El Deafo

This book is based off the childhood of the author and offers some great perspective of what it's like growing up deaf and some struggles she went through like friendship and dealing with being self conscience. I particularly enjoyed that she could view her differences like super powers when she had her equipment with her [and even got to play hero when they didn't want to get caught by the teacher. (hide spoiler)] A fantastic read and I also learned a lot from it. ~Ashley

Loved it! It's currently making the rounds in my classroom and is very well-received by my 4th graders.

I love a well-done childhood memoir and the artwork is simply charming.

A sweet little graphic novel about the author's hearing loss at an early age.
Quite cute artwork.

Absolutely loved this one!

This was such a sweet book! An autobiographical graphic novel about growing up deaf and making friends and first crushes and imaginary (or not-so-imaginary) superpowers. I really enjoyed this one. It gave me the warm fuzzies. :)

AHH I loved this!! Super cute, funny, and insightful. NOT didactic but also a really useful way for hearing children to think about deafness and treating their deaf peers. Definitely a great readalike for [b:Smile 6393631 Smile (Smile, #1) Raina Telgemeier https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1256154174s/6393631.jpg 6582125]. And like Smile, I think it could have a wide appeal, from older elementary kids probably up through junior high or so. (And adults too, of course!)