books with sign language — Blog — Rebel-Mouthed Books

This book reminds you why you may have disliked adults as a child.

Chava PossumJanuary 3, 2024a children’s bible, lydia millet, horror, horror books, horror stories, books about surviving storms, books with children as the main characters, books about adults sucking, books about natural disasters, books with sign language Comment

Commentary: Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

Written by a professional sign language interpreter, Song for a Whale is both a flamboyant tale of childhood and a learned tribute to sound. Ultimately, Song for a Whale is a story about being heard, about having a voice, and about sound’s relationship to communication. All of these topics are deeply embedded in Deaf culture.

Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumAugust 5, 2020deaf, Deafness, Deaf culture, Carol Padden, Tom Humphries, Inside Deaf Culture, Song for a Whale, Lynne Kelly, books about deaf characters, signing, sign language, books about signing, books with sign language, middle grade books, Blue 55

Commentary: Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Deaf Culture, in a sense, is its own character in Feathers.

Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumAugust 4, 2020jacqueline woodson, feathers, books about deaf characters, books with sign language, Black Women writers, Black writers

Commentary: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

I've been on the hunt lately for books written by and/or about Deaf and HOH characters, or any character who signs to communicate. Jam is not Deaf or HOH. She signs because she wants to and chooses to. She voices (or speaks out loud) sometimes, and more as the story progresses and the drama intensifies, but the culture of signing is present and alive in her relationships with other characters.

Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumJuly 22, 2020Akwaeke Emezi, Pet, Pet the book, young adult, signing, books about signing, ASL, deaf, hard of hearing, sign language, books with sign language