My Life with Deafness

Meet Danton! He loves his dogs and playing football. He's also deaf. Danton is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. Kids are naturally curious about differences and disabilities. Danton sheds light on his life, with the help of experienced children's author Mari Schuh. He's not defined by his deafness, but he does some things differently than people who can hear. This picture book is a great teaching resource to expose children to others who live differently and contains suggestions for patience and understanding when with someone with deafness as well as recommendations for other books and websites for families parenting a child with deafness. Graphics: Full-color illustrations. Number of pages: 24