Are you looking for ways to entertain the children this summer? Did you know that you can borrow children’s books from our postal lending library? Check out some of the fab books we have available to borrow for free.
Age 5 – 8
The Five of Us by Quentin Blake
Angie, Ollie, Simon, Mario and Eric are five fantastic friends, each of whom has an unusual ability. Disaster strikes on a day out to the countryside but, working together and combining their individual powers the Fantastic Five save the day.
Avery by Marta Altes
Avery is like other birds most of the time, but sometimes, feels a bit different. But Avery is not alone.
Eagle Eyes by Jeanne Gehret
Like a river overflowing its banks, Ben wreaks havoc until he learns to recognise and control his ADHD. By the end of the book, Ben’s family wonders how they could have gotten along without his special way of seeing the world.
Age 8 -12
Of Mice and Aliens by Kathy Hoopman
When Ben and Andy discover an alien has crash landed in the backyard they’re faced with a problem. They want to help Zeke repair his ship, but why does he ask for such strange things? Can they trust him? This is a book of mystery and fun with Ben learning to cope with his newly diagnosed Asperger Syndrome and Zeke trying to cope with life on Earth, things are not always what they seem.
Monkey by Veronica Bennett
Harry Pritchard may be bullied at school and bored at home, but he’s not exactly thrilled when his mother volunteers him to visit a severely disabled patient of hers. She says it’ll do Harry good. But how can it end the bullying? Of get him a part in the drama club play? Or win the attentions of Louise Harding, the girl of his dreams? Well, Harry is in for some big surprises!
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Shawn has severe cerebral palsy. No control over his muscles, no means of communication, no hope of improvement. Yet humour, joy and love sit alongside frustration in Shawn’s mind. His internal life is full of unseen pleasures, but his father perceives only the devastation of an uninhabited body. And Shawn suspects that as his father’s sorrow builds, so does his desire to act…
Age 13 plus
Haze by Kathy Hoopman
Seb is a loner. Brilliant with numbers but hopeless with people, he prefers the company of computers and his only friend Guzzle. Thing change for the better when he makes friends with Kristie, Madeline and Jen, and a new computer teacher, Miss Adonia arrives. However, Seb is soon caught up in a web of computer fraud and lies and turns to Madeline’s mysterious cyber friend for help.
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Twelve year old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules from “a peach is not a funny-looking apple” to “no toys in the fish tank”. But the summer Catherine meets Kristi, the potential next-door friend she’s always wished for, her own behaviour turns everything upside down and forces her to ask “what is normal?”
Trueman Bradley – Aspie Detective by Alexi Maxim Russell
Trueman leaves his hometown of Heartville, Illinois and arrives in New York City where he is soon told that a guy with AS could not possibly succeed as a detective. However, it’s not long before Trueman’s crime-fighting skills are put to the test when he is robbed on this first day in New York and he sets about using his exceptional mathematical abilities to invent a crime-fighting equation.
e-books with BorrowBox
- ‘I am Not Joey Pigza’ and ‘The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza’ by Jack Gantos
- ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon
e-audiobooks with BorrowBox
- ‘Rent a Bridesmaid’ and ‘Clover Moon’ by Jacqueline Wilson
- ‘Who Killed Darius Drake’ and ‘Freak the Mighty’ by Rodman Philbrick
- ‘Peter Rabbit’ by Beatrix Potter
If you would like to become a Cerebra Library member or a Cerebra BorrowBox member to borrow books, e-books or e-audiobooks for your child to read or listen to, please contact Jan the librarian at [email protected] for more information.
