Image Bearer, by Ellie Sanazaro

(Hardcover, 30 pages, first published in 2021)

Image Bearer is a children's book designed to teach a biblical view of disability to kids. Inspired by Genesis 1:27, Image Bearer shows how ALL children are wonderfully made in the image of God, no matter their differences.

The illustrations are inspired by real kids with diagnoses including:

• Autism
• Williams syndrome
• Spina bifida
• Down syndrome
• Cerebral palsy
• Post-pump chorea
• Congenital heart defect
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Vision loss (septo-optic dysplasia)
• Dwarfism (Kniest syndrome)
• Lymphatic malformation
• Port-wine stain
• Hearing loss
• Epilepsy

It depicts children using equipment including:

• Wheelchairs
• Crutches
• A white cane
• A Brailler
• A hearing aid
• A feeding tube
• A nasal cannula
• A trach
• A stander

Many pages include footnotes to help parents talk to their children about the topics presented in the book.

Cautions: None

Ages: 4-8