Rivers' Walk

This delightful story of Rivers, a young hearing-impaired bunny, is an inspiration to all readers.  Reluctant to be different, Rivers tosses her new hearing aids aside thinking she will be more like others without them.  But after walking through town trying to find a friend, Rivers discovers that the very thing she feared would make her different would actually make her just like everyone else.  After embracing her new hearing aids and realizing the gift of sound, Rivers finds out that she really was just like all of her friends and they loved her just as she was.


BIO:

Dr. Nathalie Johnson received her undergraduate degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Indiana, her Masters degree in Audiology from the University of Memphis, and recently her Doctorate in Audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences.  She has dedicated the last 15 years of her professional career to the children and families at the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, where she is head of the family training program entitled Sound Beginnings.  Dr. Johnson shares the vision of the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf where everyday is an opportunity to give the gift of sound and to empower deaf children to listen, learn and talk.