Learning Disability: Reading Annotated Bibliography

Just Juice written by Hesse, K., & Parker, R. A. (2005). Just Juice. New
York: Scholastic. (4rd grade – 7th grade): Juice Faulstitch is a little girl who
struggles in school and is repeating the 3rd grade once again but she is great at
helping her father work on different projects. She is not able to understand
letters and learning how to spell and does not feel good about it. Juice works
very hard but no matter the difficulty, she feels like it is not enough for the
people around her who have higher expectations for Miss Juice since she is a
girl with many other talents up her sleeve. This book will help students with
learning disabilities feel more confident with their struggles and not so alone.

Thank you, Mr. Falker written by Polacco, P. (1998). Thank you, Mr.
Falker. New York, NY: Philomel Books. (Kindergarten – 3rd grade): Trisha
was starting school and had amazing talents such as drawing and painting
great pictures but had trouble reading words on a page or book, she sees the
words, but it is all jumbled up in her eyes. Her teacher Mr. Falker does not
give up on her and helps her overcome the reading disability which is
Dyslexia. Another message that this book portrays is that kids who have
dyslexia are made fun of at times and to teach or show kids that no one should bully their peers
for having a disability. This book is great for children who needs a little more encouragement not
to give up due to having a learning disability in reading.

The Alphabet War: A Story About Dyslexia written by Robb, D. &

Piazza, G. (2004). The Alphabet War: a story about dyslexia. Morton Grove,
IL: Albert Whitman & Co. (1st grade to 4th grade): Adam is a young boy
who has a bit of trouble trying to read due to having Dyslexia because some
letters that are similar look flipped to him such as ‘p’ or ‘q’ and ‘b’ or ‘d’.
He is at war with himself because he cannot read like his peers, this book
shows his struggles from preschool to the fourth grade. The words he would
see were flipped and doubted himself because he felt like he could not read like the others
causing him not to achieve things. Adam was able to receive help from a tutor that helped him
read, write, and spell, after time went on he was able to gain the confidence and achieve things
he thought he could not do, but now he learns that he can do it. This book is great because it
shows that you can do anything that you put your mind to if you believe in yourself.

Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters written by Hodge, D., & Brassard, F.
(2008). Lily and the mixed-up letters. Toronto: CNIB. (1st Grade to 3rd
grade): Lily is a young girl who enjoyed school and was happy, but as
she progressed into the second grade Lily is not happy nor as confident as
she used to be. She has a hard time reading, the letters move around and
get scrambled in her eyes which causes her to get confused. Lily got
intimidated finding out that she had to read in front of her mom and
decided to tell her that she was having a hard time reading. By coming
together to help Lily be able to understand that she has strengths and
special talents to boost her self-esteem. After hard work and dedication, Lily was able to read
with confidence in front of her mom. This book is great because it shows a message that kids
might be afraid to tell their parents that they are struggling and don’t want to feel isolated by
their peers since they can’t read the same as everyone else, but they aren’t alone in this situation.

Fish in a Tree written by Hunt, L. M. (2015). Fish in a tree. New York,

NY: Puffin Books. (5th grade to 9th grade): Ally has been tricking her peers
and teachers by creating clever yet disruptive distractions to hide her
inability to read. She is terrified to ask for some help with her reading
disability, until Mr. Daniels comes along. He sees through the trouble
making that Ally causes and believes she is a wonderful and bright girl.
Mr. Daniel was able to teach Ally that she should not be ashamed for
having a reading disability and not to be so hard on herself. As time goes
on, the progress that Ally was making by learning from Mr. Daniels starts
skyrocketing, her confidence boosted and discovered that she is more than just a label and that
great minds do not always think alike. This book is great because it shows that kids will try to
disrupt class to get out of school work if they do not have the abilities to do so and feels like they
cannot fit in with their peers and teaches kids not to bully someone if they different from you.