Dachy's Deaf
Illustrator
Jack Hughes
Publisher
Windmill Books
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9781477792223
Pages
32 pages
Genre
animal realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Dachy wears a hearing aid. But sometimes, when his friends get too noisy, he likes to turn it off to get some peace and quiet. One day, when his hearing aid is off, Dachy falls asleep and ends up floating down the river towards a waterfall and a hungry crocodile. Can his friends rescue him in time?
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Lexile Measure
590L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; deaf; deaf dinosaur
Main Character
male dinosaur
Race/Ethnicities
Dinosaurs
Keywords
dinosaurs; hearing aid; friendship; sleeping; river; crocodile
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hughes, Jack, "Dachy's Deaf" (2015). Diverse Families. 1606.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1606