[blparent] Where to get children's books

Fri Oct 5 05:51:13 UTC 2018

I second what Rebecca said. My daughter and I have listened to tons of audio books from the local library, especially as she's gotten older and wanted very current titles that I haven't been able to get in braille quickly enough for her to read aloud with me at the same time as her friends are enjoying them.

Jo Elizabeth Pinto

"The Bright Side of Darkness"
Is my award-winning novel,
Available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats.
http://www.amazon.com/author/jepinto

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Subject: Re: [blparent] Where to get children's books

Thank you for all the comments. I greatly appreciate it and will keep my options open.

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> On Oct 3, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>            Amanda, you are on the right track. 
> I would suggest that when they say "kids learn better when a parent 
> reads to them" they mean that you spend time engaging with your child 
> with a book. I read Braille and wish everything was in Braille. I also 
> had kids that were hug monsters when they were babies. They wanted to 
> be in my arms all the time. Audio books were great during this time. 
> The neat thing about babies is you can read or listen to anything with 
> them, all they care about is being with you and hearing words you may 
> not normally use, and no I don't mean bad language.
> When my youngest was a tiny baby, we listened to The Boys In The Boat. 
> It wasn't in Braille, my husband read the book and highly recommended 
> it to me and he was right.
> As your kids get older you will probably find books they care about 
> that are not in Braille. A fun one last summer was called Neighborhood 
> Sharks, we listened to that before going swimming, then I had way too 
> much fun scaring my kids by yelling "Shark!"
> Another one my preschooler loves is How To Be An Elephant which talks 
> about how elephants learn and grow. The print version of the book has 
> real nice pictures so she likes to look at it and we listen to the audio.
> I say all this so you don't get stuck on one method of doing things. I 
> know that for me I was surprised at how much my babies wanted to be 
> held, to the point that they were not happy if I put them down and 
> read to them. They were very happy having me hold them and have (BARD 
> at this point) read to us both. Also, you want to be open to other 
> ideas when your kids find their own interests. That happens earlier then you might expect too.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth 
> Pinto via BlParent
> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 3:18 PM
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> Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Where to get children's books
> 
> Beautiful name. I love it.
> 
> You've gotten some great links.
> 
> Also, if you are interested in Facebook groups, people occasionally 
> give away braille books their children outgrow. I believe there may be 
> a group just for exchanging braille books, but I don't know what it's called.
> 
> Facebook groups include but are not limited to:
> Blind Parent Alliance
> Blind Mamas: Sparkle in the Darkness
> Blind Parents Connect
> Parenting Without Sight
> 
> Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> 
> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
> Is my award-winning novel,
> Available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats.
> http://www.amazon.com/author/jepinto
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amanda 
> Crouch via BlParent
> Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 10:02 PM
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> Cc: Amanda Crouch <amanda.crouch2017 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Where to get children's books
> 
> We are both braille readers. I've been listening to audio books but 
> have heard babies learn best if parents read to them.
> Used ones are fine as long as they're in good condition and braille is 
> still able to be read.
> By the way, we are naming our little bundle of joy Ivy Grace.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 1, 2018, at 11:54 PM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto via BlParent
> <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Are you braille readers? Large print? Audio? Are you looking to 
>> purchase
> new books or find used ones?
>> 
>> 
>> Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> 
>> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
>> Is my award-winning novel,
>> Available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats.
>> http://www.amazon.com/author/jepinto
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amanda 
>> Crouch
> via BlParent
>> Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 7:48 PM
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>> Cc: Amanda Crouch <amanda.crouch2017 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [blparent] Where to get children's books
>> 
>> Hello to all. Amanda and Jeff Crouch here. Doing very well. Our baby 
>> girl
> will be arriving next month. It's amazing how time flies. We are 
> looking for books that we can read to our little one. If anyone has 
> any resources please email one of us. Our emails are below. Thank you very much.
>> Jeff can be reached at
>> k8tvv2 at gmail.com
>> I can be reached at
>> amanda.crouch2017 at gmail.com
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