deaf

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deaf

Helen Keller

the story of my life /
1980
The story of the blind-deaf woman who with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, learned to read, write and speak.

Hearing loss

1991
Describes the conditions and varying degrees of hearing loss and deafness, and discusses methods by which the hearing-impaired can communicate with others.

The day we met Cindy

1988
A first grade class is introduced to hearing loss and sign language by the hearing-impaired aunt of one of the students.

A very special sister

1992
Laura, who is deaf, is excited about becoming a big sister, but she worries that a new baby who can hear might get more love from their mother than she does. Text and illustrations provide instructions for signing eight words.

Friends everywhere

1999
The Little Angel of Friendship watches over Patricia, a nine-year-old deaf girl, as she moves from the family farm to the city and tries to make friends with hearing people.

Gideon ahoy!

1988
Gideon is sixteen-years-old, deaf, and unable to speak. A friend finds him work on a canal barge. All is well until the day he takes the initiative.

Dovey Coe

2000
Accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother, as she attempts to clear her name.

The Comprehensive signed English dictionary

1983
A guide to using the signed English system, illustrated with over 3,000 signs.

Dad, Jackie, and me

2010
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.

Helen Keller

2000
A biography, told using excerpts from her own writings, of the woman who successfully dealt with her own disabilities while trying to better the lives of other deaf and blind people.

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