Helen Kellers Best Friend Belle
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This shows Belle with Helen during their lessons, as she learns finger spelling and then braille.
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Helen and Anne then go to Boston, where Helen learns to speak; when they return home, Helen is able to call for Belle, and the two are happily reunited. A short, simple text and watercolor illustrations, accented with lively and poignant touches, convey Keller's experiences and joy as the world progressively opens up to her. Endnotes, in denser, lengthier prose, highlight aspects of Keller's adult life, accomplishments, and lifelong affection for dogs.
Intriguing and inspiring, this will make readers want to learn more about Helen Keller. Endpaper illustrations depict the sign language alphabet. PreS-Gr 2-Keller was a lifelong dog lover.
When an illness at a young age left her blind and deaf, and feeling alone and afraid, she found solace in the family pets. Belle, an Irish setter, became her closest companionas she struggled to communicate and discovered the world around her through her lessons with Anne Sullivan.
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As her world opened up, the warm illustrations become suffused with light. The complete alphabet in Braille is inserted in the middle of the narrative and displayed on the endpapers in sign language.
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This brief introduction to Keller's early life concludes with a note on her love of dogs and a brief biography of her later years. A pleasant companion to David A.
HELEN KELLER'S BEST FRIEND BELLE by Holly M. Barry , Jennifer Thermes | Kirkus Reviews
Thank you for using the catalog. Shares details about Helen Keller's early life, including her love for animals and her special relationship with a devoted Irish Setter named Belle, who was a faithful companion to Helen throughout her younger years.
Keller, Helen, Juvenile literature. Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pets -- Juvenile literature. Dogs -- Juvenile literature.
Helen Kellers Best Friend Belle
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Her dog, Belle, is there with her every step of the way. As her world opened up, the warm illustrations become suffused with light.
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About Holly Barry Holly M. Barry is a graduate of Wheaton College and has published numerous articles, crafts, and recipes in a variety of award-winning children's magazines. Holly currently resides in Barrington, Rhode Island. Jennifer Thermes is an acclaimed children's book author and illustrator, who also creates maps for magazine and book publishing clients. She lives in Newtown, Connecticut.
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