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adamren's review
4.0
Sad yet inspirational. She contracted a high fever (from meningitis?) just after she could walk and speak and nearly died but was left blind and deaf. Later a teacher, Anne/Annie Sullivan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Sullivan) came from South Boston's Perkins Institute for the Deaf to teach Helen in Alabama at age 7. [Now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_School_for_the_Blind]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
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[a:Helen Keller|7275|Helen Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1266096039p2/7275.jpg] might read [b:The Story of My Life|821611|The Story of My Life|Helen Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320429331s/821611.jpg|1602613] too now.
Fascinating life. Probably the most inspirational story there is.
Even [a:Charles Dickens|239579|Charles Dickens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387078070p2/239579.jpg] came across Laura Bridgman and wrote about it in [b:American Notes For General Circulation|400866|American Notes For General Circulation|Charles Dickens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327100768s/400866.jpg|19091890] which Keller's mother read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
[b:The Miracle Worker: Selected Works of Helen Keller|12336947|The Miracle Worker Selected Works of Helen Keller|Helen Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348841212s/12336947.jpg|17316137]
[a:Helen Keller|7275|Helen Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1266096039p2/7275.jpg] might read [b:The Story of My Life|821611|The Story of My Life|Helen Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320429331s/821611.jpg|1602613] too now.
Fascinating life. Probably the most inspirational story there is.
Even [a:Charles Dickens|239579|Charles Dickens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387078070p2/239579.jpg] came across Laura Bridgman and wrote about it in [b:American Notes For General Circulation|400866|American Notes For General Circulation|Charles Dickens|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327100768s/400866.jpg|19091890] which Keller's mother read.
colinandersbrodd's review
5.0
A biography of Helen Keller from the "Who Was . . .?" series. I had read my little kids and excerpt of a memoir by Helen Keller, and even though my wife had taught them about her before, they claimed they remembered nothing about her, so I read them this short, kid-friendly biography.
storywarden's review
3.0
My students love this series and I see why. It's just too simple for me and I rate on goodreads based on my own experience.