[blindkid] Children's books addressing blindness, or featuring blind characters
Heather
craney07 at rochester.rr.com
Mon Feb 15 18:07:06 UTC 2010
Awsum. Will check this out for sure.
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From: "trising" <trising at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] Children's books addressing blindness,or featuring
blind characters
> There is Mandy Sue Day by Roberta Karim. I use this book to read to
> kindergarten and first graders when I go to schools and talk to the
> students about blindness. The story does not even say she is blind until
> the end. It goes through a day in the life of the little girl, grooming,
> and riding and feeding her horse. All of her other senses are used, and an
> observant reader can tell she is blind after a few pages, but this is not
> directly stated until the end of the book. I review what the five senses
> are with the kids, and say that this little girl is missing one of her
> senses. I ask them to tell me when they know which sense she is missing.
> When they stop guessing, and actually listen to the story, they get it
> long before the book actually states it. It is a really good story that
> has no extra protection for the little girl involved, just because she is
> blind.
>
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