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Visual Impairment: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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LUNA AND THE BIG BLUR: A STORY FOR CHILDREN WHO 
WEAR GLASSES; by Shirley Day, Don Morris 
(illustrator); Magination (ISBN: 0945354665)             1-4

GLASSES: WHO NEEDS 'EM?; by Lane Smith; Viking, 
1991                                                     3-8 

ARTHUR'S EYES; by Marc Tolon Brown; Little Brown 
& Co, 1986 (ISBN: 0316110698)                            4-8 

BLUEBERRY EYES; by Monica Driscoll Beatty, Peg 
Michel (illustrator); Health Press, 1996 
(ISBN: 0929173244)                                       4-8 

DOGS DON'T WEAR GLASSES; by Adrienne Geoghegan; 
Kane/Miller Book Pub., 1996 (ISBN: 1566562082)           4-8 

GLASSES FOR D.W.: Sticker Book; by Marc Tolon 
Brown; Random House, 1996 (ISBN: 0679867406)             4-8 

LISTEN FOR THE BUS: DAVID'S STORY; by Patricia 
McMahon, John Godt (illustrator); Boyds Mills 
Press, 1995 (ISBN: 1563973685)                           4-8 

SPECTACLES; by Ellen Raskin; Atheneum, 1968              5-8 

A CANE IN HER HAND; by Ada Litchfield; A.  
Whitman and Co., 1976                                    6-9 

THROUGH GRANDPA'S EYES; by Patricia MacLachlan; 
Harper, 1980                                             6-9 

WATCH OUT, RONALD MORGAN; by Patricia Giff; 
Viking, 1985                                             6-9 

CHILD OF THE SILENT NIGHT: THE STORY OF LAURA 
BRIDGMAN; by Edith Fisher Hunter; Houghton 
Mifflin, 1963                                           7-10 

THE ROSE-COLORED GLASSES: MELANIE ADJUSTS TO 
POOR VISION; by Linda Leggett and Linda Andrews; 
Human Sciences Press, 1979                              8-11 

BELONGING: A NOVEL; by Deborah Kent; Dial Press, 
1978                                                   10-12 

BLINDNESS; by Elaine Landau; Twenty-First 
Century Books, 1994                                    10-14 

FROM ANNA; by Jean Little; HarperCollins, 1973         10-15 

LITTLE BY LITTLE: A WRITER'S EDUCATION; Viking 
Kestrel, 1988                                          10-15 

LISTEN FOR THE SINGING; by Jean Little; Harper, 
1991                                                   12-16 

THE BRIDGE TO BRAILLE: READING AND SCHOOL SUCCESS 
FOR THE YOUNG BLIND CHILD; by Carol Castellano and 
Dawn Kosman; National Federation of the Blind, 
1997 (ISBN: 1885218087)                                Adult

CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS: A PARENTS' 
GUIDE; by M. Cay Holbrook; Woodbine House, 1995 
(ISBN: 0933149360)                                     Adult

HELPING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILD WITH 
DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS: EFFECTIVE PRACTICE IN 
HOME, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY; by Sally M. Rogow; 
Teachers College Press, 1988 (ISBN: 0807729027)        Adult

HOW TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE: A GUIDE TO 
DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT LIFE SKILLS FOR BLIND AND 
VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND YOUTHS; by Rose-
Marie Swallow; American Foundation for the Blind, 
1987 (ISBN: 0891281487)                                Adult

LIVING AND LEARNING WITH BLIND CHILDREN: A GUIDE 
FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED 
CHILDREN; by Felicity Harrison and Mary Crow; 
University of Toronto Press, 1993 
(ISBN: 0802077005)                                     Adult

LIVING WITH LOW VISION: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR 
PEOPLE WITH SIGHT LOSS (5TH ED); written and 
published by Resources for Rehabilitation, 1998 
(ISBN: 0929718208)                                     Adult

SHOW ME HOW: A MANUAL FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL 
VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND CHILDREN; by Mary 
Brennan (Editor); American Foundation for the 
Blind, 1983 (ISBN: 0891281134)                         Adult

SKILLS FOR SUCCESS: A CAREER EDUCATION HANDBOOK 
FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH VISUAL 
IMPAIRMENTS; edited by Karen E. Wolffe; American 
Foundation for the Blind, 1998 (ISBN: 0891289437)      Adult

WHAT BLIND PEOPLE WISH SIGHTED PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT 
BLINDNESS; by Diane Carol Martin; Harry Martin 
1996 (ISBN: 0965220508)                                Adult
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems