[bksvol-discuss] Re: We should scan this. Fw: Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno

"Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:39:10 -0500

Ah, but I have bought these kinds of books and left them for students, 
student's parents, and fellow teachers and they always are well recieved and 
they love them for the information that they provide.

Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com

Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
 Puppies are the joy at one end.
 Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander

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From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: We should scan this. Fw: Book Review: 
"BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno

I always feel like these books are "preaching to the choir."
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: We should scan this. Fw: Book Review:
"BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno

> We have this book in the collection already, it is great smile.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
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> From: "Allison Mervis" <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "org, bksvol-discuss@freelists. " <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:06 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] We should scan this. Fw: Book Review:
> "BlindSight:
> Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno
>
>
> Hi all!
> This looks like an interesting book. We should try and get it scanned.
> Allison
>
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> From: "News related to blindness" <blindnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:34 PM
> Subject: Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno
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>
>> TwinCities.com, Minnesota USA
>> Sunday, February 18, 2007
>>
>> Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno
>>
>> By MARY ANN GROSSMANN
>>
>> (Extract)
>>
>> "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno (Singing River Publications,
>> $17.95): When I finished reading this memoir about living with blindness,
>> I thought Jane Toleno is a remarkable woman. But, based on her feisty
>> attitude, she probably wouldn't want to be described that way.
>>
>> "I do not want to be described as differently abled, handi-capable, a
>> survivor or the like. Blind will do," she writes.
>>
>> "BlindSight" is Toleno's first-person account of how she perceives the
>> world as a legally blind person. She and her twin sister were premature,
>> and the pure oxygen pumped into their tents damaged their eyes. Jane
>> later
>> had an eye trauma that limited her sight even more. She is married, the
>> mother of two children, and lives in Minnesota, although the book doesn't
>> say where.
>>
>> In "BlindSight," Toleno weaves accounts of her personal life into
>> explanations of how she perceives light and dark and the seasons, using
>> both narrative and poetry.
>>
>> She admits to being sometimes irked by the boorish behavior of some
>> people, especially those who don't understand how to behave around her
>> guide dog. That's why this book is so important, especially for young
>> readers.
>>
>> Besides, Toleno is a lovely poet. Here are the first lines of her poem
>> "My
>> Physical World":
>>
>> "In my physical world, there is no sky;/But there is air and there is
>> earth./There are perceived, yet no visible stars;/But there is sun and
>> there are clouds./Summer sun packs heat./And even I squint up at her
>> glare
>> ."
>>
>> "BlindSight" is published by a small press based in Ely. It should be
>> picked up by a major publisher, because more readers need to meet Jane
>> Toleno.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/entertainment/16705570.htm
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