Mila Gets Her Super Ears

Mila Gets Her Super Ears
Author: Ashley Machovec
Publisher:
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2020-04-18
Genre:
ISBN:

Come join Mila and her family on their journey as they navigate the world of hearing loss, hearing aids and cochlear implants!Mila refers on her new born hearing screening, and her family begins to navigate this new world. After two years, Mila's hearing drops and she quickly becomes a candidate for cochlear implants. Her family does not know what to expect, and neither does Mila. We touch on an ABR, initial diagnosis, the listening booth, the cochlear implant procedure and the multiple therapies that our children with hearing loss require all in a positive way. The characters are happy and curious; the illustrations are colorful and lighthearted and the language is easy to understand and relatable.This is Mila's journey to cochlear implantation. With her family by her side, she can do anything.

Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me

Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me
Author: Becky Zingale
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1631956973

Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me features a diverse group of children, celebrates each child’s unique strengths, and promotes inclusion, acceptance and friendship. Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me is the first book written by Becky Zingale. Becky’s husband, Duane, and their younger daughter have the same syndrome as the main character in the book and movie Wonder. Becky wanted to a similar book for a younger audience. She looked for children’s books with pictures of children who have facial differences and wear Bone Anchored Hearing Aids. Unable to find any such books, Becky’s husband Duane, encouraged her to create the solution, by writing children’s books to share the stories of their family and friends. Becky wanted not only her own daughter, but all children, to see themselves in Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me whether they connect with a character’s personal challenges, physical appearance, or personality. If you are a parent, teacher, or medical professional assisting a child who has special needs, or feels a bit different, Wonderfully Different, Wonderfully Me will inspire your child on their journey.

Maybe He Just Likes You

Maybe He Just Likes You
Author: Barbara Dee
Publisher: Aladdin
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 153443237X

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates. For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it’s his birthday, and asks her for a “birthday hug.” He’s just being friendly, isn’t he? And how can she say no? But Callum’s hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels…weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn’t she know what flirting looks like? But the boys don’t leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice—the one place Mila could always escape. It doesn’t feel like flirting—so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others—and herself. From the author of Everything I Know About You, Halfway Normal, and Star-Crossed comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice.”

The Adventures of Billie BAHA and Her Super HEARo Friends!

The Adventures of Billie BAHA and Her Super HEARo Friends!
Author: Jessica Jordan-Hogan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781636498270

I'm so glad you came by. My name is Billie. I'm four years old and I am also Hard of Hearing. I have bilateral hearing loss due to Microtia. Microtia is a congenital condition of a little or missing outer ear. I wear my BAHA to be able to hear the world around me. I go to a school with all my other friends that are also Deaf or Hard of Hearing, but they don't all wear BAHAs to hear like me. Some of my friends wear behind the ear hearing aids or cochlear implants. I even have one friend that does not wear anything to hear, but we all have one thing in common....we are all SUPER HEARo's! My superpowers are kindness and acceptance. Together we will discover communication repair strategies, self-advocacy, and how to bring everyone's differences together! 

The Music of Dolphins

The Music of Dolphins
Author: Karen Hesse
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338113550

“This powerful exploration of how we become human and how the soul endures is a song of beauty and sorrow, haunting and unforgettable.” —School Library Journal (starred review) A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Book Links Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Children’s Title for Reading and Sharing Mila becomes famous around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Years ago, Mila went missing from a boat crash, and she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four. Researchers teach Mila language and music. But she also learns about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal. The more Mila finds out about what it means to be human, the more she longs for her home in the ocean . . . “As moving as a sonnet, as eloquently structured as a bell curve, this book poignantly explores the most profound of themes—what it means to be human . . . All together, a frequently dazzling novel.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Her mind and spirit shaped by the dolphins who raised her, a feral child views herself and her human captors from a decidedly unusual angle in this poignant story . . . A probing look at what makes us human, with an unforgettable protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews “Mila’s rich inner voice makes her a lovely, lyrical character.” —VOYA Magazine

Moses Goes to School

Moses Goes to School
Author:
Publisher: Frances Foster Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000-08-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780374350697

Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their special school for the deaf and hard of hearing, where they use sign language to talk to each other.

Playing with Hellfire

Playing with Hellfire
Author: Mila Young
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-03-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648913993

The devils aren't in the details. They're in my bed...When my warlock foster father trades me to demons for his outstanding debts, I find myself in Hell on Earth. I'm thrust into a supernatural underground crime ring I can't get out of, eternally bound in a contract I never made.Three hot-as-hell demons stand in between me and my freedom.A tattooed, brutish Hellhound shifter. An incubus with the power to bend wills on command. And the heir to Lucifer's throne-the original sin demon, Pride, himself. I have to find a way out of the deal before they devour me, body and soul.But I'm no angel. There's something inside me, something that craves the chaotic darkness these demons possess.Escaping may mean giving in to Hell's more sinful temptations. But playing with fire only hurts if you get burned...

Ada and the Helpers

Ada and the Helpers
Author: Travis D. Peterson
Publisher: Launch Mission Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9788269219616

14 words highlighted using ASL Introduces 3 Ling Sounds ASL alphabet chart in the back

Night Kissed

Night Kissed
Author: Mila Young
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648913955

I slay vampires... Then why does the master vamp insist I'm his? When I'm called in to investigate a chain of suspicious deaths across Alaska, I meet three of the hottest, and most dangerous, monsters I've ever seen. Just one problem. They're the things that go bump in the night-a vampire, a fallen angel, and a demon. Enemies I must trust with my life if I'm to solve the dark trail of mysteries before more lives are lost. But just as hard as solving the murders is denying my attraction to them all. And as things heat up in more ways than one, I know I'll never be the same again... That is, if I survive the evil I'm sworn to kill... and the ones I've let into my heart. Night Kissed is the first book in the Chosen Vampire Slayer series. This is your kind of book if you love kick-ass heroines with sass to match, scorching hot monsters who take what they want, and is perfect for devourers of enemies to lovers books. Expect steam, action, and a supernatural world filled with vampires, demons, shifters, angels... and unhinged alphas who will do anything to protect their woman. Lovers of Anita Blake and True Blood, this is your next addiction.

Raising Kids with Cochlear Implants

Raising Kids with Cochlear Implants
Author: Amy Milani Ph. D.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Cochlear implants
ISBN: 9780991403202

In her book, Raising Kids with Cochlear Implants, Amy Milani shares personal narratives about her experience raising a son and daughter with cochlear implants. Excerpts from a journal she wrote following her son's surgery describe exactly how he began listening and learning language with a cochlear implant. Stories pulled from daily life as expatriates in Germany reveal how her son acquires a selection of favorite words. When her daughter is also born with hearing loss, the family moves back to the U.S. to find an appropriate preschool and support system for cochlear implants and to fully embrace oral deaf education. In alternate chapters, Amy discusses broader issues affecting family life such as the challenges a young child faces wearing equipment and the social implications of hearing in a way that's unfamiliar to most people. Her narratives provide authentic evidence of the joys and struggles parents experience when helping children with cochlear implants transition into the hearing world. Speaking from thirteen years of experience, Amy addresses the commitment required by parents to help their children learn to listen and speak with cochlear implants. Her personal narratives are of a family ready to take on the responsibility for their children's hearing well beyond surgery. She explains how her son and daughter are part of a new generation of kids identified early with hearing loss who grow up with cochlear implants, relying on parents to make it all happen. She calls these children "Generation CI." In this book, she motivates new parents to get answers about their child's hearing loss and hopes to reach those who are interested in learning more about what life is like for families with young children who have cochlear implants.