--- Yes, that occurred to me a long time ago and I was wondering why I was describing illustrations. Sighted parent could describe pictures to blind child and sighted child could describe pictures to blind parent.. Then it occurred to me that maybe a very young child wouldn't have the vocabulary to describe what he/she was seeing. Even with descriptions, a parent is probably oing to have to explain what some things in the illustrations are, if the child h asn't expeienced them. I'm so glad that, as Shelley has told us, there are models, e.g., of animals, that a chuld can feel. Or the other way around, sighted parents can read along with a blind child learning to read, and in addition describe the pictures. Misha Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote: > There are parents who are blind who want to read the books their sighted > children read. I think children's picture books (when I say picture books I > mean books which have text, but also have large pictures, that are usually > big hard cover books, but not thick hard cover books with lots of pages. > Maybe 20 to 30 pages. > Also there are young children who are blind who might also want to read >these books. > When I do them if I think the picture is relevant, then I describe it. I'm >not the best picture describer (Judy is!) but I try to tell what is important. > I think the one book I can think of off the top of my head where the >pictures are vitally important is No, David by David Shannon. Much of the text >just says "No, David!" so you need to know what's happening in the pictures. I >think that was one of the first books I proofread as a new volunteer, although >when I just checked the collection, it is now submitted and proofread by Worth >Trust, so I hope they put as much love and time into the pictures as I did >several years ago. > > -- Jamie in Michigan > Currently Reading: Blood is the Sky by Steve Hamilton <br> > See everything I've read this year at: www.michrxtech.com/books.html > <http://www.michrxtech.com/books.html> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.