My DHH Book list for all ages (Diversity, Inclusion and with Deaf Characters) by Erin Sullivan

Thirty Million Words

esullivan03 — 2020-09-14 18:26:20 UTC

Dana Suskind

The Read- Aloud Handbook

esullivan03 — 2020-09-14 18:28:28 UTC

Jim Trelease

Dachy’s Deaf

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 04:53:54 UTC

Hello, Universe

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:20:35 UTC

I am Deaf

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:25:29 UTC

Song for a Whale

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:28:36 UTC

When Stars Are Scattered

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:32:08 UTC

A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.

Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It's an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story.

El Deafo

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:36:00 UTC

A Quiet Kind of Thunder

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:40:12 UTC

The Unheard: a memoir of deafness and Africa

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:45:54 UTC

M.F.K.

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 05:53:59 UTC

The Deaf Musicians

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 15:51:57 UTC

Kami and the Yaks

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 15:54:36 UTC

My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 15:58:08 UTC

Historically significant

The Mitten String

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:04:29 UTC

Moses Goes to School

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:06:28 UTC

Freddie and the Fairy

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:10:23 UTC

The Orange Houses

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:16:44 UTC

Left Out

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:18:32 UTC

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:21:13 UTC

You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:24:05 UTC

Hurt Go Happy

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:27:09 UTC

Dad and Me in the Morning

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:35:48 UTC

Cosmo Gets an Ear

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:37:08 UTC

Cheshire Moon

esullivan03 — 2021-03-13 16:40:16 UTC

Boy

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:19:26 UTC

Jessi's Secret Language (Baby-sitters Club #16)

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:23:00 UTC

Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children (Perspectives on Deafness)

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:28:34 UTC

The Smart Princess and Other Deaf Tales

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:35:08 UTC

Lucy

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:41:01 UTC

Lucia alto y claro/ Lucy Loud and Clear (Spanish and English Edition)

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:44:57 UTC

Proud to be Deaf

esullivan03 — 2021-03-14 19:49:17 UTC

(British Sign language)

Mighty Mila

2021-10-01 01:10:15 UTC

Written by Katie Petruzziello
Mila learns how to ask for help!

A silent voice (Junior/Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:57:50 UTC

A Silent Voice vol. 1, 2, & 3
by Yoshitoki Oima

That Deaf Guy A Family portrait (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:02 UTC

That Deaf Guy: A family portrait
by Matt Daigle

That Deaf Guy Comic (Junior/Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:10 UTC

That Deaf Guy: A wild ride by Matt Daigle

Daredevil (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:17 UTC

Daredevil / Echo: Parts of a Hole

Daredevil, Man without fear (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:24 UTC

Daredevil, the man without fear! : vision quest

Charlie & Frog (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:32 UTC

Charlie & Frog (A Castle-on-the-Hudson Mystery)
by Karen Kane

Silent Day's, Silent Dreams

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:47 UTC

Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say

The sound of all things

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:58:54 UTC

The Sound of All Things by Myron Uhlberg

Shay & Ivy

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:59:01 UTC

Shay & Ivy: Beyond the kingdom by Sheena McFeely

Children's

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:59:08 UTC

Splish, Splat! by Alexis Domney

Max learns sign langauge

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 20:59:14 UTC

Max Learns Sign Language by Adria Klein

The Collectors (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:00:34 UTC

The Collectors by Jacqueline West

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:01:14 UTC

Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess by Shari Green

Waiting for a sign (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:01:22 UTC

Waiting for a Sign by Estsy Schachter

Wonderstruck (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:01:37 UTC

Wonderstruck

by Brian Selznick

Strong Deaf (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:01:47 UTC

Strong Deaf

by Lynn E. McElfresh

Invisible (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:01:55 UTC

Invisible (Invisible #1)

by Cecily Paterson

Talk Talk (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:02 UTC

Talk, Talk by T.C. Boyle

Five Flavors of Dumb (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:08 UTC

Five Flavors of Dumb

by Antony John

The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:17 UTC

The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

by Josh Berk

Mindfield (Young Adult/Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:25 UTC

Mindfield by John Egbert

Hurt go Happy (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:31 UTC

Hurt go happy by Ginny Rorby

Dovey Coe (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:36 UTC

Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell.

