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- Little Hands Signing: Our Signing Day Signs (Centreville Library, MD) November 30, 2022 at 10:30 am – 11:15 am Queen Anne's County Library, 121 S Commerce St, Centreville, MD 21617, USA For birth - 5 years, and caregiver. Let's sign together! Share stories, songs, and rhymes and learn basic American Sign Language to aid in everyday communication. Presented by Kathy MacMillan, author of Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together. https://www.qaclibrary.org/calendar-monthly
- Hands Up: Live ASL Practice for Library Staff (Intermediate) December 1, 2022 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Practice and gain confidence in your American Sign Language skills for library settings in this interactive series. Thursdays, November 3- December 15 (No class on November 24) 11 AM-12 PMEastern/ 10 AM-11 AM Central/ 9 AM-10 AM Mountain/ 8 AM-9 AM Pacific. Online sessions via Zoom (6 weeks, 1 hour per week). Register at https://storiesbyhand.com/webinars/
- Hands Up: Live ASL Practice for Library Staff (Intermediate) December 8, 2022 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Practice and gain confidence in your American Sign Language skills for library settings in this interactive series. Thursdays, November 3- December 15 (No class on November 24) 11 AM-12 PMEastern/ 10 AM-11 AM Central/ 9 AM-10 AM Mountain/ 8 AM-9 AM Pacific. Online sessions via Zoom (6 weeks, 1 hour per week). Register at https://storiesbyhand.com/webinars/
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Category Archives: Recommended Reading
Read This!: DEAF UTOPIA by Nyle DiMarco
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir – And a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco with Robert Siebert Summary: In this moving and engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate … Continue reading
Read This!: TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović
True Biz by Sara Nović Summary: True biz (adj/exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, … Continue reading
Read This!: SO THIS IS EVER AFTER by F.T. Lukens
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens Summary: Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that … Continue reading
Recommended Reading: The best young adult fantasy/sci fi novels about female characters who don’t care if you like them or not
I recently had a chance to put together a booklist for Shepherd.com. I was inspired by Soraya, the heroine of my YA novel Dagger and Coin, to create a booklist featuring other prickly, wonderful female characters like her. So, without further … Continue reading
Read This!: Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig Summary: Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), … Continue reading
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Read This!: The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia
The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia Summary: Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an exploration of what it means to belong. Set in an ominously prescient near future, this … Continue reading
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Read This!: Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy T. Mink and the Fight for Title IX by Jen Bryant
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy T. Mink and the Fight for Title IX by Jen Bryant Summary: At an early age, Patsy Takemoto Mink learned that working toward a goal could come with challenges. But she never gave … Continue reading
Read This!: SET ME FREE by Ann Clare LeZotte
Set Me Free by Ann Clare LeZotte Summary: Three years after being kidnapped and rendered a “live specimen” in a cruel experiment to determine the cause of her deafness, fourteen year old Mary Lambert is summoned from her home in … Continue reading
Read This!: Lucy’s Blooms by Dawn Babb Prochovnic
Lucy’s Blooms by Dawn Babb ProchovnicSummary: The town’s annual flower contest is coming soon, and a young girl puts her heart into growing a lively bunch of flowers she finds in a meadow. As her grandmother guides her in nurturing … Continue reading
Read This!: Everyone’s Sleepy but the Baby by Tracy C. Gold
Everyone’s Sleepy but the Baby by Tracy C. Gold Summary: Sleepy Mommy, Sleepy Daddy, Sleepy little dog. Everyone’s sleepy but the baby, Yawn, yawn, yawn. After a long day, the whole family is ready to hit the hay . . … Continue reading
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