Helen Keller's Teacher (Scholastic Biography) [Paperback]

Margaret Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1992 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Scholastic Biography

The true story of the dedicated woman, Anne Sullivan Macy, who became Helen Keller's teacher and lifelong friend.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (March 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590446525
• ISBN-13: 978-0590446525
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Sports & Recreation

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good,it needs more detail, March 11, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Helen Keller's Teacher (Scholastic Biography) (Paperback)

Helen Keller's teacher was a very interesing book. The book is about Annie Sullivan ( Helen Keller's teacher) as a young girl. This biography discusses and observes how Annie from ayoung age goes blind from a disease she contracted when she rubbed her eyes and scrathed her cornias. She goes on to school and learns to read braille because she couldn't see. She has a very tough and hard life. She had surgery on her eyes and it was successful. She could see. She then, finished school and went to teach Helen. She could deal with the same tantrums Helen displayed because she herself acted that way out of frustration. This book taught me that it is a lot of hard work to teach a kid. You have to have a lot of patience. I recommend this book because it explains how people have to work for their accomplishments. This book had a lot of information on Annie Sullivan. This book was sad because Annie Sullivan didn't have a good childhood. There was lots of disappointments and sadness in her life. She overcame so many obstacles and ended up being an inspirational leader for Helen. I hope you will read this book and learn about Annie's childhood.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If not for Anne Sullivan, no one would have ever heard, May 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Helen Keller's Teacher (Scholastic Biography) (Paperback)

the name Helen Keller.

I remember ordering this book through the Scholastic Book Club when I was ten. I couldn't wait to read the book. Anne Sullivan came from a background of poverty, neglect and disease; Helen a comfortable home in Alabama. Yet if not for Anne Sullivan, Helen might have wound up in a home for those whom society can't help.

The only postive characteristic Anne Sullivan got from her childhood was tenacity and perserverance, and those qualities served her well when she set out to teach Helen Keller.

From the time I was 10, Anne Sullivan has always been my hero. She never gave up, she was creative, stubborn, and believed a human being could accomplish anything he/she set their mind to.

She was right.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Annie Sullivan was a magic, July 22, 2001

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Milady (TH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Helen Keller's Teacher (Scholastic Biography) (Paperback)

True story of Annie Sullivan's life. She was a miracle and a godsend to Helen Keller - a deaf, blind and mute girl who had never been able to communicate with others before the arrival of Annie Sullivan. Annie was not only Helen Keller's teacher but also Helen's best friend. You will see Annie's struggling endeavor to teach Helen to speak and she was eventually successful. I highly recommend this book to you and your young children.