Inspired by the authors’ real lives, this picture book shares what sound means for one young deaf boy as he experiences the world with cochlear implants.
Most people either can or cannot hear sound . . . but some people can do both! Meet a deaf boy with cochlear implants as he moves about his day. Sometimes he prefers not to hear, but when he wants to connect with the hearing world, he puts on his cochlear implants. Can he explain to his hearing parents what the absence of sound is like? Suddenly he has an idea of how to share this part of him with those he loves.
With whimsical, bright illustrations and lyrical words, Sound Switch Wonder is a tender story about sharing and embracing differences.
Price: $23.99
Pages: 40
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: West Margin Press
Publication Date:
21 November 2023
Trim Size: 10.00 X 8.00 in
ISBN: 9781513141459
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
"With whimsical, bright illustrations by artist Katie Crumpton and lyrical words co-authored by Dr. Christine J. Ko and Owen Whang, Sound Switch Wonder is a tender, impressively informative, and thoughtful picture book story about sharing and embracing differences.” —Midwest Book Review
Dr. Christine Ko is an author, mother, and a Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Yale University. Her debut children’s book, Sound Switch Wonder, was inspired by her son and was written to include more representation of deaf people in books and the spectrum and range of deafness. Christine lives with husband and their daughter and son in New Haven, Connecticut.
