Books featuring characters with hearing loss

For children who are Deaf or experience hearing loss, it can be hard to find books that represent them and their experiences. Here is a collection of books featuring children with hearing loss -- some are main characters, while others are side or background characters who wear hearing aids, cochlear implants, or communicate using sign language.

Updated July 15, 2024
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Wellington City Libraries Children's team at Wellington City Libraries
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Can bears ski?
Antrobus, Raymond
Paper Book
El Deafo : superpowered edition
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
Cece Bell's #1 New York Times bestseller graphic novel El Deafo is the origin story of a student with hearing loss and a hearing aid becoming a superhero.   Newbery Honor Winner * Now an Apple+ Animated TV Series!
Freddie and the fairy
Donaldson, Julia
Paper Book
In the newest tale from the award-winning author of Room on the Broom, Freddie meets a fairy who grants his every wish--almost   Freddie finds a fairy, tangled in a tree. Freddie is desperate for a pet, so when he rescues Bessie-Belle and she offers to...
Can you feel the noise?
Foster, Stewart
Paper Book
A profound story about inner strength and perseverance in the face of a life-changing event, from the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. Perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder and Lisa Thompson's The Goldfish Boy. 'A wonderful book...
You don't know everything, Jilly P!
Gino, Alex
Paper Book
A new novel from Alex Gino, the award-winning author of George! 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. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to...
Dachy's deaf
Hughes, Jack (Children's book illustrator)
Paper Book
Dachy wears a hearing aid. But sometimes, when his friends get too noisy, he likes to turn it off to get some peace and quiet. One day, when his hearing aid is off, Dachy falls asleep and ends up floating down the river towards a waterfall and a hungry crocodile. Can his friends rescue him in...
Song for a whale
Kelly, Lynne
Paper Book
A stirring and heart-warming tale of a young deaf girl who is determined to make a difference. For fans of Wonder.

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