T4 (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:02:53 UTC

T4

by Ann Clare LeZotte

Love that dog (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:03 UTC

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Deafening (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:10 UTC

Deafening by Frances Itani

A handful of spells (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:16 UTC

A Handful of Spells by Kimberely A. Shaw

Of Sound Mind (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:25 UTC

Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris

Ricki (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:31 UTC

Ricki by Lou Honderich

Deaf Child Crossing (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:40 UTC

Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin

Nobody's perfect (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:47 UTC

Nobody's Perfect by Marlee Matlin

Apple is my sign (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:03:58 UTC

Apple is my Sign by Mary Riskind

The Flying Fingers Club (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:04:08 UTC

The Flying Fingers Club (Series) by Jean F. Andrews

Signing Hands (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:04:16 UTC

Singing Hands by Delia Ray

Flying to the light (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:04:23 UTC

Hear No Evil (Series) by Kate Chester, Leslie Davis Guccione

The gift of a girl who couldn't hear (Young Adult)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:04:31 UTC

The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear by Susan Richards Shreve

Mandy

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:05:05 UTC

Mandy by Barbara D. Booth

Grump

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:05:15 UTC

The Grump by Mark Ludy

The printer

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:05:24 UTC

The Printer by Myron Uhlberg

Dad, Jackie, and me

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:05:36 UTC

Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg

Words in our hands

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:05:48 UTC

Words in Our Hands by Ada B. Litchfield

Dina the deaf dinosaur

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:02 UTC

Dina the Deaf Dinosaur by Carole Addabbo

I have a sister-- My sister is deaf

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:09 UTC

I Have a Sister -- My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson

Catch a Star (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:19 UTC

Catch a Star: Shining Through Adversity to Become a Champion
by Tamika Catchings, Ken Petersen, Tony Dungy (Foreword)

Helen's big world (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:27 UTC

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares

Annie and Helen (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:34 UTC

Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Raul Colón.

I'll Scream Later (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:06:42 UTC

I'll scream later by Marlee Matlin with Betsy Sharkey.

Deaf Woman's Lives Non-Fiction

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:09 UTC

Deaf Women's Lives: Three Self-Portraits by Bainy Cyrus, I. Bainy Cyrus, Eileen Katz, Celeste Cheyney, Frances M. Parsons

Deaf people in Hitler's Europe (Non-Fiction World History)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:17 UTC

Deaf people in Hitler's Europe by Donna F. Ryan and John S. Schuchman, editors.

Edmond Booth (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:24 UTC

Edmund Booth: Deaf Pioneer
by Harry G. Lang

When the mind hears (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:34 UTC

When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf
by Harlan Lane

Through Deaf eyes (Non-Fiction History)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:40 UTC

Through Deaf Eyes: A Photographic History of an American Community
by Douglas C. Baynton, Jack R. Gannon, Jean Lindquist Bergey

Train go Sorry! (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:48 UTC

Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World
by Leah Hager Cohen

Deaf in America

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:07:55 UTC

Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture
by Carol Padden, Tom Humphries

A journey into the Deaf-world

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:08:01 UTC

A Journey Into the Deaf-World
by Harlan Lane, Ben Bahan, Robert Hoffmeister

She touched the world (Children's Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:08:45 UTC

She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
by Sally Hobart Alexander

The William Hoy Story (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:08:52 UTC

The William Hoy story : how a deaf baseball player changed the game by Nancy Churnin

My heart Glow (Non-Fiction, Deaf History)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:08:59 UTC

My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language
by Emily Arnold McCully

Silent Star (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:09:07 UTC

Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy
by Bill Wise

Some kids are Deaf

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:09:14 UTC

Some Kids are Deaf by Lola M. Schaefer

Deaf girls rule

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:09:21 UTC

Deaf Girls Rule by Wendy Tiefenbacher (Editor)

YA Non-Fiction

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:09:28 UTC

Deaf President Now by John B. Christiansen

Deaf Culture (Non-Fiction)

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:09:33 UTC

Deaf Culture A to Z by Walter Paul Kelley

Poetry

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:10:10 UTC

Suddenly Slow by John Lee Clark

Poetry

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:10:16 UTC

Deaf American poetry : an anthology by John Lee Clark, editor.

