Proud to be deaf : discover my community and my language
Beese, Ava2017
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Click and Collect for Proud to be deaf : discover my community and my languageAva 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 experiences the world differently from hearing people. In this book, Ava welcomes her hearing peers to her daily life, the way technology helps her navigate the world and explains common misconceptions about deaf people - and introduces some of her deaf heroes who have achieved amazing things. She talks about her experiences at school making friends with hearing children, and teaches readers the BSL alphabet and BSL phrases. Featuring photos of Ava, her friends and family throughout, plus illustrations of hand signs.
Proud to be deaf : discover my community and my language / Ava, Lilli and Nick Beese ; [illustrated by Romina Marti].
London : Wayland , 2017.
48 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.
Includes glossaryIncludes British sign language for letters and numbers and some basic wordsIncludes bibliographical references and index.
9781526302182
362.42362
English
303511
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Health & Wellbeing | J 362 BEE | Available |
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