Child of the Silent Night [Hardcover]

Edith Fisher Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

The story of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf and blind child to be taught to communicate with the outside world, some fifty years before Helen Keller.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Children who like Helen Keller biographies will want to read about similarly handicapped Laura Bridgman whose training, begun in the 1830s, paved the way for Helen Keller's education." School Library Journal

About the Author

A native New Englander, Edith Fisher Hunter was born and grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1941, and in 1944 from the Union Theological Seminary, where she achieved her Bachelor of Divinity degree. Mrs. Hunter has contributed to religious-education and family magazines. Child of the Silent Night is her first book for young readers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; First edition (September 9, 1963)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395068355
• ISBN-13: 978-0395068359
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,584,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laura Bridgman!, October 15, 2000

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"the_music_freak" (Canda) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of the Silent Night (Hardcover)

I LOVE this book! This book is talking about Laura Bridgman.Laura is blind,deaf,mute and she can't smell or taste.Laura had a illness called Scarlet Fever.She had this illness when she was two years old! Her brother and sisters had this illness also.But only she lived out of all the children in her family! I felt sorry for Laura Bridgman when I read this book.This is a really sad story.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book. Very enjoyable., July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Child of the Silent Night (Hardcover)

I read this book with my daughter. I did not know of Laura Bridgman before reading this book. It was a fascinating book. Her neighbor that was very close to her helped her in many ways before she even went to the Perkins Institute. It is wonderful that she was able to learn so much. It makes you realize how much we take for granted.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Favorite Book, December 22, 2009

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Smokiechick (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child of the Silent Night (Hardcover)

When I was a child this was one of my favorite books. The Helen Keller story always sickened me, the bratty kid left to terrorize her family. But I could relate to Laura. She was quiet and reflective and curious. Her story is much more gentle and Mrs. Hunter made it a pleasure to read. Mrs. Hunter is a fantastic historian and worked very hard to reconstruct Laura's life and make it accessible to children. The older I've become the more I appreciate Child of the Silent Night and the impression it had on my childhood.