Poetry

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:10:21 UTC

Where I Stand : On the signing community and my DeafBlind experience by John Lee Clark.

Poetry

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:10:27 UTC

Collected Poems of Laura C. Redden Searing

Poetry

esullivan03 — 2021-10-13 21:10:33 UTC

Words from a Deaf Child and Other Verses
by Mervin D. Garretson

Deaf Utopia

esullivan03 — 2021-10-27 19:13:24 UTC

A new memoir and celebration of Deaf culture written by Nyle DiMarco. Coming Spring of 2022.

Haben: The Deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law.

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:24:33 UTC

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.

"This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O Magazine

"A profoundly important memoir." -- The Times

Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:26:31 UTC

Originally published in 1999, Sounds Like Home adds an important dimension to the canon of deaf literature by presenting the perspective of an African American deaf woman who attended a segregated deaf school. Mary Herring Wright documents her life from the mid-1920s to the early 1940s, offering a rich account of her home life in rural North Carolina and her education at the North Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, which had a separate campus for African American students. This 20th anniversary edition of Wright’s story includes a new introduction by scholars Joseph Hill and Carolyn McCaskill, who note that the historical documents and photographs of segregated Black deaf schools have mostly been lost. Sounds Like Home serves “as a permanent witness to the lives of Black Deaf people.”

Mean Little deaf Queer: A Memoir

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:27:37 UTC

In 1959, the year Terry Galloway turned nine, the voices of everyone she loved began to disappear. No one yet knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on her fetal nervous system, eventually causing her to go deaf. As a self-proclaimed "child freak," she acted out her fury with her boxy hearing aids and Coke-bottle glasses by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children. Ever since that first real-life performance, Galloway has used theater, whether onstage or off, to defy and transcend her reality. With disarming candor, she writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.

Show Me a Sign

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:30:37 UTC

Deaf author Ann Clare LeZotte weaves a riveting story inspired by the true history of a thriving deaf community on Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century. This piercing exploration of ableism, racism, and colonialism will inspire readers to examine core beliefs and question what is considered normal.

* "A must-read." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "Will enthrall readers, but her internal journey...profound." -- The Horn Book, starred review

* "Expertly crafted...exceptionally written." -- School Library Journal, starred review

* "Engrossing." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This book blew me away." -- Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George

"Spend time in Mary's world. You'll be better for it." -- Erin Entrada Kelly, author of the Newbery Award Winner, Hello, Universe

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there -- including Mary -- are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage.

But recent events have delivered winds of change. Mary's brother died, leaving her family shattered. Tensions over land disputes are mounting between English settlers and the Wampanoag people. And a cunning young scientist has arrived, hoping to discover the origin of the island's prevalent deafness. His maniacal drive to find answers soon renders Mary a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment. Her struggle to save herself is at the core of this penetrating and poignant novel that probes our perceptions of ability and disability.

You're Welcome, Universe

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:33:07 UTC

A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, packed with interior graffiti.

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural.

Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up.

Out in the ’burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

esullivan03 — 2022-02-18 17:37:50 UTC

Feathers is a children's historical novel by Jacqueline Woodson that was first published in 2007. The story is about a sixth-grade girl named Frannie growing up in the '70s. One day an unexpected new student causes much chaos to the class because he is the only white boy in the whole school.

Max and the Millions

esullivan03 — 2022-03-23 19:28:59 UTC

Beautifully written story about a D/Hh student who has taken the LSL (Listening and Spoken Language) journey.

