Kids like me: Books with Deaf characters

Celebrate and explore Deaf culture with these pukapuka featuring Deaf characters.

Updated June 30, 2024
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Wellington City Libraries Children's team at Wellington City Libraries
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Helen Keller
Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Paper Book
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Helen Keller. Little Helen was curious and eager to learn about the world. After contracting an illness during childhood,...

True stories

Listen : how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion
Stocker, Shannon
Paper Book
* Schneider Family Book Award Winner * A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. "No. You can't," people said. But Evelyn knew she could. She...

True stories

Ninita's big world : the true story of a deaf pygmy marmoset
Marsh, Sarah Glenn
Paper Book
The heart-tugging true story of how YouTube star Ninita--a deaf, orphaned pygmy marmoset (the smallest type of monkey)--found family, friendship, and a forever home! Illustrated in full color. Ninita is the only known deaf pygmy marmoset in the world, but that doesn't stop her from...

True stories

Show me a sign
LeZotte, Ann Clare
Paper Book
Don't miss the companion book, Set Me Free CRITICS ARE RAVING ABOUT SHOW ME A SIGN Winner of the 2021 Schneider Family Book Award * NPR Best Books of 2020 * Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020 * School Library Journal Best Books of 2020 *...

Chapter books

Jessi's secret language : a graphic novel
Chau, Chan
Paper Book
A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Eisner-nominated artist Chan Chau! Jessi recently moved to Stoneybrook and is one of the newest members of The Baby-sitters Club. She's getting ready to start regularly sitting for the BSC's newest charge, Matt Braddock. Matt has been...
Comics, manga, and graphic novels
Hello universe
Kelly, Erin Entrada
Paper Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) "A charming, intriguingly plotted novel." --Washington Post Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. ...

Chapter books

El deafo
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
A superpowered special edition of Cece Bell's #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel El Deafo with 40 pages of all-new material. Now an Apple+ animated TV series! A Newbery Honor Book What does it take for a student...

Comics, manga, and graphic novels

A Silent Voice Complete Collector's Edition 1
Oima, Yoshitoki
Paper Book
The award-winning modern classic about a girl who can't hear and her bully, which inspired the acclaimed anime film from Kyoto Animation, returns in a beautiful, two-volume collector's edition. Each extra-large, deluxe hardcover contains over 700 pages of manga on crisp, premium paper, and more...

Comics, manga, and graphic novels

Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures
Selznick, Brian.
Paper Book
Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and The Marvels, which together with Wonderstruck, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick...

Chapter books

You don't know everything, Jilly P!
Gino, Alex
Paper Book
Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Melissa, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues. Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn....

Chapter books


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