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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
62) The Boney Hand
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When a Castle-on-the-Hudson school legend suddenly goes missing, Charlie is the prime suspect but he and his best friend, Frog, are determined to find the real culprit.
64) Rocky Road
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Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.
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A witty story of a chef and a waitress trying to work together and figure out how to get along!
Gordy is a great chef at a busy restaurant. He's also half-deaf so he's mishearing the orders and sending the customers the wrong food. One customer received a pile of pancakes instead of 2 juicy sirloin steaks!
The waitress named Kitty is tired of the customers complaining and is getting more and more upset everyday. How will Gordy and Kitty make sure...
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"Melody Gold is a fourteen-year-old fastpitch player who wants to make the move from Little League to select ball. But none of the select coaches want her since she has a hearing impairment and must wear hearing aids at all times, even during games. Unwilling to take "no" for an answer, Melody becomes determined to prove her hearing impairment is irrelevant and she can play at the highest level."--Back cover.
67) Invincible
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"When I was smaller I thought that at some point in my life I'd reach the top of the mountain. You know, the place where you're finally happy. The night I got a standing ovation in the school play was the night I got to the top. The trouble was, no one ever told me that I'd have to hike back down." Finally, everything is going right for 13 year-old Jazmine Crawford. After years of being invisible, she's making friends, talking to her mum and hanging...
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Caroline wants to go to the park with her grandfather, but she needs to ask him several times before he understands what she wants. He keeps thinking she's asking something about the "dark" or other words that rhyme with "park," but he finally gets the gist, and they set out to enjoy the day together. As Caroline spends quality time with her grandfather, she learns all about hearing deficits, including what a hearing aid looks like, how it operates,...
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"Ada is a dancing, deaf fox with cochlear implants who loves to help others. On her way to dance in a talent show one day, she meets three other creatures who are each facing a physical challenge or disability of their own. She decides to help each of her new friends to see past their challenges and discover their natural, God-given strengths. But can they help her in return? Ada's a bit nervous about the talent show! Will she be able to hear the...
74) deaf not Deaf
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"Rian is starting her sixth grade year in a new home and at a new school in Northeast Philadelphia. On her first day, she is greeted by Shack, the class bully, who wastes no time breaking one of her cochlear implants. She's used to feeling like an outsider, but nothing could prepare her for life at John Hancock Elementary. Her teachers can't pronounce her name, the "normal" kids think she's Deaf and the Deaf kids think she's a joke, especially Luis...
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Readers are transported into the enchanting world of fairy tales in this book -- with one slight twist: all the stories have characters who are Deaf or sign. Designed for the reader who uses American Sign Language or wants to learn about sign language and Deaf culture, each story takes unexpected and fun turns, always with a lesson in mind. Classics in this book include Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Three Little Pigs, Beauty and the Beast, and many...
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What started out as a quick trip to the bank turned out to be more fun than Shelly could've ever imagined. During the visit, Shelly discovered what goes on behind the scenes and even opened her very own bank account. Shelly Goes to the Bank is a great way to introduce children of all ages to banking in a fun way. This interactive title teaches 10 banking signs in American Sign Language. Upon completing the book, readers can refer to a comprehensive...
77) Silent starsong
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Eleven-year-old Kyra is meant to continue the Starbard's proud family legacy of interpreting the future from the stars' songs. Her deafness, incurable by the best medics, breaks her mother's heart and pushes her father to explore anything to help his little girl-- including the expensive purchase of a telepathic alien servant to help Kyra communicate on a planet inhospitable to unfixable genetic defects. Marne's telepathy is too weak for his Naratsset...
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A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library.
79) My Dawg Koa
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Deaf friends Duke and Koa are the same, but they are also different.
Duke the Deaf Dog learns about similarities and differences between friends and families. Their houses may look different, and their parents may have different rules and expectations, but Duke finds one thing families share no matter what: LOVE.
A fun, engaging way to teach children that best friends share common interests.
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