I am Helen Keller
(Ordinary People Change the World)

Author

Brad Meltzer

Illustrator

Christopher Eliopoulos

Publication Date

September 01, 2015

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

I am Helen Keller (Ordinary People Change the World)

Paperback

Hardcover

Description

We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer

When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan. With Miss Sullivan's help, Helen learned how to speak sign language and read Braille. Armed with the ability to express herself, Helen grew up to be come a social activist, leading the fight for people with disabilities and so many other causes.

Publication date

September 01, 2015

Classification

Non-fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9780525428510

Lexile Measure

570

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Rocky Pond Books

Series

Ordinary People Change the World

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

United States
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
Deafblind people
Keller, Helen
Deafblind women
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living /

Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes for My Son, Heroes for My Daughter, The Lincoln Conspiracy, and a number of suspense novels like The Lightning Rod. He also helped find the missing 9/11 flag with his History Channel television show Brad Meltzer's Lost History. He lives in Florida with his wife and their three children. (And did you know that a picture of Brad is hidden in every book in this series?)

Christopher Eliopoulos began his illustration career at Marvel Comics, and has worked on thousands of comics, including his own Cow Boy and Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius. He is the author and illustrator of the picture books The Yawns Are Coming! and The Giggles Are Coming! and the graphic novels Cosmic Commandos and Monster Mayhem. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their college-graduate twin sons (who also make an appearance in each Ordinary People Change the World book).

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