Helen Keller's Teacher

Written by Margaret Davidson

Grade:

4-6

ISBN-13:

978-0590446525

Publisher:

Scholastic (1992)

An extraordinary biography of Annie Sullivan's life, chronicling the many challenges that confronted her early on - poverty, an infirm mother, a father who abandoned the family, a brother who died of tuberculosis, and impaired sight. Annie manages to enroll in Perkins School for the Blind, is taught by Laura Bridgman, learns Braille, and graduates at the top of her class. Having partially recovered her sight, Annie was somewhat daunted by the prospect of educating the willful Helen Keller, but she persevered and became her lifelong companion.