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This Is How We Play

A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation

Jessica Slice Caroline Cupp Kayla Harren

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Dial Books for Young Readers,US
14 January 2025
A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability.

A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability.

With love and adaptation, this is how we play! This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp, demystifies and respects how disabled people and their families use adaptive, imaginative, and considerate play so everyone can join in the fun.

Back matter consists of a kid-friendly guide to thinking, learning, and talking about disability; a glossary of the different disabilities represented throughout the book; and a guide for grown-ups on ways to encourage discussions about disabilities with the children in their lives. Throughout, This Is How We Play centers, affirms, and encourages the disabled children and adults who are already doing the challenging work of advocating for themselves and finding strength in community.
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Illustrated by:   Kayla Harren
Imprint:   Dial Books for Young Readers,US
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 262mm,  Width: 265mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   465g
ISBN:   9780593529904
ISBN 10:   0593529901
Pages:   40
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 3 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jessica Slice is a writer who often writes about her experience as a mom who uses a power wheelchair. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Glamour, HuffPo, and more. Caroline Cupp is a disabled progressive pastor in Philadelphia. Kayla Harren is an award-winning illustrator of numerous children's books, including the Lambda Literary Award winner Calvin. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a BFA in illustration, and lives in Minnesota with her husband and dogs.

Reviews for This Is How We Play: A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation

"""Slice and Cupp, themselves disabled, realistically acknowledge challenges while keeping an upbeat, reassuring tone . . . Harren’s detailed portrayals of myriad physical, sensory, and developmental conditions warmly embrace disability’s broad spectrum, and characters’ faces radiate love and enthusiasm . . . A wonderfully inclusive celebration of disability and family."" —Kirkus ""[A] joyful and empowering exploration of families at play . . . [Harren's illustrations] are balanced between bold foregrounds and muted backgrounds, creating very inviting pages to explore beyond the relation to the text. A must purchase for all libraries to fill much needed positive disability representation in picture books."" —School Library Journal"


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