A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.

This biography is an excellent and accessible introduction for youngsters to learn about one of the world's most influential luminaries. Helen Keller's poignant narrative is beautifully captured in this unforgettable portrait of a woman whose vision for innovation and progress changed America and the world forever.

For Helen Keller, "w-a-t-e-r" was a cool, slippery splash. "S-u-n" was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin. "L-i-l-y" was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and delicate to her touch. After an illness left her blind and deaf, Helen relied on her senses of touch and smell to help compensate for her loss. And then she met her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who showed her a new way to give meaning to the world around her. But most of all, Annie gave Helen a...

Helen Keller: Miracle Child is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.2 and Literacy.L.1.1. Readers will be inspired by the gorgeous primary source photographs of Helen Keller and her teacher and mentor, Anne Sullivan. This book should be paired with "Who Was Helen Keller?" (9781448890408) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic....

Profiles the life of Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and still learned to read and write despite her handicap.

Simple short sentences are used to introduce the youngest readers to Helen Keller.

A biography of the blind and deaf girl who overcame both handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Helen Keller learned to speak, read, and write in spite of becoming blind and deaf at the age of two due to an illness. As a child, Helen was frustrated and unmanageable but her mother never gave up on her. Helen's life changed when a teacher, Annie Sullivan, came into her life. Annie won Helen's trust and was able to teach Helen to speak, read, and write. Helen had Annie at her side when she became the first deaf-blind person to get a college degree....