The Story of My Life Ch 21-23
Chapter 21 - Summary Helen Keller tells readers about her dependence on books for pleasure, wisdom and knowledge. Helen first began to read when she was seven years old. She read her first connected story in May 1887. There were only a few books in raised print, which Helen read repeatedly until a time when the words were so worn and pressed that she could scarcely make them out. During her visit to Boston, she was allowed to spend a part of each day at the Institution library, and here she used to wander from bookcase to bookcase and take down whatever her ‘fingers lighted upon’. When she discovered the book ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy,’ Miss Sullivan read it to her and the book became Helen’s ‘sweet and gentle companion’ throughout her childhood. From there she read many books and she loved ‘Little Women’ because it gave her a sense of kinship with girls and boys who could see and hear. She also loved ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Wild ‘Animals I Have Known’ as she felt a genuine