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Helen Keller

The World in Her Heart

By Cline-Ransome, Lesa & Ransome, James

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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 special gift of love. With lyrical prose and richly illustrated paintings, virtuoso author-and-artist team Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome share an inspiring story of a courageous young girl. This evocative portrait reminds us that there are many ways to experience the world through the senses—but the most important things in life are savored within the heart.

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ISBN
978-0-06057-074-3
Publisher
Collins


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2008

K-Gr 4 Keller's story has been told countless times, so Cline-Ransome wisely keeps her focus tight, showing the developing relationship between Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. The story opens with the sensory sensations of Helen's world: the feel of the warm spring breeze, the smell of a baking cake. A brief flashback explains the illness that left her deaf and blind, and the subsequent lack of communication that rendered her a wild and unmanageable child. Then the narr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

This picture book biography focuses on Helen Keller's early years in Alabama, from the illness that caused her disabilities...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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