Synopsis
When Laura gets her first letter from her new Australian penfriend, she's delighted. She writes Malcolm a long letter telling him all about herself, but she doesn't receive a reply. At last she gets a letter from Malcolm's sister telling her that Malcolm has gone into hospital for an eye operation - he is nearly completely blind. Laura decides to learn Braille so that she can send him a get-well-soon card and they are soon corresponding in Braille, making their letters private and confidential. Including an information spread about Braille and a Braille sample, this book shows children that having a disability should not be a barrier to friendship, and that communicating in a different way can be rewarding and fun.
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Marion Ripley runs the Clear Vision project, which is a nation-wide postal lending library of children's picture books in Braille. Her two tactile books have been mass-produced in English and French Colin Backhouse: This is Colin's first picture book
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Colin Backhouse (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback: illustrated throughout in colour by COLIN BACKHOUSE, laminated colour pictorial boards, spine tips slightly bumped, some scribble indentations on the back cover, vertical crease on flyleaf, else vg. folio, (24pp). An English starts writing to a blind boy in Australia and learns to keep their letters 'private and confidential' by sending and receiving them using braille. Complete with a braille letter, an alphabet and some facts about braille. Seller Inventory # 16A58
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