[Nfb-hi] FW: [Nfb-announce] Seedlings adds 9 new books!
Milton Ota
mota at hawaii.rr.com
Sat Jun 12 02:52:31 UTC 2010
>From: Seedlink at aol.com
>Subject: [napub] Seedlings adds 9 new books!
>
> 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 Day by Norman Bridwell $4.00
> (uncontracted) Little Feet Love by Piggy Toes
> Press $8.00 (uncontracted) Numbers by
> Scholastic $5.00 (uncontracted) Are You
> My Mommy? by Mae Brown $8.00 Biscuit’s Pet
> & Play Christmas by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
> $7.00 A Good Day by Kevin Henkes $8.00
> It’s Spring! by Samantha Berger & Pamela
> Chanko $6.00 Wake Up, Little Ones by
> Piggy Toes Press $11.00 Where Is
> Love, Biscuit? By Alyssa Satin Capucilli
> $7.00 Seedlings Braille Books for Children is
> a nonprofit organization serving blind children
> from birth to age 14 and blind adults who read
> to sighted children. For more information
> about Seedlings Braille Books for Children,
> visit _www.seedlings.org_
> (http://www.seedlings.org/) or call:
> 800-777-8552 or 734-427-8552; E-mail:
> _info at seedlings.org_
> (mailto:info at seedlings.org) Best wishes,
> Debra Bonde, Director Seedlings Braille Books
> for Children _www.seedlings.org_
> (http://www.seedlings.org/) 800-777-8552
> 734-427-8552 fax
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