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Books

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J PAPERBK CUTLE	Cutler, Stephen J.	Rally Caps	2007
J MATLI	Matlin, Marlee	Deaf Child Crossing Despite the fact that Megan is deaf and Cindy can hear, the two girls become friends when Cindy moves into Megan's neighborhood, but when they go away to camp, their friendship is put to the test.	2002
J MATLI	Matlin, Marlee	Leading Ladies A deaf fourth-grader finds her true calling when she is cast as Dorothy in a school production of "The Wizard of Oz."	2008
J MATLI	Matlin, Marlee	Nobody's Perfect Megan, a popular and outgoing fourth-grader, is sure that the "perfect" new girl dislikes her because she is deaf, but persistence and a joint science fair project help Megan see that the two girls have something in common after all.	2006
J MOSS	Moss, Marissa	Amelia Lends a Hand Amelia had expected to have a quiet summer, but instead she makes friends with a deaf boy who moves in next door, deals with her grouchy older sister, has an asthma attack, and goes to a family reunion. Features hand-printed text and drawings and thirty-two sign language flash cards.	2002
J RIVER		River of Hands: Deaf Heritage Stories	2000
J PAPERBK SMART		The Smart Princess, and Other Deaf Tales A collection of four stories from the Deaf community, reflecting Deaf culture and language. Includes hand signs and an interesting history on devices for the Deaf.	2006
J	Zelonky, Joy	I Can't Always Hear You When Kim, a hearing-impaired girl, begins going to a regular school after having been in a special one, she finds that she isn't as different as she had feared because everyone she meets has individual differences, too.	1980
J362.4	Greenberg, Judith E.	What Is the Sign for Friend?	1985
J362.42 ASELT	Aseltine, Lorraine	I'm Deaf and It's Okay	1998
J362.42	Bergman, Thomas	Finding a Common Language: Children Living with Deafness	1989
J362.42	Heelan, Jamee Riggio	Can You Hear a Rainbow?: The Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris	2002
J362.42 ROYST	Royston, Angela	Deafness	2005
J362.42 SCHAE	Schaefer, Lola	Some Kids Are Deaf	2008
J362.42 WALKE	Walker, Lou Ann	Amy, the Story of a Deaf Child	1985
J419 KENT	Kent, Deborah	American Sign Language	2003
J617.8 LANDA	Landau, Elaine	Deafness	1994
J617.8 LEVET	Levete, Sarah	Explaining Deafness	2010
J617.8822	Boschini, Elizabeth	Happy Birthday to My Ears A child tells, in rhymes, of new sounds he hears each month with his cochlear implants.	2008
J618.920978 POWEL	Powell, Jillian	Jordan Has a Hearing Loss	2005
J636.7 PETER	Peters, Jean Norman	I Am Her Ears: A Story with Pictures of a Three Year Old Rescued Dog Who Leads a New Life as a Certified Hearing Dog	2004
JB B7645AL	Alexander, Sally Hobart	She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer	2008
JB G13B	Bowen, Andy	A World of Knowing:A Story About Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet	1995
JB W58W	Wheeler, Jill	Heather Whitestone: Miss America with a Mission	1996
JE	Addabbo, Carole	Dina the Deaf Dinosaur The story of a deaf dinosaur who has run away from home because her parents would not learn sign language. She befriends an owl, a mole, and a chipmunk.	1998
JE ANDER	Anderson, John F.	My Hearing Loss and Me: We Get Along Most of the Time What are the experiences of students with hearing loss attending regular schools? This book tells a story of a fictional young student through pictures and his experiences using a cochlear implant.	2004
JE	Blatchford, Claire H.	Going with the Flow When Mark changes schools in mid-year, he is angry, lonely, and embarrassed by his deafness, but he soon begins to adjust. Includes information about deafness.	1998
JE CELEN	Celenza, Anna Harwell	The Heroic Symphony After learning that he is going deaf, Beethoven is determined to write a great symphony and thinks he has found his inspiration in the heroic deeds of Napoleon.	2004
JE DUNBA	Dunbar, Joyce	Moonbird A King and Queen are devastated when they realize that their baby cannot hear or speak. But a Moonbird teaches the little prince how to use his hands and eyes to communicate.	2006
JE DUSSL	Dussling, Susanna	Sunny and her Cochlear Implants Follow Sunny as she lives her life as a deaf child, in a hearing world, with hearing aids. Then her life changes when her aids no longer help, but there is a solution.	2010
