Frank Carlson Library

Accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother, as she attempts to clear her name.

A true story about a 4-yr-old deaf boy, Jeremy Coots, who wandered away from the babysitter's home south of Atchison, KS, near the Missouri River on February 18, 1977. The author Melodye (Coots) Hathaway describes in captivating and honest detail the 5-day search for her son and the aftermath that followed. She was in her ninth month of pregnancy with her second child as thousands of searchers over the course of 5 days came together to find her little...

The story of a serious musician who reluctantly enters the teaching profession to remain afloat financially and discovers that his true passion is teaching.

Describes how a woman left blind and deaf from a childhood illness overcame her handicaps to become a noted writer and humanitarian.

Discusses deafness, its causes, and how deaf people cope with their condition and live full lives despite their inability to hear.

The Griswolds have a typically disastrous, but hilarious, holiday vacation with members of their extended family.

Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.

A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.

Follows the parallel lives of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell, who continued to encounter and support each other from that eventful meeting when he recommended she be given a teacher and thus led her to Annie Sullivan.