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When Laura gets a letter from Malcolm, her new Australian penfriend, she is excited and shows his letter to all…
her friends at school. But when the letters suddenly stop, Laura discovers that Malcolm is blind. Can they still be penfriends, and how can their letters be private and confidential? Grades K-3 and older readers. 2003.
Tommy is a young boy with sight loss and a big imagination. When he's told he's too young to get…
a guide dog, he imagines what it would be like to have other animals as a guide, but soon learns the pitfalls that come with each one.
Alex is an eight-year-old boy who likes milk shakes, swimming, and funny jokes, but his favourite thing is sailing. Includes…
sailing terms. This book Includes Braille, print and raised line drawings which are enhanced by tactile objects. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2011.
This story of Skip the dog describes his life until he becomes a guide dog for Natalie. This book Includes…
Braille, print and raised line drawings which are enhanced by tactile objects. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2007.
Davey, a blind student, refuses all help from his new classmates, even while playing kickball at recess, until they find…
a way to help without doing everything for him. Grades K-3. 2007.
Katie and her guide dog Cocoa go to a sports camp run by the Ontario Blind Sports Association. They spend…
a week with other blind and low-vision kids (and some of the instructors), learning judo, lawn bowling, goalball, wrestling, and track and field. Based on the author's own experiences at sports camp. The story is written in both Braille and print and is illustrated in raised line drawings. Grades K-3. 2008.
Katie and her guide dog Cocoa experience a typical day at school. The story is written in both Braille and…
print and is illustrated in raised line drawings. Grades K-3. 2005.
Katie, Daniel and their guide dogs Cocoa and Dory spend a day at the zoo. They are taken on a…
tour where they stroke birds and meet monkeys. Includes tactile illustrations, presented in print and Braille. Grades K-3. 2005.
Abby is bored while waiting for her mother to finish her shopping, until she meets Joanna and her guide dog,…
Charlie. Though he is great at helping Joanna to "see", he can't help with choosing a special outfit for an important and mysterious event. When Abby saves the day, she also discovers that wishing for rainbows can be magical. Grades K-3 and old readers. 2005.
To avoid the matchmaking skills of London society, Alistair Cynster - better known as Lucifer - heads for the English…
countryside to visit an old friend. Upon his arrival, he discovers his friend dead, and he is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head. He awakens to find himself in the care of Phyllida Tallent, a beautiful, strong-willed young woman who is determined to remain unmarried. As they join forces to discover the murderer, they feel themselves drawn together by a passion they cannot control. Sequel to "Secret love", followed by "All about passion". 2002.
With only a suitcase and a broken-down truck to her name, McKenna came to Gold Valley aiming to confront her…
birth father, then leave by Christmas. Working at the Dodge ranch wasn't planned, nor was falling for Grant Dodge, the gorgeous cowboy who keeps his heart roped off. 2018.
Marius van Houben was the sort of man who could have any woman he wanted. Rich, attractive, successful, he was…
still a bachelor and apparently not looking for a wife, although it was inevitable that he would marry one day. When he chose his bride it wouldn't be a student nurse like Caroline, with nothing to attract a man's attention except common sense and a talent for plain speaking. 1993.
Viscount Torrington is the hottest commodity in town as London's matchmaking season begins. But the viscount only has eyes for…
the penniless Widow Carrington, who has recently been accused of murder. Sequel to "The lady chosen", followed by "A lady of his own". 2007.
Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel and Emmeline have formed a very successful wedding planning business together. While helping thousands of…
happy couples to organise the biggest day of their lives, three of the four women have all found love themselves - but workaholic Parker remains resolutely single. Her business is her life and she devotes all her energies to it. But as she is forced to re-evaluate her friendships, Parker finds that someone is about to divert her focus. 2010. (Bride quartet ; 4)
Blinded in an accident, Bun Bendle stumbles one day into an underground tomb containing a shield and a beautiful ancient…
sword. As he touches the hilt, his whole body is gripped by an incredible, centuries-old power. It is a power that will change Bun's life forever. Grades 2-4. 2002.
At the age of three, to stop a fast-spreading cancer, Bartholomew Lampion was blinded by eye surgery. Barty grows up…
a prodigy, and at the age of 13, he regains his sight and sets out to transform the lives of everyone around him.
When Emma Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything, from walking across the street to…
recognizing her own sisters to imagining colours. One of seven children, Emma used to be the invisible kid, but now it seems everyone is watching her. And just as she’s about to start high school and try to recover her friendships and former life, one of her classmates is found dead in an apparent suicide. Fifteen and blind, Emma has to untangle what happened and why—in order to see for herself what makes life worth living. For senior high readers. 2014.
Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter receives a signal-processing retinal implant to see, but the technology also gives her the ability…
to "see" the digital data streams of the World Wide Web, and an extraordinary presence within it. Called Webmind, it befriends Caitlin and wants to learn about her world, but Watch - the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for threats to the United States - also discovers it. Watch is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security, but Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion - and she'll do anything to protect her friend. Strong language. 2010.
Although Caitlin Decter is blind, she can effortlessly surf the Internet by following its complex paths clearly in her mind.…
When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness. Followed by "Watch". 2009. (The WWW trilogy ; 1)