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What is Love – Children’s Biography of Helen Keller

what is love children's biography Helen KellerIn What is Love – a children’s biography of Helen Keller, an excerpt from Helen Keller’s book, The Story of My Life is included, whereupon she explains beautifully the first time she learns what love is and what her life was like before her teacher arrived, thereafter the book details the biography of Helen Keller in a manner suitable for upper elementary to middle-grade children, including her for some reason seldom mentioned extensive work for Civil Rights and some other unusual facts.

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The Story of My Life is one of 5 books written by Helen Keller, check out our Helen Keller category for more books by and about Helen: https://freekidsbooks.org/author/helen-keller/

See the whole selection of books available by Helen in different formats here: Helen Keller – Project Gutenberg

You can see more books about disability in our disability tag: https://freekidsbooks.org/tag/disability/

See more of our Biography books for children below

 

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The Life Story of Ayrton Senna - Ayrton Senna’s life, a race driver and philanthropist, is highlighted in this book for elementary school age children. The book details his early life, race successes and career, and his tragic ending and legacy.  Spread the love
Sindiwe and the Fireflies - Sindiwe and the Fireflies – This is the story of Sindiwe Magona. Born in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape. Born on August 23 1943, But life was not easy on Sindiwe, she left school in order to work as a cleaner, but no matter difficult her situation was Sindiwe never gave up ...
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the story of my life Helen Keller
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Tine Mena biography for children Tine and the Faraway Mountain – Children’s biography, A story of determination - In Tine and the Faraway Mountain we follow the story of Tine Mena, a mountineer, who at the age of 25 became the first woman from North-East India to climb Everest. Tine Mena was a young girl from  Mishmi hills of Arunachal Pradesh who heard the calling of the mountains. She had to hide her ...
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My Brother’s Wheeeeelchair - Durva and Dhrubo are brother and sister. Together they explore markets and parks, and they have lots of fun like normal siblings do. Dhrubo’s wheeeeelchair is a fun attachment to their games. Read about all the crazy things this pair get up to in My Brother’s Wheeeeelchair. Author: Salil Chaturvedi, Illustrator: Tanvi Bhat     ...
Welcome to the Forest – A visually impaired field trip - Welcome to the Forest – A true story of a group of visually impaired students who go on a field trip to the forest, enjoy this tale of what they conceptualise through touch and sound. Sample Text from Welcome to the Forest Tulsa wishes she could visit a forest. Her teacher reads stories about tigers ...
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