Helen Keller (Rookie Biographies)

Meet Helen Keller, an inspiration to people around the world!

Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. When she was just a baby, Helen Keller contracted an illness that left her deaf and blind. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller went on to become an author, an international spokesperson for people with disabilities, and

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