53 records matched your query       

Author:

Welvaert, Scott R.

Title:

Helen Keller : courageous advocate / by Scott R. Welvaert ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Keith Tucker.

Publisher:

Capstone Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Keller, Helen,--1880-1968--Juvenile literature.
Blind-deaf women--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Keller, Helen,--1880-1968--Cartoons and comics.
Sullivan, Annie,--1866-1936--Cartoons and comics.
Women--United States--Cartoons and comics.--Cartoons and comics.
People with disabilities--Cartoons and comics.--Cartoons and comics.
Cartoons and comics.

Other Authors:

Martin, Cynthia, 1961-
Tucker, Keith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Silence and darkness -- Miracle -- Going to school -- Working for others -- More about Helen Keller -- Glossary -- Internet sites -- Read more -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Presents the life of Helen Keller, who was left blind and deaf by a high fever as a toddler but, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, overcame her disabilities to go to college and become an advocate, an inspiration, and a role model for blind and deaf people everywhere.

Series:

Graphic library. Graphic biographies

ISBN:

9780736849647 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0736849645 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005006463

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)