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A stunning and unforgettable black book ... about colour.
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Our eyes tell us about colour. But what if you are blind? Can you still know colours? Using simple language and beautiful textured art, this book shows you how to “see” without your eyes. The pages are black, but using your imagination and your senses you can hear, smell, touch and taste colours! Red is sour like unripe strawberries and sweet as watermelon. Yellow tastes like mustard, but is as soft as a baby chick’s feathers. Blue is the colour of the sky when kites are flying. From out of the blackness, a beautiful rainbow of colours emerges!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Winner of the Key Stage 1 Fiction Award in the English Association's 2011 English 4-11 Best Children's Illustrated Books Awards
Not everyone sees the world the same way. For Thomas, who is visually impaired, colour is something more powerful than for most. For him, colour is something you can hear and smell and touch and taste. This incredible book uses raised line drawings and Braille letters to help sighted readers to understand how Thomas sees the world. The pages in this book are black, but the intricate designs in shiny raised black on the matt pages, along with the most visual of written descriptions ensures that this book is a riot of colour, told through the power of language and illustration.
Not everyone sees the world the same way. For Thomas, who is visually impaired, colour is something more powerful than for most. For him, colour is something you can hear and smell and touch and taste. This incredible book uses raised line drawings and Braille letters to help sighted readers to understand how Thomas sees the world. The pages in this book are black, but the intricate designs in shiny raised black on the matt pages, along with the most visual of written descriptions ensures that this book is a riot of colour, told through the power of language and illustration.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is such an unusual book. It describes how colours are perceived by a blind child, and every page has lovely tactile illustrations. All the text is in white print on black pages, and in Braille, which is a great idea BUT sadly the Braille is not raised enough to be accessible to a blind reader. I have asked some Braille-reading children I work with and they were not able to read the Braille. It is too flat. This is such a shame, as the concept of the book deserves to be enjoyed by sighted and non-sighted readers.
Format:Hardcover
What a fantastic book. This will introduce the concept of visual impairment to children of all ages. Really will make children and adults think
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Inspiring
What a wonderful idea for a book, and such an exciting concept. The presentation of each page and the raised imagery is beautiful, although I was dissappointed to read another... Read more
Published 14 months ago by S. Millman
Colour
This book is such a beautiful picture book in that it makes you see, hear, feel and taste the world in a new way. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. morris
Wonderful resource
A wonderful resource- purchased for my blind niece who at 2 reads books with her little fingers searching for something to "see"
WOuld recommend it!
WOuld recommend it!
Published 15 months ago by Heidie Ward
beautiful
a book you read by touching. why didn't someone think of this earlier/why haven't i come across such products earlier?? beautiful book, tender in its innocence. Read more
Published 16 months ago by eynzhih
beautiful
This book is absolutely stunning. one of the best purchases i have ever made. thoughful, beautifully crafted and utterly timeless.
Published 18 months ago by cho
A fantastic book for everyone
This lovely book has a handy Braille guide and is written both in Braille and "normally." It is all black with white print and spot UV printing for the Braille and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gollywhoa
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