The Sound of All Things
Illustrator
Ted Papoulas
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781561458332
Pages
36 pages
Genre
historical
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Lexile Measure
570L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical Disability; deaf mother and father
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Fiction Picture Book
Keywords
sign langauge; words for sounds; Brooklyn; Coney Island; deaf parents
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Uhlberg, Myron, "The Sound of All Things" (2016). Diverse Families. 2063.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2063