DEAR Week, Day 4: You're My Hero!

Youth and Family Connections

Welcome to DEAR Week 2024!

Day 4: You're My Hero!

Superheroes are everywhere in popular culture these days - including in the Deaf community! Whether their superpower is kindness, hearing aids, or protecting each other, our readers can see themselves as heroes too. Let's encourage heroics big and small with today's resources.

"Zero the Hero"

Rocky Mountain School for the Deaf

"Superheroes Are Everywhere"

Read by: CSD Library

Billie Baha Goes to the Movies (2023):

Jessica Jordan-Hogan

Picture Book

Billie Baha and her super-HEAR-o friends take a field trip the movies! Together, they learn about advocacy, their rights to access, and helping each other in new situations.

Super Hearing (2022):

Jennifer Whitehead

Picture Book

This book follows one little boy as he celebrates his own personal superpower - his hearing aids! Whether he is picking the color for his molds or taking a listening break, he is proud of his power.

Super Stories Amazing Adventures (2024)

Middle Grade

Amazing artists and creators have teamed up to create this anthology of 15 new stories about your favorite superheroes. The best part? It includes Deaf cartoonist Carlisle Robinson's take on Hawkeye, the Deaf archer member of the Avengers!

Deaf Author

Marvel's Echo (2023):

David Mack

Teen Read

Read the comic that inspired the TV show Echo! Maya Lopez is a Deaf, Native American superhero with the ability to copy skills that she sees others do. Can she avenge her family and protect herself at the same time?

Want more recommendations? Check out last year's DEAR newsletters!

Watch More with Sign Up

Sign Up is a free Chrome extension that adds picture-in-picture ASL interpretation to tons of shows and movies on Netflix, Disney+, and beyond! With content for all age groups, this is a great resource for providing access to streaming content. You can even watch Marvel's Echo on Disney+ with Sign Up!

Learn more and download it here.

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Youth and Family Connections partners with schools and families to provide READ Days. A Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing adult goes into classrooms to read with students, foster a love for reading, and connect with students as a DDBHH role model. Children also receive free books through a CHS/American Library Association partnership!

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Disclaimer: CHS does not necessarily endorse the content of the recommended books. It is the responsibility of teachers and family members to ascertain the appropriateness of the texts for their readers.

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