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Myron Uhlberg
Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of two deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being…
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By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Uhlberg’s memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents–and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful…
A young boy trudges through deep snow in a neighborhoo
Lifted by the wind, a boy flies over snow-covered Brooklyn and admires its winter beauty. Includes information about the 1947 Brooklyn snowstorm, the greatest in its history.
A young boy tells the story of his deaf father who loved working as a printer for a major newspaper but was saddened by the fact that his hearing coworkers…
Grandpa was never bar mitzvahed; it was wartime, and life was difficult. It’s been a regret his whole life. Many years later, it’s his grandson’s time to go through the…
McGee is a batter to be reckoned with; he wallops every ball that’s pitched to him. Last year, he took the Catbirds to number one. But the pitcher he beat…
The inspiring story of a girl whose world never stopped growing.
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After journeying around the world in search of the magical city of his dreams, Lemuel discovers there’s no place like home.
Jackie Robinson is the new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers–and the first black player in Major League Baseball. A young boy shares the excitement of Robinson’s rookie season with…
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…
When Hurricane Katrina hits, Louis’ dad leads the family into an unfamiliar, watery world of floating debris, lurking critters, and desperate neighbors. When Daddy fails to return from a scouting…
