http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog You'll never know what you'll find. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:50:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en River of Hands is a small book of 4 short stories written by deaf children. Well, young adults really. Two of the stories are completely original, the other two are variations on stories that are frequently told among Deaf people.. in Canada and the US, apparently. Since this book is ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/24/books-with-deaf-characters-post-11-river-of-hands/ Discovering Friendship by Sharona Kadish, illustrated by Dee DeRosa, is a picturebook. A hearing girl tells the story of a new girl at school who's 'hearing impaired' and how the two quickly (very quickly!) become best friends. I was going to be rather harsh on this one, but then I got ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/17/books-with-deaf-characters-post-10-discovering-friendship/ I'm so out of things, I never would've known Wil Wheaton had another book out if K hadn't told me. In this book, he collects summaries he wrote for TV Squad of first season Star Trek: TNG eps. It's summary, it's snark, it's reminiscences, it's geek. At first I thought this ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/12/20/js-take-on-memories-of-the-future-part-1/ I'm the one who suggested we read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, for October, in the spirit of Halloween. So of course it figures that I'm the last one to finish it, and not until December. It was a hard slog. Not quite as ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/12/06/js-take-on-pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/ Well, what to make of this book. Heat Wave is written by fictional character, Richard Castle, from the television show, Castle. That's not even quite the weird part. The book is also pretty much an episode of the television show, just with all the characters slightly changed. Any real author ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/11/14/js-take-on-heat-wave-by-richard-castle/ The Printer is by Myron Uhlberg. Remember him? Illustrated by Henri Sorensen. Like the other picturebook by Uhlberg that I read, this is based in fact, but is a work of fiction. It's about the narrator's father, who's a deaf printer at a newspaper in the 1940's. Some of his coworkers ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/10/29/books-with-deaf-characters-post-9-the-printer/ Silent Lotus by Jeanne M. Lee is a picturebook, which proudly proclaims it's a Reading Rainbow book. Ah, Reading Rainbow... so weird seeing Levar Burton with eyes. Anyhoo, this takes place 'Long ago in Kampuchea' and I have no idea where that is. From the pictures, I'm guessing somewhere near India ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/10/28/books-with-deaf-characters-post-8-silent-lotus/ Singing Hands by Delia Ray. Yet another historical fiction. I begin to think deaf people only existed in the past! This one takes place a couple years after WW2, in Alabama. For those keeping score on how many are Southern. Gussie (Augusta) is a hearing girl with two hearing sisters and ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/10/27/books-with-deaf-characters-post-7-singing-hands/ Just a warning up front that I'm going to spoil the heck out of this book. Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell is about a 12-year old girl named Dovey Coe. It takes place in the mountains of North Carolina, I think. And in my first read-through, I totally missed the ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/10/25/books-with-deaf-characters-post-6-dovey-coe/ I've actually just finished reading Hands of My Father which is a memoir by Myron Uhlberg, a hearing guy born to two deaf parents. Which is really good, well-written, and funny, btw. But this post isn't about that. He's also written some children's books. And Dad, Jackie, and Me is one ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2009/10/21/books-with-deaf-characters-post-5-dad-jackie-and-me/