Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller

by Doreen Rappaport

Book Overview

This "magnificent account" (New York Times) of Helen Keller's life presents a moving portrait of one of the world's great luminaries.

When Helen was nineteen months old, an illness left her unable to see or speak. She struggled to make herself understood, and often lashed out when she couldn't. With the help of a teacher named Annie Sullivan, she learned to spell words with her fingers, opening her world immeasurably. She...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078680890X
• ISBN13: 9780786808908
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.8" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3