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Literature, Drama
Ten of Shakespeare's plays retold in simple language. Nesbit compiled the collection after a visit to the poet's home with… her children. She encouraged them to try reading some of the original plays, only to be told the writing was too difficult to understand. This volume includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Othello. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1997.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
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Drama
Ten of Shakespeare's best-known plays retold as stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth, The Tempest,… Othello, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. Includes a brief introduction to Shakespeare's life and times. Grades 5-8. 2004.
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Movie and television tie-ins, Drama
A romantic tragedy of two teenagers from rival families who fall in love. A sentence of exile and an impending… arranged marriage force the two to flee. A friar suggests a ruse to accomplish their union, but miscommunication causes it to backfire. This is a fully dramatised unabridged version. For Senior High readers. Originally published in 1597. 1997.
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Literature, Drama
The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet,… a Capulet, fall in love they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. For senior high readers. 2006.
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Music biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Blindness and visual impairment, Lifestyle
Biography of musical genius Ray Charles, who was left sightless by glaucoma as a child. While a student at the… Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Charles learned to read and write music in braille. Describes his personal and professional struggles, including drug addiction, as well as triumphs. For Junior and Senior High readers. c1994.
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Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Canadian non-fiction, Blindness and visual impairment
Une excellente biographie romancée de Louis Braille. Par son entêtement, sa détermination, son ingéniosité, cet homme a atteint son but… et a permis aux aveugles de s'ouvrir au monde, d'élargir leur horizon. Tonique. Années 2-4. 2001.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Losing both eyes to retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, opened a door to another world for Jeff Healey. Out… of darkness he created music, becoming one of the most influential blues-rock and jazz performers of our time. Winner of the 2012 Golden Oak Award. Grades 5-8. 2010.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop… a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write. Grades 4-7. 1998.
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Literature, Drama
Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator. But Iago,… Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. For senior high readers. 2007.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
After going blind at twenty-four, Alexander describes also losing part of her hearing. Determined to be independent and self-sufficient, she… recounts her fears and difficulties adjusting to a new apartment, finding a job, and meeting the right man. For junior high readers. 1997.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
Account of twenty-year-old Morris Frank, who, blinded in a boxing accident, traveled from Tennessee to Switzerland in 1928 to become… the first American owner of a seeing-eye dog, whom he named Buddy. Discusses training processes and Morris's mission to bring canine guides to the United States. Grades 3-6. c2007.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Blindness and visual impairment
Histoire de Louis Braille. À l'âge de treize ans, il s'inspira d'un système de lecture tactile en usage dans l'armée… française pour créer un système d'écriture et de lecture simple et génial, consistant en des points en relief et permettant à des millions de personnes aveugles, partout dans le monde, de lire, de comprendre et de communiquer efficacement par écrit. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1990.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
George, a 4-H Club member, becomes involved in Puppy Power, a programme that places puppies in homes for a year… before they are trained as guide dogs for the blind. Grades 3-6. c1984.