Silent Sunset (Deaf author)

esullivan03 — 2022-06-07 16:23:39 UTC

Learn to Sign with your Baby: 50 Essential ASL signs

2022-11-09 21:16:05 UTC

This particular ASL book is unique as it has been written by a Deaf author, illustrated by a Deaf illustrator and has QR code to access ASL videos signed by a native ASL user who is Deaf! Know you are in excellent hands learning from those who's native language is ASL.

Learn to Sign with your baby

esullivan03 — 2023-01-11 18:15:21 UTC

Written by Deaf parent
Book with QR code to see the signs via video by native signers!

Of Sound Mind

2023-01-27 00:02:05 UTC

Farts Make Noise (Duke the Deaf Dog)

2023-01-27 00:05:25 UTC

Ada and the helpers

2023-02-01 21:31:40 UTC

ASL signed read along too! https://youtu.be/IkkAKiC1fNU

Never ever build a blanket fort

esullivan03 — 2023-02-01 21:36:38 UTC

What happens when you dare to build a blanket fort? It could be a comfy little reading space... or it could transform into something much more medieval! Would you be ready to defend it against the most unlikely of villains? From the author of Ada and the Helpers comes Never Ever Build a Blanket Fort!—an imaginative, faith-based adventure about a brave brother and sister who are faced with defending their own fluffy fortress! Will they find the courage they need to go toe-to-toe with their furry foes?

The Mask of Benevolence by Harlan Lane

2023-02-01 21:43:54 UTC

Excellent read/gift for School Administrators, Special Education Directors, Psychologist, Audiologist.

A look at the gulf that separates the deaf minority from the hearing world, this book sheds light on the mistreatment of the deaf community by a hearing establishment that resists understanding and awareness. Critically acclaimed as a breakthrough when it was first published in 1992, this new edition includes information on the science and ethics of childhood cochlear implants. An indictment of the ways in which experts in the scientific, medical, and educational establishment purport to serve the deaf, this book describes how they, in fact, do them great harm.

The Unheard- A memoir of deafness and Africa

2023-02-01 21:47:41 UTC

A young man's quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence

These are hearing aids. They take the sounds of the world and amplify them." Josh Swiller recited this speech to himself on the day he arrived in Mununga, a dusty village on the shores of Lake Mweru. Deaf since a young age, Swiller spent his formative years in frustrated limbo on the sidelines of the hearing world, encouraged by his family to use lipreading and the strident approximations of hearing aids to blend in. It didn't work. So he decided to ditch the well-trodden path after college, setting out to find a place so far removed that his deafness would become irrelevant.

That place turned out to be Zambia, where Swiller worked as a Peace Corps volunteer for two years. There he would encounter a world where violence, disease, and poverty were the mundane facts of life. But despite the culture shock, Swiller finally commanded attention―everyone always listened carefully to the white man, even if they didn't always follow his instruction. Spending his days working in the health clinic with Augustine Jere, a chubby, world-weary chess aficionado and a steadfast friend, Swiller had finally found, he believed, a place where his deafness didn't interfere, a place he could call home. Until, that is, a nightmarish incident blasted away his newfound convictions.

At once a poignant account of friendship through adversity, a hilarious comedy of errors, and a gripping narrative of escalating violence, The Unheard is an unforgettable story from a noteworthy new talent.

EmpowEAR Audiology

esullivan03 — 2023-02-01 21:52:23 UTC

A Deaf Audiologist who wears CI/HA in the field of Audiology!

Can bears ski?

esullivan03 — 2023-02-02 04:04:50 UTC

Paranormal (Deaf Author & Deaf Character)

esullivan03 — 2023-02-27 02:10:54 UTC

The Whispering Dark

The Picture Plus Dictionary

esullivan03 — 2023-04-25 16:14:18 UTC

Excellent resource for ASL signs with pictures and sentences along with the word.

esullivan03 — 2023-04-25 16:18:33 UTC

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esullivan03 — 2023-04-25 16:48:14 UTC

Available online videos and in hardback!

