Bookstart Shine books
These books are great to share with deaf children.
The Bookstart Shine booklist aims to introduce ideas for books for children up to the age of five, based on ideas given to us by parents, teachers, children and experts.
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Orange Pear Apple Bear
Author: Emily Gravett
Interest level: 0-3
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Orange Pear Apple Bear
Author: Emily Gravett
Interest level: 0-3
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Emily Gravett's colourful yet sparse illustrations cleverly depict a bumbling bear interacting in many different and imaginative w…
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Lucy: Loud and Clear
Author: Laila Lavan Illustrator: Beatriz Iglesias
Interest level: 3+
Reading age: 5+
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Lucy: Loud and Clear
Author: Laila Lavan Illustrator: Beatriz Iglesias
Interest level: 3+
Reading age: 5+
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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Peek-a-Boo!
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 4+
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Peek-a-Boo!
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 4+
The exuberant characters include children on supported mats, a child with a leg splint and a parent with a hearing aid.
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Is This My Nose?
Author: Georgie Birkett
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Is This My Nose?
Author: Georgie Birkett
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This book is full of lots of faces and lots of fun!
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That's Not My Kitten...
Author: Fiona Watt Illustrator: Rachel Wells
Reading age: 0+
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That's Not My Kitten...
Author: Fiona Watt Illustrator: Rachel Wells
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Reading age: 0+
One of a growing series of touch and feel board books with interesting textures and shapes for inquisitive fingers to explore.
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Sign About: Meal Time
Author: Anthony Lewis
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 2+
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Sign About: Meal Time
Author: Anthony Lewis
Interest level: 2+
Reading age: 2+
A great introduction to simple signs which can be used with children from a very early age.
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Incey Wincey Spider
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 1+
Reading age: 3+
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Incey Wincey Spider
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 1+
Reading age: 3+
Part of the Sign and Singalong series of bright, colourful books featuring children showing signs and actions to accompany simple …
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My First Animal Signs
Author: Anthony Lewis
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My First Animal Signs
Author: Anthony Lewis
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One of the series of board books introducing useful words - delightful illustrations show children signing the words.
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I Can't Hear Like You
Author: Althea Illustrator: Bridget Dowty
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I Can't Hear Like You
Author: Althea Illustrator: Bridget Dowty
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A deaf boy introduces us to his life and school. The page numbers and many of the words in the text are signed and there is also a…
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What's the Time, Mr Wolf?
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 4+
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What's the Time, Mr Wolf?
Author: Annie Kubler
Interest level: 0+
Reading age: 4+
A captivating story of wolves with dinner on their minds. The wolf finger puppet attached to the book brings the story to life and…
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