SuitabookHelen Keller's best friend Belle
Holly Barry
- Reading
- Read together and pause when the book introduces a way of communicating. Invite questions about what is explained, and distinguish what the book tells you from what you would still like to find out.
- Themes
- Friendship with Belle: The book focuses on Keller’s relationship with her dogs, especially Belle, and presents Belle as her companion. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Learning to communicate: The book says Keller learned to communicate with Anne Sullivan’s help and mentions Braille, sign language and speaking. This is presented as part of a biographical account of Keller’s communication and learning.
- Worth knowing
- If those experiences are unfamiliar, a brief explanation of blindness and deafness may help.