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What a great middle grade graphic novel!
Cici got meningitis when she was 4, and lost most of her hearing. This is her story of adapting to hearing aids and growing her self confidence and self acceptance until fifth grade.
Based on the author‘s own childhood.

Pictured with the somewhat elusive Igor, who came out from under his covers to watch a bug that got in the house.

An earnest window into the personal experience of a deaf child, I also found it a bit of a cultural artefact as it is relating memories of a childhood in the 1970s. The art is sweet, and there are literal warm fuzzies! Also fully identify with Batman being the favoured superhero of my formative years. An engaging lesson in empathy. Highly recommended, don't forget the Author's Note in the back!

#StoryGraph: nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade funny hopeful informative fast-paced
|first published 2014

Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here, she's different. She's sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.

Today was Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character at school & my daughter wanted to be El Deafo!!! This book is a household favorite & it was a pleasure to make this happen!!!

This has been on my list forever so I‘m glad I finally read it. It‘s excellent and I highly recommend it!

Cece Bell‘s life changed drastically when at 4 years old, meningitis left her hearing severely impaired. In this graphic novel memoir, she shares how she felt during her elementary school years, how she embraced her differences. She chose not to learn to sign, and had to wear a big hearing aid to school, making her feel embarrassed and worried at first, but soon learnt it became her ‘superpower‘.

I loved this book. Even being animals I felt pulled in and was emotionally attached. I really liked the end when the author explains how this is not a book that explains all deaf people‘s feelings but mine as a child.

Read as part of the @DeweysReadathon #deweys24hourreadathon Pre-game and for a prompt for @bookriot #readharderchallenge2021 😊 An interesting and insightful, the 2nd book this month I have read about Deaf culture 😊 4/5

I enjoyed this. This is a story meant for kids. There were a lot of up and down emotions in this one, and she sprinkled in some humour at times, as well.

El Deafo! The Superhero for the hearing impaired! This book was great. It really gave an honest at how CeCe felt growing up deaf and how she handled it. I hope everyone recommends it to all the kids they know - and adults! It was witty, empathetic, the graphics were great, and CeCe Bell is married to Tom Angleberger! I‘m sure they make an outstanding team. #100YEARS100BOOKS #BookSpinBingo #11 #MGMarch book #19!

I read my first graphic novel. Nope, not kidding. ☺

Based on the author's childhood experiences with her phonic ear, this was heartwarming & educational. I imagine that this is being read, in a lot of school classrooms, much like Wonder.

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Love this graphic novel. It brings to mind the special people in my life who are hard of hearing: Nicholas, when he received his cochlear implant I had a special microphone and I would sing, "Hello Darling, it's nice to see you." I was blessed to teach him for 2 years. He died of methane poisoning when he was in 6th grade. His father was not sober on a cold night and he left the generator going on the inside of the house. He would've been 20.

I love how this book captures what her childhood was like, the way she felt. As a hearing person, I will never understand how isolating deafness can be, so this book can really be an eye opener into how people's differences can make them feel alone.

#sundayfunday
@ozma.of.oz

1: oh, of course! Graphic novels have to structure the plot differently, because they‘re just one large installation instead of several short ones.
2: damn this is an awesome book
3: stylized. If you knew me irl you‘d know I love anime.

I read this on Kindle so I missed out on David Lasky's colors, but even in black-and-white, it's a lovely story. My son and I read it together, and despite some cringing I did seeing some of my own gaffes on the pages, I liked how it opened up conversation between us and helped give us both a different perspective on deafness, on disability vs difference, and on our interactions with deaf relatives and friends.

#bookspinbingo

"I was a regular little kid."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

I love a good medically topical nonfiction book, and while they don‘t always include disability, it‘s not uncommon. Here are a few.

Tagged book
Fire in my Eyes by Brad Snyder
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Life Disrupted by Laurie Edwards (also In the Kingdom of the Sick, same author)
Battle for Grace by Cynthia Touissant
The Last Best Cure by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
How to be Sick by Toni Bernhard
Waking by Matthew Sanford

#integrateyourshelf

Looking forward to seeing everyone‘s posts on this one as I definitely want to expand my reading in this area.

The two that come to mind are the tagged graphic novel and Jenny Lawson‘s Furiously Happy both of which I loved.

I‘ve heard good things about Disability Visibility and have added to my groaning TBR.

#IntegrateYourshelf #DisabilityAwarenessMonth

Have not read a graphic novel in ages, so I chose this one for the #ReadWithMrBook prompt #BooksAndDisabilities. And I liked it. It was heartwarming and easy going.

At four years old, a childhood illness results in Cece losing her hearing. This is her fictionalised memoir of growing up in the 70s/80s, wearing a large ‘phonic ear‘ to school, not wanting to be treated differently, struggling to make friends and taking refuge in the superpowers of her alter-ego ‘El Deafo‘.

It‘s a sweet, optimistic story - totally recommended.

My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7e4HZQOdM

Enjoy!