Highly encourage everyone to read this book. Administrators, parents, teachers, grandparents, doctors, nurses, managers, counselors, family members, friends.

esullivan03 — 2024-05-15 04:09:40 UTC

I Deaf-inately Can!

esullivan03 — 2024-11-19 00:14:23 UTC

"I Deaf-initely Can, Rhett the Heeler" is a children's book that follows the story of Rhett, a deaf Australian Cattle Dog. Written from his perspective, learn about his experience at the shelter where he meets a deaf girl, Karlie (the author), who adopts him and teaches him sign language. The book highlights Rhett's journey as he overcomes obstacles, learns new skills, and forms meaningful connections with his deaf owner and other animals; showing the world that deaf dogs and people are able. Through Rhett's experiences, the book promotes themes of inclusion, acceptance, and the idea that differences should be celebrated. Rhett's story encourages readers to embrace their own unique qualities and capabilities.

Despite his deafness, Rhett learns to navigate the world with determination and resilience.

Monster Hands

esullivan03 — 2024-11-19 00:16:42 UTC

When nighttime comes, Milo has a problem—he’s convinced there’s a monster under his bed! Luckily, his best friend Mel knows just what to do—scare the monster more than the monster scares you! So using shadow puppets on the wall, Mel and Milo make monster hands that roar, chomp and even laugh to scare the monster away. But uh oh! What if the monster thinks this is funny! This is NOT funny! Milo has an idea to show the monster who’s boss once and for all. Together Milo and Mel hatch a plan to scare the monster away forever. But in the end, they discover the true cure to a monster problem is a best friend who will stand and face it with you.

https://a.co/d/cCsbKfF

esullivan03 — 2024-11-19 00:29:04 UTC

Mara's first day at her new school is filled with ups and downs surrounding her hearing aids: her teacher doesn't remember to turn on her microphone, the lunchroom is too chaotic for lip-reading, and she keeps reading the same question over and over on her classmates' lips: "What's in her ears?" After a morning spent navigating these challenges, Mara makes a connection on the playground and finds that her hearing aid superpowers are perfect for making new friends.

Accessible and engaging, Mara Hears in Style will encourage readers to respect hearing differences and inspire kids who worry about making new friends. The book is filled with American Sign Language depictions--including a full alphabet spread--so readers can sign alongside Mara as they discover new ways to bridge communication gaps in their own communities.

Tell Mama!

esullivan03 — 2025-02-25 16:39:44 UTC

By Jim Bombicino
Illustrated by Gildas Chatal

“In this delightful new book for toddlers, Mama uses natural situations in her daughter’s day as opportunities to communicate with her as she adjusts to new hearing aids. Mama models by using any means of communication: signs, speech, gestures, listening, etc. The expectation to “tell Mama” encourages her daughter to communicate in any way she can as well. The illustrations by Gildas Chatal are delightful and the facial expressions demonstrate an additional means of communication. This is a lovely book for children and for parents to learn how much fun and natural it can be to engage and encourage their child to communicate!”

This book is great for parent-infant advisors to give to parents of newly identified children with hearing differences. Also great for preschools or early childhood centers who may have children wearing hearing devices or communicating with signs.

esullivan03 — 2026-03-23 17:40:18 UTC

"True Biz" Sara Novic

esullivan03 — 2026-03-23 17:43:02 UTC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War

“This important novel should—true biz—change minds and transform the conversation.”—Maile Meloy, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist

True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk

True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they’ll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school’s golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another—and changed forever.

This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.

"Give me a Sign" by Anna Sortino

esullivan03 — 2026-03-23 20:21:50 UTC

Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp. Now in paperback!

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change.

When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing.

Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here . . . they're certainly different than what she’s used to.

I am Deaf

2026-06-08 14:01:17 UTC

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be deaf? Learn what it's like and about some of the things that can be used to help with learning and communication. This sweet story is empowering and will inspire you to be the best you can be and to reach out to others to help bridge the gap between our differences!