The black book of colors / by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faría ; translated by Elisa Amado.
Material type: TextPublication details: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008.Edition: 1st English edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 18 x 29 cmISBN:- 9780888998736 :
- 0888998732
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Juvenile Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Juvenile Non-Fiction | J 535.6 COT | Available | 36748002284133 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008
It is very hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. This groundbreaking, award-winning book endeavors to convey the experience of a person who can only see through his or her sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing.
Raised black line drawings on black paper, which can be deciphered by touch, complement a beautifully written text describing colors through imagery. Braille letters accompany the text so that the sighted reader can begin to imagine what it is like to use Braille to read. A full Braille alphabet at the end of the book can be used to learn more.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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.
English and Braille.