deaf

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deaf

A girl named Helen Keller

2003
Recounts the life of Helen Keller, who had lost her sight and hearing by age 2, focusing on her early childhood and how her teacher Anne Sullivan succeeded in teaching her to understand the manual alphabet.

Helen Keller

a light for the blind
1989
A biography detailing Helen Keller's adventurous life as she worked tirelessly to lead the way for handicapped people.

Helen Keller

a photo-illustrated biography
2003
A biography of Helen Keller, an author and activist for people with disabilities who was born in 1880 and lost her sight and hearing to an illness in 1882.

Helen Keller

1989
Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan.

My first book of sign language

1996
Contains illustrations that show how to fingerspell and sign each letter of the alphabet, as well as a variety of common words.

The printer

2003
A boy recalls the day his deaf father saved everyone's life when fire broke out at the newspaper printing plant where he worked.

Five flavors of Dumb

2010
Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along.

The Gallaudet survival guide to signing

1990
An illustrated beginning sign language book containing over 500 of the most common signs.

Talking with your hands, listening with your eyes

a complete photographic guide to American Sign Language
2003
Photos and descriptions explain how to communicate 1,700 words and phrases in American Sign Language, covering sixteen categories including actions, relationships, home and clothing, and emotions.

Deaf in Delhi

a memoir
2006
The author describes what it was like coming of age in India after losing his hearing at age eleven, describing how he coped with the challenges of being deaf in his native culture.

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