Overall, I felt it was relatively hard finding books containing deaf or hard of hearing characters without ordering them online or through a book store. I went to Barnes and Noble and ordered the 5 books I bought from them.
I felt the theme running through all the books I bought was some sort of struggle with dealing with being deaf or hard of hearing and having something good come out of the disability at the end. The thing I liked most about the books as a group was the range of struggles that were talked about in dealing with everyday life and the straightforwardness of the experiences of the characters. There was no sugar-coating the frustrations and battles the characters in my books were going through. I liked that because then it tells the reader, in my opinion, "expect for this to happen, but eventually it will get better and everything will be just fine".
Some of the differences between the books was about half of my books had female characters that were deaf or hard of hearing and the other half of my books had male characters who were deaf or hard of hearing. I liked that because then I could have a little bit of diversity among the characters. I also noticed that the main characters in each book went through different problems and frustrations. I liked that also because it brought more diversity into my knowledge of Deaf/Hard of Hearing literature and made me realize that there is a great spectrum of books out there to read to your kids and no two books are the same.
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I like that you chose to look for books on a not as "popular" theme. I think often the deaf culture is unheard (pardon the pun hear) population in our community. Generally I think the hearing world passes over the deaf world because they feel more left out and there is less effort on both parties to come together. The deaf culture has learned to adapt to the world of the hearing, but many inhabitants of the hearing world (myself included) have not adapted as well to the world of the deaf.
I thought the books you selected were interesting, and I thought you chose books that showed a variety of different perspectives. I wondered about the second book you chose, A Button in Her Ear, next to the first book it almost gives the impression that positive experiences only comes with the additions of hearing aids. Do you think that this gives people (hearing people specifically) the impression that those who are completely deaf are left out , and unable to communicate effectively with the hearing world?
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