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Sam's neighborhood how one deaf neighbor transformed a community

From award-winning author Patricia McCormick, comes a picture book based on the true story of how one little girl inspired everyone on her block to learn American Sign Language (ASL), and how it transformed the whole community in the process. Perfect for fans of I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoet, Be...

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Main Author: McCormick, Patricia, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Chen, Ziyue (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2026.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Deaf children > Juvenile fiction.
Communities > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Deafness > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Sign language > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:From award-winning author Patricia McCormick, comes a picture book based on the true story of how one little girl inspired everyone on her block to learn American Sign Language (ASL), and how it transformed the whole community in the process. Perfect for fans of I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoet, Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, as well as readers looking for stories centering Deaf protagonists. Sam loves her neighborhood. She recognizes her neighbors and wants to be friends. They want to be friends with her too. But it can be hard for them to understand each other: Sam talks with her hands. Her neighbors talk with their words--though she notices, they rarely talk with each other. Then one day, something wonderful happens that brings them all together. With 21 ASL signs illustrated within and backmatter that goes into Sam's real childhood story that inspired the book.
Item Description:Includes more than 20 ASL Signs.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN:9780063057067
0063057069
Author Notes:Patricia McCormick, a two-time National Book Award finalist, is the author of five critically acclaimed novels: Never Fall Down, a novel based on the true story of an 11-year-old boy who survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia by playing music; Purple Heart, a suspenseful psychological novel that explores the killing of a 10-year-old boy in Iraq; Sold, a deeply moving account of sexual trafficking; My Brother's Keeper, a realistic view of teenage substance abuse; and Cut, an intimate portrait of one girl's struggle with self-injury.

McCormick grew up in central Pennsylvania. She worked as an assistant press secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1974-78, then went to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. McCormick studied fiction writing at The New School in New York City.

Never Fall Down was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2012 and was named a New York Times Notable Book for 2012. It was also named a Best Book of the Year by iTunes, The Huffington Post, School Library Journal and the Chicago Public Library.

McCormick was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004 and a MacDowell fellow in 2009. She is also the winner of the 2009 German Peace Prize for Youth Literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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