Children's Books
The Butterfly Cage
A tender and perspective-shifting book that offers a rare level of understanding about the subtle and and no-so-subtle layers of internalized oppression and deep feelings and dilemmas of Deaf people, written by former Deaf teac...
Butterfly on the Wind
On the day of the talent show, Aurora's hands tremble. No matter how hard she tries to sign, her fingers stumble over one another and the words just won't come. But as she’s about to give up, she spots a butterfly.
Using her hands to sign the ASL word ...
We Can Sign!: An Essential Illustrated Guide to American Sign Language for Kids
Bursting with almost 200 fully-illustrated signs, memory tips, and more, this instructional aid for sign language for kids makes mastering ASL easy. Ten chapters take you all the way from sign language basics and conversation phrases to must-have vocab. Get signing t...
What is Language Deprivation
This event is a true story for many in the Deaf community, with no access to communication at home. According to studies, 95% of Deaf babies are born to hearing parents. Only about 5% of Deaf babies are born from Deaf parents, free from language deprivation. The peri...
Reena’s Rainbow
Reader Levels: Teens
In this story, 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 of friendship with the children in the park, they discover t...
Proud to be Deaf
Reader Levels: Teens
Ava is like any other 7-year-old. She likes to talk and laugh with her friends, is obsessed with dogs and loves being active. Ava is also deaf - and she's proud of it. She loves her Deaf community, that she's bilingual, and that she exper...
A Place for Grace
Grace is a little dog with big dreams. After discovering she's too small to become a seeing-eye dog, she meets Charlie, a deaf man who believes Grace would make the ideal hearing-aid dog. Grace provides an inspiring model for any child facing obstacles at school or a...
Splish, Splat!
Reader Levels: Teens
Colin's mom has hired Heather and Molly to paint his room. They are deaf, and chat with their hands using sign while they paint Colin’s room, leading to a delightful speckled effect on the walls.
Jake’s the Name, Sixth Grades the Game
Here is a humorous, first-person account by a deaf boy mainstreamed into the sixth grade of a public school. He speaks of what it is like for him and of his perceptions of others' reactions to him.
Jake is a typical adolescent boy with opinions about everythi...
A Bear Hug at Bedtime
Reader levels: Baby
A child encounters tigers, lobsters, bears and a menagerie of other creatures throughout the day, but if you look more closely, there's something familiar about them In this celebration of familial love and imaginative play, members of an ...