By ingeniously integrating thirty-three written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, this author has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. It is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere.
Follow Lin, a spirited heroine, on her adventure to find her runaway pet dragon.
Living with the use of one’s eyes can make imagining blindness difficult, but this innovative title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery.
Thomas can’t see colors, but he can hear them and smell them and touch them and taste them.
Now you can try to see the world the way Thomas sees it.
Raised line drawings and Braille letters are included as an introduction for sighted readers.
The name Braille deserves to be on everyone’s list of great inventor. Just like these others, he recognized a rough idea (a fingertip code used on battlefields) and worked exhaustively to shape it into something that changed the world forever.
John Newbery and the reinvention of children’s books as we know them now
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This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children’s books—John Newbery himself. While most children’s books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science, and games. He believed that every book should be made for the reader’s enjoyment.
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