This story was written to help children and adults alike. Aa child with disabilities, ss just a child. They play like everyone else, they just have special considerations. In the back of the books are ways to help make a classroom more inclusive for all students as well as activities to make sure no kid feels left out.

I love Addy's Chair to Everywhere by Debi Novotny! Addy's Chair to Everywhere tells the story of Addy who uses a wheelchair to get around and how her wheelchair impacts her life and how she can still do things with her peers. I love that Addy's Chair to Everywhere gives representation to children with special needs because it helps reinforces to others that people with disabilities can do things and live fulfilling lives. I love how Addy's Chair to Everywhere can show how their can be inclusion with ones peers. I highly recommend Addy's Chair to Everywhere by Debi Novotny! I highly recommend Addy's Chair to Everywhere by Debi Novotny! Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book. My review is also on Goodreads.

As a parent and former Early Childhood teacher I absolutely love this book. The heart and soul behind it are amazing. In this story we follow Addy who is worried about making friends. She worries that she might not fit in. She soon sees that making friends is possible and she just has to be herself. Her new friends join in adventure with her imagination and unlimited places she can go.
The story lets children see a main character who is disabled and seeing they are the same. I love the showing of inclusion in this story. The author uses text that is rhyming and creates a rhythm that is easy for children to enjoy. The illustrations are warm and show the whole child. I love the expressions on the children’s faces.
There is so much to love about this book. It is a must read for every family and early Childhood or elementary classroom.
1000 Stars and more.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for gifting me this book for free in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own.

As someone who lives with multiple disabilities, (but doesn't happen to use a wheelchair), I loved this beautiful children's book. Growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I always wished there was more books about children with disabilities, so I am glad that children with disabilities in 2024, are able to see people like themselves represented in children's books.


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Addy's chair to everywhere" is a great book for children to see how imagination, friendship can make world better place for everyone.
Ilustrator Jomike Tejido do the best to show us how Addy and her friends can play princess, astronaut, driver only with imagination followed their dreams.
Thanks to NetGalley to the opportunity to read this book andI can see what it feels like to be a girl in a chair

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Where can Addy go in her wheelchair? Anywhere she wants and she'd like to take her friends along for the ride. What a great picture book about imagination and friendship.

Thank you Netgalley, Debi Novotny, and Jomike Tejido for the ARC.

I loved it, loved it, loved it.

This is the exact kind of story that brought me joy and safety as a kid. From the rhyming to Addy's imagination and the illustrations, this book reminds me of why I love reading.

This book is so cute - the illustrations were amazing, the message about bringing all along on your journeys was sweet and a simple way to look at inclusivity in ways only kids see.

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As someone who ended up with a chain as an adult, I cannot believe the exclusion and emotions of having a visible difference a chair creates for children. I think this is a great book for classrooms and homes. The note ro for teachers and care providers is also I good guide to help your space be inclusive

"Addy's Chair to Everywhere" is an adorable story and lesson on how when children are allowed a space to feel welcomed and valued as a whole person, they can shine and thrive. This book highlights a wholly inclusive classroom where a differently-abled student is not limited by her wheelchair, and inspires her classmates to create imaginative scenarios in play where none of them are limited. I think this book would be a great resource to a classroom that may be introducing a disabled student to show that the experiences of the classroom that make it more inclusive for that student actually create an environment where everyone else also thrives. The tips in the back are a great place to start to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment.

Imaginative story about a young girl in a wheelchair struggling to make friends. Together they create many exciting adventures. Very colorful and wonderfully illustrated.

Addy is a little girl who wants to make friends, but knows that her wheelchair gives them pause. Luckily, Addy is determined and outgoing; one by one, she shows her growing group of friends all of the amazing places they can go — wheelchair or no! With wonderful illustrations and rhymes that bring imagination to life, we follow Addy on all her awesome adventures.

The author, drawing on her own experiences, also includes a helpful section of notes at the end on creating inclusive and accessible classrooms.

(Thank you to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.)

Great pictures and a great story. I love the message that kids in wheelchairs want to play just like every other kid. Hopefully, this will encourage kids not to be afraid of people with disabilities and show they are regular people, too.

A great inclusive book for any library collection. This title is light and compares different kinds or chairs, bringing chairs into creative play and showcasing that everyone can play together and uplift and support their peers. Great for preschool and kindergarten children as an example of inclusion and demonstrating how we can all play together. Readers and educators will find examples of ways to incorporate inclusive activities into the classroom and to engage everyone inactivities and consider how we can all play and learn together to support our differing abilities.

This book is so cute and a great way to foster inclusivity in children. As a teacher I also loved the tips at the back of the story!

Thank you to Free Spirit Publishing, Netgalley, and Edelweiss for the opportunity to read and review this book for my students. This was a sweet inclusive story that I enjoyed but it felt unfulfilled. Too short in my opinion. Because of these points, I have to give this a 3.5 out of 5 stars

This is a cute picture book about a little girl in a wheelchair as she uses her imagination to play with her friends throughout the school day. It rhymes and has a great message of inclusion for young children.

This incredible book is a must have for all classroom libraries, mine included. Addy’s chair to everywhere introduces readers to life in a wheelchair in a positive way. Addy is a young child and enjoys imaginative play, dreaming of her chair as one in a submarine or a queen’s chariot, but she is lonely playing by herself. One day some classmates who are playing on the school’s (inaccessible) play structure come over to play with Addy in her chair. They dive into lots of imaginative play and show readers that children in wheelchairs can participate if you help and invite them. Children really can be more inclusive than adults as long as the right things are in place and the right modeling is done for them. Books like this one help create windows into other perspectives, especially in schools where physical ability diversity is less prominent. I would highly recommend this book and will definitely be purchasing a physical copy for my classroom (once it is published). Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!

Thank you so much to Free Spirit Publishing / Teacher Created Material and Netgalley for the Ebook to read and review.

The children are hesitant to play with Addy, they hide unsure how to play with her, one boy steps up with his teddy and together they start playing, soon others join creating a world full of imaginative play.

I loved this book it was perfect, Addy’s chair was her vessel for imagination, she could be anyone and go anywhere, but getting others to join her was hard until a few children started and then soon no one was scared to play with her anymore.

The imagination level in this book was incredible from horse races, flying up into space, chariot races and so much more, I loved seeing that these children had free spirits to use their minds and go wherever they wanted to go. In a world of technology this book helps guide children back to using their imagination and to physically play.

I loved loved loved the illustrations within this book, they were stunning and literally matched everything the story was telling, I also adored that there were drawings within the illustrations that showed what the children made, what a creative way to show the imagination of the children through the illustrations.

This was an absolutely incredible book, from the beauty of the illustrations, to the incredible imaginative play shown, to the inclusivity and that’s it okay, fun and quite easy to play with those different to you. The back of the book also includes extra notes and tips on imaginative play and on inclusivity which I admire when books have extra provided information.

In this whimsical adventure, Addy and her friends travel in their imaginations to race chariots, investigate the ocean, and explore space. Addy’s wheelchair is often the vehicle driving the fun, serving as the cockpit in a rocket ship, the driver’s seat in a racecar, or even a queen’s throne. I love how this book show’s Addy as a whole child, full of imagination, kindness, and creativity. It models what an inclusive play space can look like, and at the end, the author shares tips and tricks for how teachers can cultivate their own inclusive community.