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Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller

Tavares, Matt
Rappaport, Doreen

Hardcover

Series: A Big Words Book, Book 6

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Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 078680890X
ISBN13: 9780786808908
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: Oct 16 2012
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.60 Width: 9.80 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Awards: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Black-Eyed Susan Award, California Young Reader Medal, Charlotte Award, Charlotte Zolotow Award, Lupine Award, Monarch Award, Show Me Readers Award

This magnificent account (New York Times) of Helen Keller's life presents a moving portrait of one of the world's great luminaries.

When Helen was nineteen months old, an illness left her unable to see or speak. She struggled to make herself understood, and often lashed out when she couldn't. With the help of a teacher named Annie Sullivan, she learned to spell words with her fingers, opening her world immeasurably. She soon learned to write and to read Braille, and even to read lips by touch; with Annie by her side, she went to college, and wrote an autobiography that shared her story with the world. She was lauded as a genius and became an advocate for people with disabilities, workers' rights, women's rights, and racial justice.

With her signature style of accessible prose laced with stirring quotes, Doreen Rappaport brings to life Helen Keller's poignant narrative in this addition to the Big Words series of picture book biographies. Acclaimed illustrator Matt Tavares beautifully captures the dynamism and verve of Helen's life and legacy, making Helen's Big World an unforgettable portrait of a woman whose vision for innovation and progress changed America--and the world--forever.

★ Stirring and awe-inspiring. --The Horn Book

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