Books for someone with development delay

[Linenpickle]

I’m participating in a scheme where you buy Christmas gifts for kids who are sick/ill for all sorts of reasons - Post Pals. I’ve chosen to get books for a girl aged 18 who has development delay. That is all I know aside from the subject but can anyone help as to what sort of age range I should go for?

There is a publisher called Barrington Stoke, who publish for readers with difficulties, such as dyslexia, developmental delay etc. The fornt is clear, they are always illustrated, the paper is coloured and the reading ages adjusted. So for example, you might find characters aged 16, but the book written for a reading age of 8. They have a huge, very high quality range.
Here's a link: https://collins.co.uk/pages/barrington-stoke

I wonder if a wordless book might interest your pal? see here https://www.readbrightly.com/8-wonderfully-wordless-picture-books/
There are others around if these don't fit the bill.

This is such an odd take for a special needs teacher. Why would having developmental delays mean a child loses their right to interests and preferences? Because annuals really are related to very specific interests. If she doesn't watch Strictly then what use is an annual to her? Something like The Beano might just be interesting in isolation but she won't have any investment in the characters or understanding of their plot lines.

Yes, the language in Narnia and the like are trickier but isn't that the point of reading? I think I saw that this young person is reading at the age of about 5 or 6 years so while she may struggle to read it herself, I think she's more likely to enjoy hearing it read aloud than she is to enjoy a random annual on a hobby or TV programme she doesn't know.

I said ‘in the absence of further information’ ‘annuals covering a few topics’ might be suitable. I was thinking that if you got a few with a range of topics hopefully one or more would be of interest. Sorry that my implication there wasn’t sufficiently explicit. Of course I think that people with developmental delay have a right to their own interests and that this right should be respected! It’s just that there wasn’t any info about what these interests were.