Dear Judy;
Sorry to be slow after acquiring the book to prepare to scan it. I
have asked a number of teachers and done a reading both ways of this
book with and without picture descriptions, and everyone was pretty
much in agreement that trying to take time to describe the pictures
detracted from the cadence and rhyming of the nursery rhyme. I will be
glad to scan the book I mentioned, but we would probably not recommend
(or do ourselves) picture descriptions since they would be
overpowering to the text. It’s one of those places where a picture’s
worth 1000 words but the thousand words would overpower the nursery
rhymes. ;-)
I hope that makes sense and that you are disappointed… Thanks!
Valerie
On Nov 17, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Valerie, have you and Doug ever looked at the Wallace Tripp nursery
rhyme books? I've wondered about getting them for the collection, but
I think so much would be lost if the illustrations weren't described
well, and I'm not sure how to capture them in words. The
illustrations are all sort of a wink at what the rhyme is saying. I
don't know how I'd even go about describing them so that a blind
reader could capture that flavor. I'd love your take on it, if
you've ever seen the books, given how experienced and devoted you and
Doug are to getting great quality children's books into the
collection with image descriptions.
Judy s.
On 11/17/2013 6:03 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:
Cindy;
I am so sorry if I misunderstood your comment, "It seems to me, from
the caption, that one can imagine…” And I thought someone might then
insert the words caption. This is where real life dialogue is so
much easier than email. Smiles. And you are correct, if an
explanation would be redundant or superfluous, I do not include a
picture description, merely indicate there was a
picture/sketch/illustration, or whatever title is most fitting.
It’s wonderful that we have such great volunteers dedicated to
making the best possible books!
Valerie
