Deaf Awareness Month

Explore books recommended by your Arlington Public Schools Libraries as we shine an extra spotlight on Deaf culture, identities, and stories during Deaf Awareness Month in September. 

Reach out to your school library staff for more suggestions and support. Happy reading!

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth

print | e-book | audio

Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy

by Bill Wise, illustrated by Adam Gustavson

print | e-book

Unbound: The Life + Art of Judith Scott

by Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

print | e-book | audio

El Deafo

by Cece Bell, color by David Lasky

print | e-book | audio

Hurt Go Happy

by Ginny Rorby

print

Show Me a Sign

by Ann Clare LeZotte

print | e-book | audio

Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly

print | e-book | audio

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir -- and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

by Nyle DiMarco, with Robert Siebert

print

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story

by Kacen Callender

print | e-book | audio

The Words in My Hands

by Asphyxia

print | e-book

You're Welcome, Universe

 by Whitney Gardner

print | e-book