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• Can Bears Ski?

  Antrobus, Raymond,

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  Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels the floor shake when someone stomps to get his attention - but something is missing. Little Bear is not sure what is happening. All around him he hears the familiar refrain: "Can bears ski?" Then Dad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moses Sees a Play

  Millman, Isaac

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  Moses and his classmates, who are deaf or hard of hearing, attend a play at their school, and Moses makes a new friend from another class.

• The Deaf Musicians

  Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014

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  Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.

• Max Learns Sign Language

  Klein, Adria F. (Adria Fay), 1947-

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  Max takes a class in sign language so that he can talk with his friend, Susan, who cannot hear.

• Enrique Speaks With His Hands

  Fudge, Benjamin

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  A young deaf boy feels isolated and misunderstood until he is taken to a neighboring village where he meets other deaf children and discovers sign language.

• The Mitten String

  Rosner, Jennifer,

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  Ruthie Tober's family is known for the beautiful, warm mittens they knit so when she and her mother meet a deaf woman and her baby and give them shelter, Ruthie decides to design very special mittens for them.

• Reena's Rainbow

  White, Dee,

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  Reena is deaf and Dog is homeless, but they are also so much more than that. At first Reena and Dog feel like they don't belong, but when they form a unique bond with each other, and become friends with the hearing children in the park, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friendship Goals

  Reid, C. L.,

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  Emma, who is deaf and wears a cochlear implant, loves playing soccer with her friends Izzie and Chen, but when Izzie gets discouraged and wants to quit, Emma and Chen take the time to show her that improvement comes through practice. Includes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cheer Champs

  Smith, Elliott, 1976-

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  Leah practices gymnastics all the time and she would like to join the cheer squad, but she is also deaf and she struggles with the count of the routine in practice--but another girl, Monica, who can sign a little, offers to help her with the routine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Piglet Comes Home

  How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family

  Shapiro, Melissa,

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  Inspired by the real-life Instagram sensation Piglet the Pink Puppy, this cute and compassionate picture book tells the story of how a deaf and blind puppy found his fur-ever home.

• Boy

  Cummings, Phil,

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  The king's battles with the dragon were always mighty and loud... CLING CLANG CLONG! ROAR! Boy lived in a silence and couldn't hear the fighting. But Boy could see the fear around him... and how everyone would be much happier without it.

• Let's Hear It for Almigal

  Kupfer, Wendy

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  Meet Almigal, a spunky little girl with a BIG personality who's determined to hear "every single sound in the whole entire universe!" That includes ... her friend Isabella's baby brother's funny giggle, the robins singing outside her bedroom window,…Read moreRead more of this annotation