[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on children's book without page numbers
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:37:27 -0700 (PDT)
--- 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>
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