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“A Birthday for Ben” - A Story About Deafness

By admin | August 6, 2009

Irish Deaf Kids has teamed with Irish publishing house Special Stories, to release an exciting new children’s book, “A Birthday for Ben”, which is about young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The book is beautifully illustrated by Karen Quirke, a Dublin-born talented deaf artist, and sensitively written by Kate Gaynor, a Dublin author who writes children’s books that deal with difficult topics in a  child-centred way.  “A Birthday for Ben” is one of four books in the second series of books published by Special Stories, and is the first book of its kind to be produced and published for the Irish market.

As Caroline Carswell, the founder of Irish Deaf Kids, points out: “ ‘A Birthday for Ben’ is a very welcome resource for parents and teachers as it introduces the whole concept of hearing and deafness to young children. By making the book available to primary schools throughout Ireland, IDK and Special Stories hope to highlight the everyday issues that deaf children may encounter on a daily basis in mainstream schools”.

The book will be available from August 2009 at all bookstores nationwide such as Easons, Hughes & Hughes, Hodges Figgis and Waterstones, or from the Irish Deaf Kids and Special Stories websites at €8.99 per copy.

“A Birthday for Ben” can be bought directly from IDK by:

1. Writing to IDK at Terenure Enterprise Centre, 17 Rathfarnham Road, Dublin 6W, with your name, address, number of book/s required and a cheque or postal order. Please include EUR 1.00 per book for postage.
2. Emailing info@irishdeafkids.ie with your name, postal address, number of book/s required and postage total.  Orders will not be sent until payment is received, by cheque or PayPal (see below).

PayPal Payment Option:

If using PayPal, please send an email to info@irishdeafkids.ie from the PayPal website, and we will confirm your payment before sending an order. Please include EUR 1.00 per book for postage on all orders.

Parents can also donate a copy of the book to their child’s school at a 20% discount. To avail of this special offer, they just need to send the name and address of the school to Special Stories Publishing, who will send the book along with a note to say who it was donated by.

For further details on “A Birthday for Ben” or stockist information, contact Kate Gaynor at kate(at)specialstories.ie or visit the Special Stories website.

Topics: Irish Deaf Kids |

10 Responses to ““A Birthday for Ben” - A Story About Deafness”

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