[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 62, Issue 19 in response to questions about books

Mon Jul 20 20:29:35 UTC 2009

Hello list,

I am new to the list, but would like to provide some helpful suggestions.  At least I hope they are helpful!

There are places and I believe most local NLS libraries will take books brought in and format them into an accessible form.

Also, seedlings books offers an array of titles for all ages and they are relatively inexpensive.

Lastly, my Chapter has an extension we call the Braille Circle and though we are small right now we can provide a service where we can Braille books for smaller children.  If any are interested this is a possibility.  The contact info is as follows:

rpollpeter at hotmail.com

send emails to Ross, my husband, who is in charge of the Braille Circle.

I hope this was helpful and good luck to all!

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> 1. print/braille books with pictures (Dianna Alley)
> 2. FW: Bedtime Stories... (Veronica Smith)
> 3. Re: print/braille books with pictures (Jessica Lucken)
> 4. Re: print/braille books with pictures (Deborah Kent Stein)
> 5. Re: sendspace (David Andrews)
> 6. Re: print/braille books with pictures (Veronica Smith)
> 7. Re: Help (Jo Elizabeth Pinto)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:41:57 -0600
> From: "Dianna Alley" <dianna24 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
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> Hi I would like to know where I can get free print/Braille books with pictures? I am going to buy some at some point but money is an issues at this point. I will be reading to a sixth month old that is some what advanced for her age. She is trying to walk believe it or not.
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:23 -0600
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Subject: [blparent] FW: Bedtime Stories...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:16 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
> 
> Hello List:
> 
> The American Action Fund operates the Kenneth Jernigan Memorial library
> 
> that lends Twin Vision Books. The service is free. Their web site is:
> http://www.actionfund.org
> 
> I used a bunch of their books when I helped at a Mothers Day Out program. 
> Project Gutenberg and BookShare also have some childrens books.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert Jaquiss, President
> Greater Ouachita Chapter
> National Federation of the Blind
> Email: rjaquiss at earthlink.net
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Melonson" <variant at pcdesk.net>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:09 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to the list so I apalogize if this was previously covered. I have 
> > two wonderful little girls ages 3 years and 16 months. I've been for the 
> > past year or so looking for some books to read to them before bed and 
> > sporadically throughout the day, but haven't come across much. I've 
> > contacted the library of congress in Texas to find some Braille books, but
> 
> > don't know any good titles to specifically ask for that are age 
> > appropriate. I recieved on book of fairy tales, but feel that my oldest is
> 
> > not ready to hear of a giant who wants to eat jack and grind his bones up 
> > and make bread, seeing as though Dora portrays the Giant as a gentle 
> > person.
> >
> > I'd also like to find something that is out of the ordinary. I know the 
> > majority of the "usual" stories and tell those regularly, and have come up
> 
> > with some on the fly, but would like to expand outward. I've even 
> > considered adding Braille to the books they already have, but haven't 
> > found the time and resources.
> >
> > Anyway... Thanks in advanced for any ideas.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > -Mark
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:15:10 -0500
> From: "Jessica Lucken" <pete1744 at umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
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> Try the NLS, National Library for the blind, they have childrens' books with
> pictures and a website where you can order them from. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dianna Alley
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:42 PM
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> Subject: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
> 
> Hi I would like to know where I can get free
> print/Braille books with pictures? I am going to buy some at some point but
> money is an issues at this point. I will be reading to a sixth month old
> that is some what advanced for her age. She is trying to walk believe it or
> not.
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:32:52 -0500
> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
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> 
> Since the child is very young you might get some board books from National 
> Braille Press, which are sold at the same cost as the original print book. 
> Also, since books for very small children have few words per page, there are 
> easy to Braille with clear Dymo Tape.
> 
> Debbie
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jessica Lucken" <pete1744 at umn.edu>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
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> 
> > Try the NLS, National Library for the blind, they have childrens' books 
> > with
> > pictures and a website where you can order them from.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Dianna Alley
> > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:42 PM
