Books

Legacies and Legends
A History of interpreter education in the United States from its earliest roots in Deaf education until its coming of age as a profession in the 21st century.
Carolyn Ball, Author
Published by Interpreting Consolidated

Deaf Cinderella
Deaf Cinderella is the first-ever children's book to be published about the fairy tale of Cinderella from a Deaf perspective. It tells the story with a bilingual approach about a woman called Deaf Cinderella who speaks in American Sign Language, grew up in a Deaf sc...

The William Hoy Story
Children's story book
William Hoy led the National League in stolen bases in his rookie year. He had a strong, sure arm and knack for catching fly balls. He was also deaf.
William Ellsworth Hoy loved baseball more than anything. When he was told h...

I’ll Scream Later
From Children of a Lesser God to Dancing with the Stars, Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Marlee Matlin shares her incredible life story in a moving and often surprising memoir.
Simon and Schuster

Sounds Like Home Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South
Mary Herring Wright's book adds an important dimension to current literature in that it is a story about an African American deaf child. Her account is historically significant because it provides valuable descriptive information about the faculty and staff of the r...

Ezekiel the deaf Therapy Dog, Ezekiel Helps Clean the House
Children's picture story book. This is a heartwarming story of a three-year-old deaf boxer Ezekiel, who diligently tries to help Mom clean the house on a Saturday morning. Even though his intentions are good, he finds himself in the most awkward situations and gets...

Shay and Ivy Beyond The Kingdom
Children's Story/Picture Book
The first book is about Shay & Ivy and their friends, at an imaginary ball in their bedroom, dreaming of being princesses. They all dreamt of riding horses, owning closets full of gowns, and dancing in royal castles. All girl...

We Can Sign! An Essential Illustrated Guide to American Sign Language for Kids
Discover how fun learning sign language can be! Whether it's for reaching out to a Deaf person, chatting with friends across a crowded room, or just learning an amazing new language. We Can Sign! is an essential guide for getting started with American Sign...

Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English
This book is intended for people working primarily from ASL to English. It identifies skills required to render ASL to English interpretations using the same research method as the first book. These two pieces of research complement each other and should be used to...

Mean Little Deaf Queer – A Memoir
In 1959, the year Terry Galloway turned nine, the voices of everyone she loved began to disappear. No one yet knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on her fetal nervous system, eventually causing her to go deaf. As a self-procla...