Reason for Reading: Read aloud to my son as part of our history
curriculum.
Comments: This book, another in the Snapshots series, was much more
satisfying for us than the previous one we read on Alexander Graham
Bell. A brief biography that includes both Helen's personal life
and accomplishments from birth to death. Each "chapter" is a two
page spread with the left hand page containing the text and the
right hand page profusely illustrated with photographs, memorabilia
and artifacts. These pictures also show up in the left-hand margin
of the left page. The illustrations with captions either illustrate
the text or provide more information on the topic under discussion.
Though the book is brief in length it amazingly contains a lot of
information covering details of her 80 plus years especially
recognizing the work she accomplished for the deaf and blind. A
very satisfying, interesting book that my son enjoyed very much. We
will now be following it up with watching the movie "The Miracle
Worker".