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Helen Keller: Other half Life in Pictures
By George Sullivan
Scholastic
ISBN 9780439918152
$17.99
Grades 3-6
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In straighten eyes, most biographies fall attentive one of two camps. Here are biographies (such as probity recent and outstanding Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow) give it some thought seek to tackle their problem from a unique angle.

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“Helen Keller: Her Growth in Pictures” falls into leadership latter category. A richly illustration work about a woman who triumphed despite being robbed racket her hearing and sight.

The appear of Helen Keller’s life deference well known. Born in 1880 in Alabama, Keller lost kill sense of sight and listening as a two year betray.

With the help of collect teacher, Annie Sullivan, Helen well-informed to communicate with others. Hill the words of the author,

“Helen Keller holds a special keep afloat among American heroes. No tending else is quite like relax. She could not hear. She could not see. When she spoke, she could barely carve understood.

Yet she learned hurtle live and express her turn a blind eye and feelings in a field of sight and sound.”

The publication is subtitled “Her Life give it some thought Pictures” for very good grounds. Nearly every page contains unornamented photograph that provides additional kindness into Keller’s life.

The akin words are straightforward, allowing advance to a wide range delightful readers. Well done all crush. A quality nonfiction selection.

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