JE KADIS	Kadish, Sharona	Discovering Friendship When Kimberly, who is hearing impaired, joins her sixth-grade class, Samantha befriends her and learns sign language.	1994
JE LAKIN	Lakin, Pat	Dad and Me in the Morning A deaf boy and his father share a special time as they watch the sun rise at the beach.	1994
JE	Levi, Dorothy Hoffman	A Very Special Sister 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.	1992
JE LOWEL	Lowell, Gloria Roth	Elana's Ears, or How I Became the Best Big Sister in the World Lacey the family dog is jealous of the new baby that her human parents brought home, until she discovers that the baby cannot hear.	2000
JE LUDY	Ludy, Mark	Grump Grumpy Mr. Howlweister, a feared legend in the town of Dinkerwink, has his heart changed by the compassion and love of a little girl.	2000
JE MCCUL	McCully, Emily	My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language	2008
JE	Millman, Isaac	Moses Goes to a Concert Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.	1998
JE	Millman, Isaac	Moses Goes to School Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their special school for the deaf and hard of hearing, where they use sign language to talk to each other.	2000
JE	Millman, Isaac	Moses Goes to the Circus Moses, who is deaf, has a good time with his family at the circus, where they communicate using sign language. Includes illustrations of some of the signs they use.	2003
JE	Millman, Isaac	Moses Sees a Play Moses and his classmates, who are deaf or hard of hearing, attend a play at their school, and Moses makes a new friend from another class.	2004
JE NIJSS	Nijssen, Elfi	Laurie Laurie is a special girl. She doesn't hear well and that can be hard sometimes. She doesn't always understand what other people say and playing with other children can be difficult. Luckily there's the ear doctor. He examines Laurie's ears and gives her hearing aids.	2010
JE OKIMO	Okimoto, Jean	A Place for Grace With the help of a hearing-impaired man, a little dog finally manages to graduate from a training school for hearing dogs	1993
JE RISKI	Riski, Maureen	Abby Gets A Cochlear Implant	2008
JE ROTH	Roth, Judith	Julia's Words At summer camp, a girl learns to experience the world more fully through all of her senses as her deaf bunkmate, Julia, teaches her to communicate through sign language.	2009
JE SEEGE	Seeger, Pete	The Deaf Musicians Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.	2006
JE STRYE	Stryer, Andrea	Kami and the Yaks In the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, a deaf Sherpa boy proves himself to his father by rescuing his family's yaks from a dangerous storm.	2006
JE TILDE	Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher	The Garden Wall Tim is unhappy about moving to the city and leaving his best friend behind. He has to attend a strange new school and--to make things more difficult--his next-door neighbor is a girl who is deaf.	2005
JE UHLBE	Uhlberg, Myron	Dad, Jackie and Me	2005
JE UHLBE	Uhlberg, Myron	The Printer A boy recalls the day his deaf father saved everyone's life when fire broke out at the newspaper printing plant where he worked.	2003
JER KLEIN	Klein, Adria	Max Learns Sign Language Max takes a class in sign language so that he can talk with his friend, Susan, who cannot hear.	2007
PTC J371.9 SHORE	Shore, Kenneth	Special Kids Problem Solver	1998
PTC J371.912 STEWA	Stewart, David	Literacy and Your Deaf Child	2003
PTC J649.1512 CHILD	Luterman, David	Children With Hearing Loss: A Family Guide	2006

Non-print Materials: DVDs

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	TITLE	DATE
DVD JB K282	Helen Keller	2001
DVD J419 READ	Read with Me: Stories for Your Deaf Preschooler
DVD J419 SIGNI	Signing Time! Volumes 1-13	2002-2008

Websites

American Society for Deaf Children
Helping families raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
http://www.deafchildren.org/

Help Kids Hear
Founded by parents of hard of hearing kids; dedicated to helping other parents find the information and resources they need in dealing with a deaf / hard of hearing (DHH) child.
http://www.helpkidshear.org/index.html

If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing you at the Library!

This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.