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Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to his bedroom, and all of his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens, in a bigger version of the enduring classic. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room, to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and...
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"Follows the everyday lives of several blind school children, describing how they use Braille to read, how they use their other senses to navigate their environment, what they do for fun, and how being blind does not stop them from pursuing their dreams"--Provided by publisher.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city. A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds...
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Hadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world because she has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly going blind; but then she meets Lila, a rescued pit bull who has not responded to anyone else--so if Hadley can train Lila, maybe the dog can get adopted...
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After a whirlwind romance and marriage, Tova found herself pregnant. She was determined to be a wonderful mother, but when she discovered uncomfortable secrets about her new husband, Tova was thrown out, and left to look after their daughter, Katie, on her own. Wracked with memories of her own unhappy childhood, and suffering from postnatal depression, Tova struggled to be the mother she'd always wanted to be. And then Katie lost her eyesight... Tova...
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Leaving her best friend and the familiarity of Seattle for the paper mill town of "Stinkville," South Carolina, twelve-year-old Alice, who lives with albinism and blindness, takes on the additional challenge of entering the Stinkville Success Stories essay contest.
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Because you'll never meet me volume 1
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English
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Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
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When Mikey is young, the Sullivans are a closely knit unit, all of them devoted to caring for her. But as Mikey grows older, she also grows increasingly violent. By the time she's twelve, institutionalization is the only available option--and without the shared purpose of caring for Mikey, the family begins to unravel. As her family falls apart, Teresa searches for relief and connection during a time of sweeping cultural change. Lacking maturity or...
15) The silence
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New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Persian
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From one of Iran's most celebrated filmmakers comes 'The Silence', a hypnotic symphony of visual and aural rhythms. It follows the life of Khorshid, a blind 10-year-old boy who experiences life through hypnotic sounds and the music of the world.
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[Varahonar Film Company]
Pub. Date
c[1999], 2000
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Persian
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Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind in Tehran, unaware of his father's intention to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancée, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable...
18) Skateboard sonar
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Stone Arch Books
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c2010
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English
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Although blind, Matty is an excellent skateboarder, but when the former champion mocks him during the skating competition, Matty shows that seeing is not everything.
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Wen xue guan) volume E06021
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Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文
20) Marie's story
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
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At the turn of the nineteenth century, a humble artisan and his wife have a daughter, Marie, who is born deaf and blind and unable to communicate with the world around her. Desperate to find a connection to their daughter and avoid sending her to an asylum, the Heurtins send fourteen-year-old Marie to the Larnay Institute in central France, where an order of Catholic nuns manages a school for deaf girls. Based on a true story.
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