Akron Public Library

A biography of the blind and deaf girl who overcame both handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

A biography, focusing on the childhood years, of the blind and deaf woman who overcame her handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Helen Keller: Miracle Child is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.2 and Literacy.L.1.1. Readers will be inspired by the gorgeous primary source photographs of Helen Keller and her teacher and mentor, Anne Sullivan. This book should be paired with "Who Was Helen Keller?" (9781448890408) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic....

"Helen Keller was an activist, rebel, performer, romantic and so much more! Most stories about Helen Keller focus on the story of her deaf-blindness and scholarship, but there is more to Helen than her disability. This story teaches children to look beyond the surface with everyone they encounter"--

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.

Describes the life and accomplishments of the deaf and blind woman who overcame her physical disabilities to learn how to read and write, graduate college, and become an inspiration to people around the world.

Recounts how the young Helen Keller, left blind and deaf by a childhood illness, learned to communicate with the world.

Explores the life and education of the deaf blind social activist.

"Examines the life of the deaf and blind woman who overcame her handicap to take up the battle cry of those less fortunate than herself and make her name known and revered throughout the world"--From publisher.

" We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who would change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan....