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We are the scrappy ones

Children with disabilities celebrate all bodies and minds in this anthem of self-affirmation and belonging.

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Main Author:	Taussig, Rebekah (Author)
Other Authors:	Fagan, Kirbi (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2025.
Subjects:	Belonging > Juvenile fiction. People with disabilties > Juvenile fiction. Self-esteem > Juvenile fiction. Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Children with disabilities celebrate all bodies and minds in this anthem of self-affirmation and belonging.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience:	Ages 5-9. Grades 2-3.
ISBN:	9781728487700 1728487706
Author Notes:	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 trainedas an oil painter, earning her bachelor's degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design.