Several organisations use booklists to support families, librarians, teachers and others in identifying suitable books.

All readers bring their own circumstances to the interpretation of a story. One title can evoke quite different responses in different readers. With picture books, that interpretation can be influenced by the style of illustration too. It is almost impossible to annotate recommended lists in a way that suits everyone or even to present the story line in a way that meets all needs.

The In The Picture team aim to highlight details of books that are considered to be good examples of new work arising since the project started. The aim, as with the entire project, is to inspire and inform writers, illustrators and publishers everywhere. Click here to see details of these books.

There are other sources, much more geared up to create booklists that you can visit from these pages. Contact us if you have a booklist we should be adding to this list of lists!

• www.birmingham.gov.uk/libraries.bcc - Birmingham Young Libraries Online website features lists of books containing positive images for children with hearing impairments, visual impairments and mobility impairments.

• www.bookmark.org.uk - a website established for anyone wanting information or advice on reading difficulties or disability and children's books. The "Book Reviews" section contains over 60 reviews of books by readers and professionals. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the books or type into the topic box for specific impairments and/or age range. 

• www.bookstart.org.uk - a national programme that encourages parents to share and enjoy books with their children, from as early an age as possible. Bookstart produce two booklists - Finding books to suit different needs and Finding inclusive books.  

• www.healthybooks.org.uk - a good list of children's books with informative abstracts including the target age group.

• www.leics.gov.uk/libraries - Disability, illness and special needs: a annotated list of fiction, non-fiction and organisations. An annotated booklist and guide produced in 2004 by the schools library service for Leicestershire and Leicester City. It concentrates on fiction for key stages 1 to 4 to improve students' understanding of a variety of conditions, but also includes non-fiction titles and contact details for support organisations. £5.95. Contact Library Services for Education on 0116 267 8000 or download an order form from the website.

• www.scope.org.uk/information/factsheets [scroll down to the education section] - Scope's booklist for children in the early years picks out books that might be relevant in some way to a child with cerebral palsy. [soon to be updated]

• www.wordpool.co.uk - a list of picture books that deal with different issues, including disability, for children under five years old.

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