Deaf Awareness Week
This booklist includes children's books that feature deafness as a key theme, books with a Deaf protagonist, and books that happen to include children with hearing aids and cochlear implants, in a subtle and natural way.
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Lizzie and Lucky: The Mystery of the Missing Puppies
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Lizzie and Lucky: The Mystery of the Missing Puppies
When Lizzie spots a suspicious man stealing a puppy from a garden, she's determined to investigate! An engaging illustrated early …
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Song for a Whale
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Song for a Whale
A baleen whale's unique 55-hertz frequency means he cannot communicate with other whales, and 12-year-old Iris is determined to he…
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Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!
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Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!
The blend of rhyme, repetition and alliteration is a recipe almost guaranteed to attract a toddler. This delightful board book com…
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Harriet Versus the Galaxy
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Harriet Versus the Galaxy
When Harriet is hunting for her hearing aid under the bed, the last thing she expects to find is an alien. Soon, she is working al…
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Feeling Great
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Feeling Great
One of the Just Like Me series, this colourful board book with flaps to lift encourages very young children to find out all about …
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Max and the Millions
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Max and the Millions
When a school caretaker mysteriously disappears, leaving behind a small pile of sand, a student is drawn into an extraordinary adv…
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The Silent Striker
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The Silent Striker
Marcus lives and breathes football. He might even have the makings of a professional player. But Marcus' life is about to change. …
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Fairy Magic
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Fairy Magic
Isabelle has discovered a fairy called Summer-Blue in a hidden magical world at the bottom of her garden... But will she be able t…
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Lucy: Loud and Clear
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Lucy: Loud and Clear
Lucy is deaf and Omar is rather flippantly pretending he can't understand her request. Lucy has to be creative if she is to find a…
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Freddie and the Fairy
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Freddie and the Fairy
Freddie rescues a fairy who offers to grant him his every wish. The only problem is that she can't hear very well, and so his wish…
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Ketchup Clouds
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Ketchup Clouds
Fifteen-year-old Zoe attempts to come to terms with a dark secret by writing letters to a murderer awaiting execution on Death Row…
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Max the Champion
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Max the Champion
This inclusive book is about a boy who loves sport, his friends, and school - and has a vivid imagination
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What the Jackdaw Saw
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What the Jackdaw Saw
A highly entertaining book with an inclusive cast of characters, providing an introduction to sign language to all children.
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River of Ink: Genesis
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River of Ink: Genesis
River Boy is washed up on the banks of the River Thames, unable to find his voice or memory. The only things he can draw on are hi…
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