This book is informational, and there are black and white photographs on every page. The content in the book includes the life of Helen Keller and how she overcame being deaf and blind. The reading level of this book is second or third grade. Some of the topics in this book are how Helen got sick, how Anne Sullivan came and helped Helen how to finger spell, so she could understand what people were saying. The end of the book is about how she learned to help others even when she was deaf and blind. The curricular connection for this book is history and women's rights. Helen Keller was a very influential woman in American history because she overcame so many disabilities.

This picture book is informational. There are black and white photographs on every other page of Helen Keller throughout her life. The content of this book is about the life of Helen Keller and how she dealt with growing up blind and deaf. She was born with sight and hearing, but after her second birthday she came down with a fever and became deaf and blind. Anne Sullivan came to her rescue and helped her understand the world around her. Helen Keller became one of the most influential women in history. The reading level of this book is around 3rd grade. Some curricular connections include finger spelling, braille, history: civil rights and women's rights.

This is a great biography for kids to read because there are real live black and white pictures on one side of the book, and information on the other. It tells a brief overview of Helen Keller's life and how she got sick and became deaf and blind and learned to deal with it with the help of Anne Sullivan who taught her how to fingerspell so she could understand what people are saying. In the end, she taught other people how to learn to deal with being deaf and blind. This book is easy to read and does not bog the reader down with details. It is easy to understand so I would say it is a 2nd or 3rd grade reading level. This book would be good to read in a history lesson because it deals with civil and women's rights and introduces some influential people in history. I would suggest this book to young readers because it conveys accurate information. ( )