Awards
- Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books of the Year
- Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices
- Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2025
Overview
We are the scrappy ones. / We live, we adapt, we defy. / Made of stardust and grit, we are spectacular. Children with disabilities experience the world in all kinds of ways. Yet one thing they share is navigating a world that doesn’t always make space for them as they are. Existing on the edges can feel unfair—and downright exhausting. And at the exact same time, it can also foster creativity, resourcefulness, and adaptability. In a word, scrappiness. Author and disability advocate Rebekah Taussig has written a groundbreaking anthem of belonging that celebrates the wide range of disabled children and affirms their worth, just as they are. Luminous illustrations by Kirbi Fagan portray a diverse cast of characters living, learning, and playing. A warm, joy-filled book for disabled and non-disabled readers alike.
Full Product Details
Author: Rebekah Taussig ,
Kirbi Fagan
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint: Carolrhoda
Weight: 0.399kg
ISBN: 9781728487700
ISBN 10: 1728487706
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
""Disability advocate Taussig (Sitting Pretty) directly addresses children with disabilities in this beautiful affirmation of belonging, imagination, and self-worth . . . A meaningful work for children with disabilities and those who interact with them, this is a purchase for all collections.""—School Library Journal ""In Fagan's luminous, star-spangled scenes, people using wheelchairs, white canes, communication devices, and more radiate joy and community, countering assumptions about disabled people (such as ""loss leaves no space for laughter"") and reminding readers that they're ""as dazzling as a sky full of stars"". . . Warm, poetic, and affirming.""—starred, Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Rebekah Taussig has a PhD in creative nonfiction and disability studies from the University of Kansas and she writes personal stories about disability. Her memoir in essays Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body was published by Harper One in 2021. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and young son. Kirbi Fagan is a Michigan New York Best Selling illustrator. Her work includes the picture book The Summer of the Tree Army by Gloria Whelan (2021), We Are the Scrappy Ones (2025), as well as cover art in adult, YA, middle-grade, and comic books. Kirbi is driven to create books for readers like her. When she was growing up, arts and crafts were her lifeline as a way to cope with ongoing illness. Kirbi is traditionally trained as an oil painter, earning her bachelor's degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design.