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> > Subject: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
> >
> > Hi I would like to know where I can get free
> > print/Braille books with pictures? I am going to buy some at some point 
> > but
> > money is an issues at this point. I will be reading to a sixth month old
> > that is some what advanced for her age. She is trying to walk believe it 
> > or
> > not.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:50:11 -0500
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] sendspace
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> At 09:40 PM 7/18/2009, you wrote:
> >I have quite a bit of stuff on sendspace, lots of classical music, 
> >new-age, and rock music. No movies really except maybe a 
> >couple. If you'd like to look at my folders of what I have 
> >available in case anything sounds interesting, let me know and i'll 
> >email you my links.
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> >Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:12 PM
> >Subject: [blparent] sendspace
> >
> >
> >>Have any of you ever joined send space? I hear you can get free audio movie
> >>downloads here, but after reading the terms of acceptance, it nearly scared
> >>me to death. V
> >>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:21:24 -0600
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jessica Lucken
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:15 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
> 
> Try the NLS, National Library for the blind, they have childrens' books with
> pictures and a website where you can order them from. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dianna Alley
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:42 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] print/braille books with pictures
> 
> Hi I would like to know where I can get free
> print/Braille books with pictures? I am going to buy some at some point but
> money is an issues at this point. I will be reading to a sixth month old
> that is some what advanced for her age. She is trying to walk believe it or
> not.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:06:18 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
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> Even with my thirteen-year-old stepson, I can often hear what he is doing 
> before his dad notices it by sight. I also tend to pay more attention to 
> what the baby is doing, and will say to a sighted person, "Be careful. 
> She's going to get into your purse," or whatever, before it happens. I'm 
> not saying I'm perfect, or that my stepson or my little girl will never pull 
> a fast one on me, but it's interesting to me that the two times my baby has 
> fallen and gotten a scratch on her face, she's been under the watch of 
> someone with working eyes.
> 
> Jo Elizabeth
> 
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
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> 
> > That is so true. They just know they have an advantage in that their 
> > parents are blind. However, I amaze sighted parents when I know what my 
> > kids are doing in the other room, and they didn't notice anything was 
> > going on. That's our advantage. *smile* We hear things that other 
> > parents miss.
> > Leanne
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Sean Paul
> > To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
> >
> >
> > Your children are no different than any other children. They will attempt 
> > to
> > get away with whatever they can whether you are blind or not. Trust me, 
> > my
> > children attempt to get away with everything with my Ex-wife, and she can
> > see just fine. And, yes? When they come to my house they do it here also. 
> > It
> > is just part of being a child. You did it, mine do it, and my newest one
> > will do it.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> > To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 15:20
> > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
> >
> >
> > > And if you had a 2 story, you would get a baby monitor. Smile! V
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Eileen Levin
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:01 AM
> > > To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> > > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
> > >
> > > Ah, great idea. Kind of a pain but the supervision is a two way street
> > > because it enforces the rules and the adults are spending more time 
> > with
> > > the
> > > kids which gives children a sense of security and feeling cared about.
> > > My husband and I complain about our small home but in a way having a
> > > single
> > > floor where I can hear everything that goes on is a blessing when it 
> > isn't
> > > giving me a headache. :)
> > >
> > > Hang in there! Money worries and all the stress folks are under with 
> > the
> > > economy being so weak can really make these growing pains feel so much
> > > bigger than they truly are!
> > > Hugs,
> > > Eileen
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Jennifer Massey
> > > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:00 PM
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> > > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
> > >
> > > yes we have sat down with her, I have sat down with her on my own as 
> > well
> > > and get the same thing out of her that she is doing the bad things when
> > > I'm
> > > not home because dustin can't see her do it. Well since the last 
> > incident
> > > he has started to glue the kids to him to make sure they do not get 
> > into
> > > trouble.
> > >
> > > Jennifer
> > >
> > >
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