Recounts how the young Helen Keller, left blind and deaf by a childhood illness, learned to communicate with the world.

When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.

"When Helen Keller was two years old, she got a terrible disease that left her deaf, blind, and mute. Despite her challenges, she worked hard to speak, read, and write -- and inspired many people to do similar"--Back cover

Describes in graphic format the life of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf woman, who became an author and advocate for the blind.

At only nineteen months old, Helen Keller contracted a childhood illness that left her permanently blind and deaf. As a mature, confident woman, she showed the world that people with disabilities should not-and would not-be pushed aside. Helen was a wild, uncontrollable child who was frustrated by her inability to communicate with others. But after nearly two decades of work led by her teacher, Annie Sullivan, Helen not only learned to express herself through language, she became an author, a political activist, a lecturer, and a vaudeville performer. She worked tirelessly as an advocate and fundraiser on behalf of blind and deaf people. Helen Keller has enabled generations of people with similar challenges to excel beyond their wildest dreams. Book jacket.

A simple biography of the blind and deaf woman who spent her life writing and helping others with similar disabilities.