A unique and much-needed collection, The Smart Princess takes readers inside the fantasies, dreams and disappointments of young people who are deaf. This book is written and illustrated by winners of the Ladder Awards, organized by the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. In one tale a princess runs away when her intolerant aunt forbids her to sign. Another story looks at the experience of being a deaf child at a hearing school. Two strangefriendrs, one giant and one tiny, become friends despite their difficulties in seeing each other. In another, a spaceship lands on a planet of the Deaf, forcing hearing astronauts to reconsider their ways. And in a poetic adventure, an imaginary tiger wreaks havoc.
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- ISBN: 9781896764900
- Published: 2006 , Second Story Pr
- Themes: Adventure, Folktales and Fairytales, Friendship, Imagination, Myths and legends
- Descriptors: Canada, Primary (ages 6-9), Short Stories - Anthologies - Collections
- No. of pages: 37