Helen Keller: Crusader for the Blind and Deaf

by Stewart Graff

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Stewart and Polly Anne Graff provide an accessible and easy biography of Helen Keller. The text is informative and fluid to read. This is an easy book to use for research in the classroom or as an example of a biography and summarizing.

pbrent | Jul 15, 2012 |

This book is about the life of Helen Keller. Helen Keller became deaf and blind at a young age due to an illness. She was left in the dark until a young woman named Annie Sullivan arrived to help reach Helen. After working with Helen one day at the well Helen identified water, this was the start of Helen absorbing all the knowledge she could. Helen worked hard to become a voice for the blind and deaf. She accomplished many things in her life and met many famous people during her journey. In the classroom: research report, open the conversation about people with exceptionalities, learn about and discuss how to overcome difficult obstacles (

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Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA

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From the age of a year and a half, Helen Keller could not hear. She could not see, and she did not speak. She lived in a dark and lonely world--until Annie Sullivan came to teach her. Annie traced letters and words in Helen's hand, and made Helen realize she could "talk" to people. Eager to make up for lost time, Helen threw herself into her studies. She decided to teach others about the special training deaf and blind children need. Helen traveled all over the globe and raised money to start up schools for deaf and blind children. Her courage and her determination to help others conquer the odds against them earned her the respect and admiration of the world.

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A biography of the blind and deaf woman who rose above her physical disabilities to international renown and who helped other handicapped persons to live fuller lives.