Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher (Photobiographies)1 review
Marfe Ferguson Delano

National Geographic Children's Books, 2008

Best Annie Sullivan children's bio available!

I don't know what's caused the mini-flood of Annie Sullivan & Helen Keller books lately, but I sure am enjoying it! To my knowledge, this is by far the best Annie Sullivan children's biography on the market. The design is impeccable, with big, crisp photos, often overlaid with quotations or ...
  
  











  



  
The World At Her Fingertips: Story Of Helen Keller, The10 reviews
Joan Dash

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

You will come away feeling empowered by this story.

+ Ignorant to Inspired
+ AThe World At Her Fingertips
+ Informative Book
  
  











  



  
The Radical Lives of Helen Keller (The History of Disability)1 review
Kim Nielsen

NYU Press, 2004

A powerful social, political and literary biography

Kim Nielsen's Radical Lives Of Helen Keller is part of the New York University Press "The History of Disability" series and provides a powerful social, political and literary biography of Helen Keller's life based on research into both literary sources and FBI files and military intelligence. The ...
  
  











  



  
Midstream: My Later Life
Helen Keller

Doubleday Doran & Co., 1929
  
  











  



  
In Their Own Words: Helen Keller (In Their Own Words)2 reviews
George Sullivan

Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2002

GREAT ADDITION TO A WONDEFUL SERIES

+ Awesome!

As with the other books in the series "In Their Own Words," the author has given us another great good and useful book for young women and men. The Keller story is in itself, quite inspirational and Mr Sullivan has been able to capture this spirit quite well. The constant use of quotes allows the ...
  
  











  



  
Monday After the Miracle.1 review
William Gibson

Dramatists Play Service, 1998

An Equal to the Inspiring Original!

This play tells the continuing story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan as Helen excels at Radcliffe and Anne meets her first love, John Macy. However, their involvement with the men in their lives changes them forever and strengthens the bond between them.
  
  











  



  
The Miracle Worker43 reviews
William Gibson

Pocket, 2002

The miracle worker

+ Thank you.
+ Thank you
+ good book
  
  











  



  
Helen Keller: A photographic story of a life (DK Biography)3 reviews
Leslie Garrett

DK CHILDREN, 2004

Traversing a Dark Valley

+ Perfect for the Classroom!
+ Helen Keller is the inspiration for us all

"Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~Helen Keller The DK Biographies introduce children to famous and influential individuals, although I personally also enjoy reading these tiny biographies. It is a great way to ...
  
  











  



  
Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller2 reviews
Georgina Kleege

Gallaudet University Press, 2006

Clever, brave, like nothing else

+ awesome must read book

Blind Rage is my new favorite Helen Keller book. No contest. I haven't been this wowed by a book in a long time. The author has such an amazing handle on Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, I sat there grinning at the words as I read them. Over and over again I thought to myself, "Yes, that's just ...
  
  











  



  
Helen Keller's journal 1936-1937
Helen Keller

Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1938
  
  











  



  
Her Life In Pictures (Helen Keller)3 reviews
George Sullivan

Scholastic Nonfiction, 2007

Book Review: Helen Keller - Her Life in Pictures

+ Excellent photographic non-fiction
+ A more intimate portrait of Keller and her worl

In my eyes, most biographies fall into one of two camps. There are biographies (such as the recent and outstanding Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow) that seek to tackle their subject from a unique angle. This is a technique that I am all in favor of - inventiveness is a good thing, yes? Then ...
  
  











  



  
She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer2 reviews
Sally Hobart Alexander, Robert Alexander

Clarion Books, 2008

Laura Bridgman gets her due!

+ An utterly fascinating and inspirational true-life story

This is so good I'm going to quote the introduction in full: "If you had lived in 1841, the name Laura Bridgman would have echoed through your home, your school, your neighborhood. It would have rung out in the streets of Boston, in the halls of Congress, and across the ocean to England and ...
  
  











  



  
The World I Live In (New York Review Books Classics)3 reviews
Helen Keller

NYRB Classics, 2004

Wonderfully touching

+ very prompt efficient delivery
+ Her world without sight and sound.

What beautiful writing! It's pointed out in the intro that, more than most of us, her world was shaped with WORDS. I've only read about four essays so far, and am profoundly touched. I've always admired Helen Keller, but am newly re-impressed with her wisdom and vision, and touched that she can ...
  
  











  



  
The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition (Modern Library Classics)2 reviews
Helen Keller

Modern Library, 2004

Person of the Century

+ A wonderful restoration of a remarkable story

My vote of many others who believe Helen Keller was Person of the Century. She was an incredible human being. Personified what should be the "Human Spirit".
  
  











  



  
Helen Keller:In Her Story2 reviews
Katharine Cornell, Helen Keller

Hens Tooth Video Movies, 1992

Plenty of rare footage

+ Helen Kellers' words set to video with real footage and photographs

Excellent video for all the reasons listed in Amazon's official review and-- contains the only known recording of Anne Sullivan's voice!
  
  











  



  
The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, The Original Deaf-Blind Girl4 reviews
Elisabeth Gitter

Picador, 2002

Sensitive and Well Written

+ EXCELLENT biography of Samuel Gridley Howe and Laura
+ Ah ,the whole story!
+ Splendid Story, Fascinating History
  
  











  



  
Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit6 reviews
Laurie Lawlor

Holiday House, 2001

Laurie Lawlor's Rebellious Spirit

+ Thoroughly researched and a fast-paced read
+ Laurie Lawlor's Rebellious Spirit

Lawlor's book Rebellious Spirit was an excellent one. I had a report due and it had all the information I needed and more. I would recommend it to anyone if they wanted to know about or needed information on Helen Keller.This book was extraordinary!
  
  











  



  
Helen Keller: A Life29 reviews
Dorothy Herrmann

University Of Chicago Press, 1999

Helen Keller Loves Martinis

+ Crisp and clean, offering new insights
+ A great biography; a disturbing life
+ Fascinating, but too disturbing
+ Anne Sullivan Given Special Attention
  
  











  



  
The Story of My Life: The Restored Classic
Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, ...

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Finally restored to its original state, this is the most authoritative paperback version of Helen Keller's classic now available. The story of Helen Keller, who triumphed over deafness and blindness and became "a symbol of the indomitable human spirit," is now considered one of the "hundred most important books of the twentieth century" (New York Public Library). Yet the astonishing original ...
  
  











  



  
Helen And Teacher: The Story Of Helen Keller And Anne Sullivan Macy (Radcliffe Biography Series)5 reviews
Joseph P. Lash, Trude Lash

Da Capo Press, 1997

SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

+ Remarkable women with feet of clay
+ Informative!
+ A landmark biographical story of the human spirit.
+ The authoritative Bio. on two of America's greatest women