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Deaf Culture Fairy Tales
Readers are transported into the enchanting world of fairy tales in this full-color book — with one slight twist: all the stories have characters who are Deaf or sign. Designed for the reader who uses American Sign Language or wants to learn about sign language and Deaf culture, each story takes unexpected and fun turns, always with a lesson in mind. Classics in this book include Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Three Little Pigs, Beauty and the Beast, and many others. Also included are signed songs and poems one can play with in sign language. Original illustrations help make the stories come alive. With such magnificent culture, history, morals, humor, and imagination, this marvelous book will delight readers of all ages.
142 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2017
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February 10, 2019
The pride of Deaf culture and the preservation of signed languages are heavily embedded in the fairytale stories. For an example, there is a signed song in Cinderella story:
CLEAN, CLEAN ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
COOK, COOK ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
SWEEP, SWEEP ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
FUTURE, FUTURE, NEW!
QUIET, QUIET, NO-MORE!
The author offers the positive perspective of signed language. Also she includes a lot of experiences that Deaf characters have to go through, such as having speech lessons, to be “successful” in the hearing fairy tale worlds, but end up discovering their Deaf identities and the love for our natural, beautiful language, ASL. Lastly, this book is humorous and educational!
My favorite stories are Cinderella, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast.
CLEAN, CLEAN ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
COOK, COOK ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
SWEEP, SWEEP ALL-DAY
QUIETLY, QUIETLY.
FUTURE, FUTURE, NEW!
QUIET, QUIET, NO-MORE!
The author offers the positive perspective of signed language. Also she includes a lot of experiences that Deaf characters have to go through, such as having speech lessons, to be “successful” in the hearing fairy tale worlds, but end up discovering their Deaf identities and the love for our natural, beautiful language, ASL. Lastly, this book is humorous and educational!
My favorite stories are Cinderella, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast.
December 9, 2024
Deaf reader reviewing books with deaf characters. This book is listed on my ranked list of books with deaf characters.
Written by a Deaf author, this collection of reimagined tales each feature at least one deaf character. As the title suggests, the characters are not merely deaf, they are culturally deaf (specifically Western deaf cultured). The lessons in each tale may not come across clearly to those unversed in deaf history, politics, and culture, but these stories can be a fun way to dive into these issues in a classroom setting or be read alongside nonfiction texts pertaining to deaf lives.
Best joke: When Queen asks Mirror who is the most beautiful of all, and it replies Snow White, she is shocked and says that Snow White is dead. The Mirror replies, “Not dead. Just Deaf.”
Written by a Deaf author, this collection of reimagined tales each feature at least one deaf character. As the title suggests, the characters are not merely deaf, they are culturally deaf (specifically Western deaf cultured). The lessons in each tale may not come across clearly to those unversed in deaf history, politics, and culture, but these stories can be a fun way to dive into these issues in a classroom setting or be read alongside nonfiction texts pertaining to deaf lives.
Best joke: When Queen asks Mirror who is the most beautiful of all, and it replies Snow White, she is shocked and says that Snow White is dead. The Mirror replies, “Not dead. Just Deaf.”
June 5, 2020
Fantastic! Most of these you will recognize, but they have an interesting twist and a touch of flare. It's not just that the people or animals Sign. Oh no, there's so much more! These tales are so much better than the ones I'm used to hearing!
June 4, 2024
Popular fairy tales and fables, changed a bit to include Deaf or hard of hearing characters, and/or sign language. There are also a few original tales and fables (to the best of my knowledge).
My favorites were Beauty and the Beast and Phoenix.
My favorites were Beauty and the Beast and Phoenix.
February 14, 2024
I read this for my 2024 Reading Challenge and the prompt was a book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author. I really enjoyed this book the spin on the fairy tales were cute reads.
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June 12, 20249 - a book by a deaf or hard0of0hearing author
very simple. kind of preachy. changing a few words from the original bare bones stories and inserting editorial comments here and there.
okay for little kids you are trying to help be nicer people, and should be labeled that way.
only the last story about phenix had some historical information about the Deaf community
very simple. kind of preachy. changing a few words from the original bare bones stories and inserting editorial comments here and there.
okay for little kids you are trying to help be nicer people, and should be labeled that way.
only the last story about phenix had some historical information about the Deaf community
March 22, 2017
Great adaptation of traditional fairy tales to include Deaf history and Culture. I learned a lot while reading!
July 29, 2021
I didn’t like it. It kept using the word mute too much yet it reinforce sign language consistently which was a good thing. The word mute was a turn off in the fairy tale book. If it didn’t have it, I would give more stars. I’m bit disappointed.
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