[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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> 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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