[blparent] Seedlings Braille Books for Children Adds 9 New Books to Catalog

[Therese Vick]

Seedlings Braille Books for Children Adds 9 New Books to their Catalog
 
 
Seedlings Braille Books for Childrenis a Michigan-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting braille literacy among children who are blind by providing access to some of the same literature that is available to their sighted peers.  Access and affordability of braille literature is of the highest importance to blind readers of all ages. Seedlings’ new 2010 catalog has over 1000 low-cost titles available. 
 
An ongoing project of Seedlings Braille Books for Children is to reach more visually impaired children in their preschool years in order to have a positive impact on pre-reading skills. A foundation for literacy and the love of reading is developed through early exposure to good books. Seedlings Braille Books for Children provides Print-Braille-&-Picture books for preschoolers facilitating early exposure to braille through the tactile page as sighted family members read the print. By feeling the raised bumps of braille while a sighted person reads a story, a blind child begins to associate those bumps with wonderful stories and an enjoyable experience.  
 
The following are new books that Seedlings has just released:
 
PRINT-BRAILLE-&-PICTURE BOOKS:
Clifford’s Noisy Dayby Norman Bridwell $4.00 (uncontracted)
Little Feet Loveby Piggy Toes Press $8.00 (uncontracted)
Numbersby Scholastic $5.00 (uncontracted)
Are You My Mommy?by Mae Brown $8.00 
Biscuit’s Pet & Play Christmasby Alyssa Satin Capucilli $7.00  
A Good Dayby Kevin Henkes $8.00
It’s Spring!by Samantha Berger & Pamela Chanko $6.00
Wake Up, Little Onesby Piggy Toes Press $11.00
Where Is Love, Biscuit?By Alyssa Satin Capucilli $7.00
 
Seedlings Braille Books for Childrenserves blind children from birth to age 14 and blind adults who read to sighted children throughout the United States and in over 75 countries around the world.  For more information about Seedlings Braille Books for Children, visit www.seedlings.org or contact Therese Vick, Community Outreach Coordinator, 14151 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154; Phone: 800-777-8552 or 734-427-8552; E-mail: seedlink7 at ameritech.net
 
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 Therese Vick
Community Outreach Coordinator
Seedlings Braille Books for Children 
(734)427-8552 x301 
(800)777-8552 x301 
seedlink7 at ameritech.net 
www.seedlings.org 

"Placing a book in a child's hands is like planting a seed."