Aug 04, 2015 i needed to get a lot of books under my belt before i was ready to tackle my experiences as a deaf person. She is also the author of rabbit and robot, winner of a geisel honor. The characters big ears are the perfect representation of what cece has lost. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. This book is a beautiful exploration of the social, emotional, and physical challenges she faces as she seeks to find her place in the world and establish her own identity. Cece lives with her husband, tom angleberger, in christiansburg, virginia.
All art work and printed material is the work of author. Jul 18, 2015 this book trailer was created for the rdg 350 childrens literature course at the university of phoenix. However, she learns to turn her difference into a strength. She worked 5 years to write and illustrate her graphic novel and it carries so many, many messages to everyone who reads it. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. Instead, those bunny ears serve as a symbol for her own ears.
Cece bell a website about nuts, nits, gnats, nets, knots. The phonic ear gives cece the ability to hearsometimes things she shouldntbut also isolates her from her classmates. More importantly, cece declares a place for herself in the world and finds the friend shes longed for. She was promptly fitted with a hearing aid, the phonic ear, which allows her to hear her teacher, even when her teacher is in another part of the school. This was probably the most personal graphic novel ive ever read, and when i finished it i was not only really satisfied with the story, but also completely in love with the character of cece. The book is a loose autobiographical account of bells childhood and living with her deafness. Sep 02, 2014 i adored the insight we got into cece. It chronicles the authors hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with a powerful and very awkward hearing aid called the phonic ear. In her graphic memoir, cece bell tells the story of her own childhood, when a case of meningitis at age 4 left her unable to hear.
And for those readers who, like cece, discover ways to turn the things the world calls weakness into the qualities they own as strengths, make sure to have a couple of capes on hand. Cece becomes deaf at the age of four after contracting meningitis. I thought it would be a perfect visual metaphor to portray myself as the only rabbit in a crowd of rabbits whose earsmore because rabbits have big ears. Bells earnest rabbithuman characters, her ability to capture her own sonic universe eh sounz lah yur unnah wawah. Cece bells new young adult graphic memoir captures the. In an authors note, bell acknowledges that some deaf people embrace their deafness. From kindergarten onward, cece wants a best friend to call her own, but her deafness and feelings of insecurity sometimes get in her way.
The book is a loose autobiographical account of bell s childhood and living with her deafness. Cece could not only hear what her teachers said in the classroom but also in the teachers lounge and gasp. I needed to get a lot of books under my belt before i was ready to tackle my experiences as a deaf person. At her old school, everyone in ceces class was deaf.
I had hoped cece would write this book ever since she started having her sock mobkey books published. In this graphicnovel memoir, authorillustrator cece bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her experiences with the phonic ear, a very powerful a. I had hoped cece would write this book ever since she started having her. When she is 4, ceces hearing is damaged by a serious. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, authorillustrator cece bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the. She lives in virginia with her husband, author tom angleberger. In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author illustrator cece bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age. It is the semiautobiographical story of cece who goes deaf after a serious illness. However, the characters in the book are all bunnies. Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing ai. Bell s earnest rabbithuman characters, her ability to capture her own sonic universe eh sounz lah yur unnah wawah. Cece thinks, superheroes might be awesome, but they are also different. Bell grew up in salem, viriginia and drank a lot of limeades at the brooksbyrd pharmacy downtown.
This book trailer was created for the rdg 350 childrens literature course at the university of phoenix. Cece also faces the challenges of any child who moves to a new place. She must use a hearing aid, but sometimes the words she hears are garbled and she must rely on visual clues and lip reading to clearly understand. Cece bell has 26 books on goodreads with 122776 ratings. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the.
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