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krismarley's review against another edition
4.0
If I was an English teacher, which I am not, and had a huge budget, which I would not, I would make this required reading for middle school! I now want to read everything from the Center of Cartoon Studies!!!!
blacksentai's review against another edition
3.0
The story is very well told, and gets the facts pretty spot on. The only provlem I have is the art work. It tells the story well, but I just cannot stand the look of it. I don't like the way the characters look. I find it wholly ugly and hard to look at for too long a period of time. It's an art style that I just do not like. Shame, because the rest of the book is good.
showlola's review against another edition
4.0
Terrible cover, but solid book. Confident styling and richly drawn characters with sometimes complex motivations. Panels are so small with tiny cursive writing makes it sometimes hard to read.
potatodel's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Belle utilisation du médium pour supporter l’histoire.
referencegrrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Imagine learning to dance. But you can’t hear the music.
Imagine riding horseback. But you can’t see to keep your balance and not fall off.
In her lifetime, blind and deaf Helen Keller learned to do both. She
Our story opens with a little girl drawn without features, completely in the dark. She is angry, she is scared, she is combative. This is Helen Keller and this is her world.
Enter Annie Sullivan, the woman who is hired by Helen’s parents to teach Helen to communicate. Annie grew up in an orphanage, and had vision problems of her own. She couldn’t read or write until she was 14. But she was strong and stubborn and determined to succeed.
When she got to Helen, those traits served her well. Helen’s parents – well, mostly her father – didn’t care for her teaching style. The Captain insisted that Annie’s teachings bordered on abuse, and but her mother insisted she stay.
Annie’s primary goal was to teach Helen that everything had a name. But how can she teach the word “cake” to someone who’s never seen one? How can she teach the word “doll” to someone who’s never seen one?
Meanwhile, in a series of flashbacks, we learn a little more about how Annie grew up, and how she came to be the teacher that Helen desperately needed.
But slowly, while dealing with tantrums and struggles and arguments with Helen’s parents, Annie’s methods began working.
Annie made great strides in working with Helen. So much so that when she was 11, Helen wrote a story as a birthday gift to Dr. Michael Anagnos, director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. But some people thought that the story was not Helen’s idea, that perhaps she plagiarized the story from someone else. Will this undermine Annie’s work? Will it devalue Helen’s progress? And will it bring down the man and the school that fought tirelessly for them both?
Imagine riding horseback. But you can’t see to keep your balance and not fall off.
In her lifetime, blind and deaf Helen Keller learned to do both. She
Our story opens with a little girl drawn without features, completely in the dark. She is angry, she is scared, she is combative. This is Helen Keller and this is her world.
Enter Annie Sullivan, the woman who is hired by Helen’s parents to teach Helen to communicate. Annie grew up in an orphanage, and had vision problems of her own. She couldn’t read or write until she was 14. But she was strong and stubborn and determined to succeed.
When she got to Helen, those traits served her well. Helen’s parents – well, mostly her father – didn’t care for her teaching style. The Captain insisted that Annie’s teachings bordered on abuse, and but her mother insisted she stay.
Annie’s primary goal was to teach Helen that everything had a name. But how can she teach the word “cake” to someone who’s never seen one? How can she teach the word “doll” to someone who’s never seen one?
Meanwhile, in a series of flashbacks, we learn a little more about how Annie grew up, and how she came to be the teacher that Helen desperately needed.
But slowly, while dealing with tantrums and struggles and arguments with Helen’s parents, Annie’s methods began working.
Annie made great strides in working with Helen. So much so that when she was 11, Helen wrote a story as a birthday gift to Dr. Michael Anagnos, director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. But some people thought that the story was not Helen’s idea, that perhaps she plagiarized the story from someone else. Will this undermine Annie’s work? Will it devalue Helen’s progress? And will it bring down the man and the school that fought tirelessly for them both?
antlersantlers's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this. It was so engrossing! I'm familiar with many of the parts of the story, but others (like Annie Sullivan's time at the Tewksbury Alshouse) were new to me. The style is also really beautiful. Most of the action takes place in beautiful full color panels, but when portraying Helen's perspective the panel is black with blockier shape and a much looser style. Overall it was very effective and I really enjoyed it.
pagesbycaroline's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
4.0
katieckb's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
A graphic novel depicting the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. At the end of the book, there are a few pages of written text to explain some of the events more completely. One thing that I did not appreciate is the fact that the book calls Alexander Graham Bell an American scientist, when in fact, he was Scottish.
A graphic novel depicting the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. At the end of the book, there are a few pages of written text to explain some of the events more completely. One thing that I did not appreciate is the fact that the book calls Alexander Graham Bell an American scientist, when in fact, he was Scottish.
nixieclerk's review against another edition
5.0
Well worth reading even if you are already familiar with the story. The drawings from Helen's perspective are just fascinating.