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10 Reasons There Should Be Deaf Characters In Your Child’s Library:
1. Help children understand that deafness is a medical condition that has different levels, and that different people who are deaf can navigate the world in a wide variety of ways.
2. Help children understand Deaf Culture and what it means to have Deaf identity.
3. Help children understand that Sign Language is a visual language and why it is important.
4. Familiarize children with the characteristics of people who are deaf/ HoH. For example, they may have hearing aids, cochlear implants, or an “accent.”
5. Learn how to effectively overcome simple communication barriers in everyday situations.
6. Learn how to welcome deaf children as friends.
7. See the value of having diverse friend groups and the benefits of diversity in all situations.
8. Important for deaf children to see themselves represented.
9. See deaf/HoH individuals as role models.
10. View deaf/HoH individuals as interesting and complex people worth getting to know.
10 Reasons There Should Be Deaf Characters In Your Child’s Library:
1. Help children understand that deafness is a medical condition that has different levels, and that different people who are deaf can navigate the world in a wide variety of ways.
2. Help children understand Deaf Culture and what it means to have Deaf identity.
3. Help children understand that Sign Language is a visual language and why it is important.
4. Familiarize children with the characteristics of people who are deaf/ HoH. For example, they may have hearing aids, cochlear implants, or an “accent.”
5. Learn how to effectively overcome simple communication barriers in everyday situations.
6. Learn how to welcome deaf children as friends.
7. See the value of having diverse friend groups and the benefits of diversity in all situations.
8. Important for deaf children to see themselves represented.
9. See deaf/HoH individuals as role models.
10. View deaf/HoH individuals as interesting and complex people worth getting to know.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
- A Birthday for Ben - by Kate Gaynor
- A Place for Grace - by Jean Davies Okimoto
- A Screaming Kind of Day - by Rachna Gilmore
- Dad And Me in the Morning - by Patricia Lakin
- Deaf Culture: A to Z - by Walter Paul Kelley
- Dina The Deaf Dinosaur - by Carole Addabbo
- Five Flavors of Dumb - by Anthony John
- Hurt Go Happy: A Novel - by G. Robby
- Jakes the Name : Sixth Grades the Game - by Deb Piper
- Mandy - by Barbara D. Booth
- Movers & Shakers: Deaf People Who Changed the World Storybook - by Cathryn Carroll & Susan M. Mather
- One TV Blasting and A Pig Outdoors - by Deborah Abbott
- River of hands : deaf heritage stories - by Symara Nichola Bonner
- Robin sees a song - by Jim & Cheryl Pahz
- Shay & Ivy: Beyond the Kingdom - by Sheena McFeely
- Signs for Me - by Ben Bahan
- Smart princess and other deaf tales - by Keelin Carey, Kristina Guevremont, and Nicole Marsh
- Strong Deaf - by Lynn McElfresh
- The Deaf Musicians - by Pete Seeger, Paul DuBois Jacobs
- The Grump: The Original Short Story - by Mark Ludy
- The Heart’s Language - by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
- Deaf Child Crossing; Nobody’s Perfect; Leading Ladies - all by Marlee Matlin
LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
- http://pajka.blogspot.ca/
- https://www.verywell.com/top-childrens-books-on-deafness-1048509
- http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content.php?pid=57898&sid=423917
- http://www.ala.org/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclasections/lssps/lspdhhf/charauthors
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/23/what-its-like-to-be-a-deaf-novelist
- http://www.harriscomm.com/books-multimedia/deaf-author.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/19/julia-donaldson-deafness-what-the-jackdaw-saw-gruffalo
- https://del.icio.us/hlpuears/books
