Customer Reviews

I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Reading Rainbow Books (Pb))

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

As someone with a severe hearing loss, and also the father of a 7 year old girl with a profound hearing loss--I thought the focus of the book was too much on what the sister, who is deaf, could not do. Too stereotypical--I would NOT recommend this book for purchase.

I found this book to be very useful in talking about differences and believe that it CAN be a very useful tool in developing curricula around differences and treatment of people who are perceived as "different." Perfect? No, but nicely told through the eyes of a child.

As I, a Deaf adult, read this book, I found myself a bit irritated at times. It is very generalized and can be stereotypical, which I don't feel is the best example to teach a child about deafness (the whole purpose of the book). The pictures are all right, but not captivating and I'm not confident that they would keep a child's attention. As the title of my review reads, this is an adequate book to add to your library of deafness, but to stand alone as the sole example of a deaf child or deaf person...NOT recommended. :v(

The product arrived early and in good condition. It's written in 1984 so it is dated. We were hoping for it to cover more about the social aspects of having a deaf sibling and less on the communication. If you watch kids, even hearing ones, they learn to communicate just fine regardless of their language.

The second that my assistant teacher read the title a memory popped into my head. It reminded me of the time when I went to a ham shoot and I met a very nice lady who had been wearing hearing aids. Did you know she actually won a ham!

This is one way that I didn't like this book. First of all, the only thing with the pictures is that they are black and white. I think this book will be better if the pictures were colored. Another is that this book is too short for me. This book only has about 25 pages and there aren't a lot of words on a page. If you are interested in action or comedy books then I wouldn't recommend this book to you. I would recommend this book for ages about 4-8.

Now to tell the positive side of the book. I like how the author chose to write about deaf children because they have to be noticed just like everybody else. I also like how the author wrote about a deaf child because they are no less of a person than us. I liked how the author Jeanne made "the deaf one" play the piano because it shows that deaf children are no different. This book made me feel both happy and sad because for one this is a young child who has this disability and this book made me happy because she could still do the things we could do.

This book takes place at 3 or 4 places that include school, home and in the backyard/outside.

The way that I would describe the deaf sister is she has long black hair and is about the age of 5 years old. She can't speak right because she can't hear what she is saying. The other sister is the hearing sister. She has long black hair too. She is a little older than the deaf sister. She is about 8 or 9. This older sister is very caring for her other sister because she doesn't go play with her other friends, but plays with her instead. She doesn't pick on her or do anything mean to her, but is kind. I think that the deaf sister and the hearing sisters get along very well and probably like playing together to show that the girls both love each other. I'll tell you that I learned so much more about deaf children by reading this book.

This book is about a lovely book. Most of the book is about the deaf sister. She has long black hair and is short. One other one is the hearing sister. She also has long black hair and she is tall. The hearing sister is very responsible. Also she is very kind. They both look as if they have an Asian background. This takes place in school, a field and at home. One of the events that happened was when the deaf sister started to play the piano. She started to feel the vibrations of the keys. She just wanted to sing while she played only if she can hear it.

All of the drawings are very artistic. They are descriptive. All of the pictures are in black and white. I loved how this book was about a deaf child. Also it shows how a deaf child lives. One of the things I would change is that to make the characters have names. This book also reminded me of my cousin because the picture in the book looks like her. I would please ask you to buy this book. One last thing this book would be most appropriate for ages 4 to 6.

This book is about the concept of living with a deaf, or hearing impaired, family member. Two Asian seeming sisters, with long, black hair are the main characters throughout the book. The older sister, seeming about ten years of age, cares for her deaf, five year old sister. The deaf sister must learn to listen to others through lip-reading and hand gestures. The mother of the two daughters is with them for some parts of the book, but the father is never mentioned.

I liked how this book taught others that being deaf doesn't make someone weird, or a freak. I enjoyed the section of this story when the kids at school are very encouraging and supportive of their deaf sister, but I found the story slow and the pictures boring.

I would recommend this book to kids ages 4-7, as it is a short picture book. I think it would probably be an effective way of teaching younger kids about people with disabilities. I can relate somewhat to this book, as I am about the age of the older sister, and go to school.

This story is about a young deaf girl who is about 5 years old and who has an older sister who is around 12 years old. They both have long silky straight black hair. The best part of the book is that it had a lot of movement in the pictures. However, the pictures were black and white and some were shaded in. They had nice big backgrounds in the story too. I recommend this story for little kids between 6 and 8 years old. If you read this book you will find a lot of things you will like. This book reminds me of my great grandfather who is losing his hearing and it looks a lot like my house in the inside.

This book that I've read has not attracted me. It has only earned a two star rating from me. The characters in this book are a deaf girl, her mother and the non-deaf girl. I will tell about the deaf girl. The little deaf girl has silky, long black hair. She is severely deaf in both ears. The girl (deaf one) is very special to her family and she is about 5 or 6. Now, I can tell you about the other girl. The girl has long silky hair, and obviously is not deaf. The little girl is very thoughtful to her deaf sister. And, the girl is a lot older than her sister, she is about 11 or 12. The children's mother appears to be Asian like her children. She also has black hair like her children. The mother has been also very helpful to her deaf daughter.

This book takes place in many places, including an important place: their home. It also takes place playing on the monkey bars, in the grassy field, stalking deer and in the tree in their yard. Books that I know only take place in one place. That is the one thing I don't like about it, but I have many more reasons why I don't like it. In this book, the children don't even have names.

In this book, I loved the illustrations. It was Asian culture but the black and white paintings look excellent with this type of book. That really caught my eye. If I had to recommend this book I would to children between the ages of 5-9, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're 10-14. It wouldn't be your type of book.

This book, I Have A Sister, My Sister Is Deaf, is about a deaf girl. The deaf girl's sister is very supportive with her deafness. The deaf girl is about five years old and she has long black hair. The sister of the deaf girl is older and she also has black hair. She is about twelve and she is very caring. This book mostly takes place in the house, outside and at school. The illustrations weren't very descriptive and they were black and white.

Some things I really liked about this book is that the deaf girl was treated fair. Another thing I liked about the book was that the deaf girl's sister was very supportive with her deafness. I wish my sister was as nice as her. One thing I didn't like about the book was that the story seems short but it is very long. Those are some things that will help you decide whether you should buy the book or not.