One TV Blasting and a Pig Outdoors [Hardcover]

Deborah Abbott (Author), Kathy Tucker (Editor), Leslie Morrill (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Conan describes life with his father who lost his hearing at the age of three.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-In a positive, upbeat manner, a boy tells about what it's like to have a deaf father. Lipreading, sign language, discrimination, TTY (teletypewriter), and other electronic means of communication are explained in the fictionalized narrative, and a two-page glossary is included. Humorous happenings and mishaps show a man who views deafness not as a handicap, but as a challenge, and lend immediacy to a topic that otherwise might not capture the interest of most children. Several full-page watercolors are interspersed throughout the text, but they don't extend the story. A book with a limited audience, but an acceptable addition where there is a need.
Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NE
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. Kisor, who has written an adult memoir about being deaf, What's That Pig Outdoors? and his wife, Abbott, use their son as a narrator to describe what it's like to live in a household where the father is deaf. Ilene Cooper

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 39 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807560758
• ISBN-13: 978-0807560754
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,427,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Explanation of An Oral Deaf Adult, September 1, 2003

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This review is from: One TV Blasting and a Pig Outdoors (Hardcover)

This book is a great book for older children to learn about deafness. Just be aware that the deaf man in this book does not use sign language at all. He is strictly oral (uses speech and lipreading). If you're looking for a book that shows you everything (lipreading, oralism, sign language, Culture), this is NOT the book for you. If you are an oralist, you will find this book to be a good read. Again, it is for the older child or pre-teen and does not read as a picture or story book. For a children's book it is quite lengthy, but well worth the time if you are looking for a deaf experience in oralism. I am Deaf, but I am not supportive of a strictly oral upbringing. I did, however, feel that this book offered potential. That's just this deafie's opinion. :o)