It‘s fine I just WEPT my way through this cute #ownvoices MG graphic memoir about the author growing up after losing her hearing. Bell writes movingly about the experience of deafness as a child and contextualizes her experience in a great author‘s note at the end. I learned a lot and want to save this to share with my kids one day. #BBRC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book 3/12 for #bfc28

Is anyone else doing the #BookRiot 2020 #ReadHarder challenge? I love the podcast they do for Book Riot Insiders about the challenge, and the first one of 2020 made me want to jump in & recommend one of my favorite #YANonFiction reads, as well as note which books I've checked out to satisfy this prompt for my Reading Harder self. 😄

The tagged book is an amazing graphic memoir for young adult/middle grade readers. Highly recommend!

When i finally finder her, I know that everything is different. I think she knows too.

A great book for kids that are not as knowledgable about a subject as this.

El Deafo is a Biography that has been altered to make it not as believable. The story is still relatable with characters you can connect to but make the characters non human does change the feeling of the story.

Loved it!!! So much!!! I gained new perspective and am so happy about that! This is great for children, friendships, deaf perspective, teachers and people who like to read.

El Deafo is NF Newbery Award Recipient. In this sweet graphic novel, we follow Cece as she journeys through life and school with the assistance of her hearing aid. Cece begins to use her deafness as her “super-power,“ sometimes she can hear things she isn't supposed to hear and this is her power! Through this book, Cece grows more confident and finds a true friend who later turns into her sidekick. This is a fun book to use in class for IR.

I loved this sweet book about CeCe. I could relate to a lot of her struggles with friends. So much heart and soul in this graphic novel. Great for younger kids with advanced reading skills, too.

I went to this library and I was looking at books and this one really catches my eyes. Thats when a librarian came by my side and said that it was a great book for all ages. It is a book that teaches you to love people even though they are different.

Fantastic book for kids (and adults) that talks about differences.

I wasn‘t expecting the book to be a full comic but it made it way more enjoyable and easy to get through than a wordy chapter book. Loved it!

Passing time at the library today while my car is getting fixed. This was a fun “one sitting” book that I‘ve been meaning to read for a while. Heartfelt and humorous, Bell shares her story from the kindergarten where she learned to read lips, to befriending kids in her neighborhood, to discovering her “super powers” at her Gen Ed elementary school. She includes friend drama and first crushes- material familiar to any kid.

I loved this book so much!! Struggling to fit in adter an illness as a child left Bell deaf, we met her alter ego El Deafo. Cece's supersonic hearing gives El Deafo confidence while Cece makes friends, loses friends, and finds out where real strength comes from. 😍 #Booked2019 #Summer #GraphicNovel @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

I'm loving this so much and Cece Bell has such a fun way of telling a story! I'm amazed at what she's gone through!

El Deafo is a fantastic B graphic novel memoir for any LC! This book puts a spotlight on hearing impairments And how they can turn any kiddo into a SUPERHERO! Deserving of its Newbery Honor Award (2015), Author Cece Bell writes about her experience with her Phonic Ear as a kiddo. Cece soon finds out that the Phonic Ear gives her a superpower that turns her into El Deafo! This would be used well with the accompanying teacher guide.

Cute graphic novel for middle grade based on the author's childhood. I enjoyed the story but really enjoyed the nostalgia bits of her growing up in the late 70s/early 80s like I did. Things like her teacher leaving the class alone for 20 minutes for a cigarette break in the teachers lounge. I can remember my teachers doing the same thing lol I had to explain to my daughter that back then no one thought twice about it.

5⭐️ The jetlag is killing me, so I picked this graphic novel to kill time til the sun rises 🙈 I heard about this book at the authors panel at BookCon. Raina Telgemeier voted this book as her fav recent pick. It‘s a cute story about how a girl dealt with hearing loss. At an age where kid is the most self-conscious, being different is not an easy thing to live with. Imagination definitely helps, especially when it involves some super power 😆

For #LoudasaWhisper trivia, go to @tournevis page!

In the episode, a deaf negotiator, who speaks through a telepathic chorus, has his chorus killed by one of the warring factions. He has to relearn to communicate by sign language.

I love El Deafo, and I love how Bell chose a rabbit with prominent ears to be deaf. I appreciate seeing characters of different abilities in literature, especially since my mother is disabled.

#StarTrekSummerMay

“Just because I can‘t hear good doesn‘t mean I can‘t look good.”

I love that this shows an uncommon type of diversity and shows that while she‘s still normal, it‘s okay to celebrate and acknowledge our differences. I‘ll keep this one in my classroom

This book shows another type of diversity that is often overlooked- physical disabilities. This book can make kids who share a similar disability feel less alone and like they‘re understood. It can also help them understand what they‘re going through. The illustrations and comic book set up are engaging.

This graphic novel has very simple illustrations but they still get across the essential poignance of the main character‘s childhood struggles. Very good story and very eye opening for those who do not live with deafness.

This B graphic novel is a great addition to any classroom library. Conversation about children and people with special needs so important if we are to start spreading awareness and acceptance to younger generations. https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/el-deafo is a great resource I found that teaches could use if they used this book as a guided read.

”El Deafo” is a Newbery Honor book biography (B) book by Cece Bell. This book depicts story of a young girl who goes deaf, and her journey of learning to adapt to her new life. This would be a great book for an author study (AS). #LAE3414sp19

This boy just called me into his room and then started crying. He doesn't want El Deafo to end, and was upset because he only had a few pages left. #proudmommoment #raisingreaders.