisher
Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
Viking in Trouble by Jeremy Strong, illustrated by John Levers:
Voices In The Park by Anthony Browne
Author (a) Illustrator (i) Translator (t)
Andreae, Giles(a) Giraffes Can't Dance
Bateson-HilI, Margaret (a) Masha and the Firebird
Bell, Anthea (t) Dreaming in Black and White
Blake, Quentin (i) The Great Piratical Rumbustification and The Librarian and the Robbers
Browne, Anthony (ai) Voices In The Park
Carpenter, Humphrey (a) Hello Europe
Caselli, Giovanni (i) Aesop's Fables
Fisher, Chris (i)The Snow Dragon
French, Vivian (a)The Snow Dragon
Gleitzman, Morris Toad Rage
Jung, Reinhardt (a) Dreaming in Black and White
Levers, John (i) Viking in Trouble
Mahy, Margaret (a) The Great Piratical Rumbustification and The Librarian and the Robbers
Mhlophe, Gcina (a) Nalohima the deaf tortoise
Morley, Jacqueline (n) Aesop's Fables
Morpurgo, Michael King of the Cloud Forests
Parker-Rees, Guy (i) Giraffes Can't Dance
Rodgers, Frank (i) Hello Europe
Strong, Jeremy (a) Viking in Trouble
Vrombaut, An (ai)Mouse and Elephant
Weitzel, Imke (i)Nalohima the deaf tortoise
Wilson, Anne (i) Masha and the Firebird
International Day of Disabled People
National Poetry Day Giraffes Can't Dance
Olympics and Paralympics September 2000 Toad Rage
UK Public Libraries 150th anniversary .The Librarian and the Robbers
UK Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2001 Dreaming in Black and White
© K. Saunders 2000/2001