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The black book of colors

This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers.

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Main Author: Cottin, Menena
Other Authors: Faría, Rosana, Amado, Elisa
Format: Books Print Book Braille
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2008.
Edition:1st English ed.
Subjects:
Colors > Juvenile nonfiction.
Touch > Juvenile nonfiction.
Braille books.
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Summary:This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers.
Item Description:Translation of El libro negro de los colores.
Physical Description:[21] p. : ill. ; 18 x 29 cm.
ISBN:9780888998736
0888998732
Author Notes:Menena Cottin studied design and illustration at the Pratt Institute in New York where she began writing books. Her most recent title, The Black Book of Colors, was selected as a School Library Journal Best Books of the Year. She lives in Venezuela.Rosana Faria has illustrated many highly regarded children's books, but illustrating a book to be touched has been her greatest challenge. She lives in Caracas, Venezuela.

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