[blindkid] NBP-Announce: Kids: Hailstones and Halibut Bones

[Susan Harper]

Our copy just came yesterday.  I have done a quick survey and it is going to
be a big help for my son who is blind with all the great descriptive
language that incorporates all the senses, including sight.  It is a book
worth reading to all children.  My 7 year old home schooler is now reading
to her younger siblings 3 1/2  and they love it.  She is also learning
appropriate Braille technique.
Blessings,
Sue H.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Tony Grima <agrima at nbp.org> wrote:

> March 2010 Book Club Selection
> Hailstones and Halibut Bones
> by Mary O'Neill
> Print/braille edition, $9.95
> In contracted braille.
> Ages 8-13
>
> "I was surprised and flattered then, and continue to be, by the large
> audience - including the blind - who still write to me."
> - Author Mary O'Neill
>
> "Hailstones and Halibut Bones" is a unique book about colors that can be
> heard, touched, and smelled. Originally published in 1961, it has become
> a classic, at twice the length of most children's books.
>
> O'Neill explores 12 different colors in 12 poems. Each series of poems
> relates to a color, "What Is Green," "What Is Gold... Red... Blue," and
> so forth.
>
>        Blue is a heron, a sapphire ring,
>        You can smell blue in many a thing:
>        Gentian and larkspur, Forget-me-nots, too.
>        And if you listen, you can hear blue
>        In wind over water....
>
> "After more than twenty-five years, the poems, like colors, still sing.
> Kudos to Doubleday for letting Hailstones continue to live."
> - School Library Journal
>
> To order or read more about this book online, visit
> http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/BC1003-HAILSTONE.html
>
>
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