The Story of Helen Keller

Lorena A. Hickok

• Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9798907971035
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

''The Story of Helen Keller'' is a highly regarded juvenile biography written by Lorena Hickok and first published in 1958. Written primarily for young readers and young middle-grade students although enjoyable and inspiring for all ages, the book outlines the early life of Helen Keller, her profound challenges with deafblindness, and her extraordinary relationship with her teacher, Anne Sullivan. The narrative begins by highlighting Helen's childhood isolation in a "prison of silence" after an illness in infancy left her unable to see, hear, or speak. It explores the arrival of Anne Sullivan, who firmly but gently refused to pity Helen. Anne's breakthrough moment—teaching Helen that objects have names by spelling words into her hand—transformed the once wild and frustrated child into an eager student. The biography follows Helen's growth as she triumphs against all odds and learns to read, write, and eventually speak. It covers her historic achievement of attending and graduating from Radcliffe College (the women's counterpart to Harvard at the time) and her subsequent global career as an activist and ambassador.

Table of contents

• 1. Little Girl in the Dark
• 2. The Stranger
• 3. Helen Has a Tantrum
• 4. The Word Game
• 5. W-A-T-E-R
• 6. Everything Has a Name!
• 7. Learning Is Fun
• 8. Helen Writes a Letter
• 9. Another Way of Writing
• 10. “A Lion Has a Big Purr!”
• 11. Most Famous Child in the World
• 12. Winter in the Snow
• 13. “I Am Not Dumb Now!”
• 14. Little Tommy Stringer
• 15. “I Am Going to Harvard”
• 16. A Dream Comes True
• 17. “I Must Earn My Living”
• 18. Narrow Escape
• 19. Behind the Footlights
• 20. The Teacher Book
• 21. One Summer Day