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A patch of blue

By Elizabeth Kata. 1961

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio

A blind girl who knows only darkness and loneliness falls in love with a young man she meets in the…

park. No stranger to anguish himself, he introduces the sensitive girl to a new world of freedom and hope. 1961.

Apt. 3

By Ezra Jack Keats. 1971

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio
One rainy day, Sam and Ben hear haunting harmonica music coming from an apartment in their building. Grades K-3. 1971.

Alnilam

By James Dickey. 1987

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio

Frank Cahill, diabetic and recently blind, searches for the truth about his son Joel's death in an Air Force training…

accident. Through his experiences at the base, Frank comes to perceive a profound relationship between the experience of blindness and the experience of flight. Some strong language. 1987.

The stars grow pale

By Karl Bjarnhof. 1958

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio
The sensitive story of the boyhood and early adolescence of a gifted young cellist who is losing his eyesight. 1958. Uniform title: Stjernerne blegner.

Blind justice (A sir John Fielding Mystery Ser.)

By Bruce Alexander. 1994

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Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio

Based on the life of the blind eighteenth-century justice Sir John Fielding, who, with novelist Henry Fielding, founded the Bow…

Street Runners. Known for his fairness, Sir John enlists the aid of Jeremy Proctor, a young boy unjustly accused whom Sir John has taken into his home. The case involves the double murder (by poison and gunshot) of Lord Goodhope. Followed by "Murder in Grub Street" (DC18288) 1994.

Murder in Grub Street (A sir John Fielding Mystery Ser.)

By Bruce Alexander. 1995

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio

Blind magistrate Sir John Fielding investigates the murders of a publisher and his family. Although a visiting poet was found…

bloodied at the scene, Fielding enlists the help of his ward, Jeremy Proctor, to search for the truth. A shady Christian organization from America becomes suspect after a synagogue is burned. Sequel to "Blind justice". 1995.

Seeing lessons: the story of Abigail Carter and America's first school for the blind

By Spring Hermann. 1998

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction, General fiction, Historical fiction, School stories
Human-narrated audio

1832. Ten-year-old Abigail and her six-year-old sister, Sophia, are among the first students chosen to attend a new school in…

Boston that is solely for children who are blind. The girls are homesick but thrilled at the chance to learn to read, do math and handicrafts, and play the pianoforte. Grades 4-7. 1998.

From the corner of his eye

By Dean R Koontz. 2000

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Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio

Junior Cain feels rejuvenated after pushing his beloved bride to her death, but he senses enemies in a spooky cop…

and a boy named Bartholomew. As Cain ruthlessly seeks Barty, the gifted boy uses quantum physics to overcome his blindness. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001, c2000.

The color of death (Sir John Fielding mystery. #7.)

By Bruce Alexander. 2000

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Blind and visually impaired fiction, Historical fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
Human-narrated audio

London, 1772. A rash of home invasions and murders occurs, apparently committed by black men. After blind magistrate Sir John…

Fielding is wounded, his assistant, Jeremy Proctor, tracks down the gang with the help of the Bow Street Runners. 2000. (Sir John Fielding mystery ; 7)

Mirror, mirror on the wall: the diary of Bess Brennan (Dear America)

By Barry Denenberg. 2002

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Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
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In 1932 twelve-year-old Bess loses her sight in a sledding accident. Dictating her thoughts to her twin sister, Elin, on…

weekend visits home, Bess keeps a diary describing life at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she learns to read braille. Grades 5-8. 2002.

Blindsided

By Priscilla Cummings. 2010

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Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
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After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie attends a boarding school for the blind to learn braille, cane use, and…

self-protection skills. After she and her roommate are attacked by drunks, Natalie must decide whether to retreat to her parents' home or actively claim an independent life. Some violence and some strong language. For junior high readers. 2010.

Tommy Wants a Guide Dog

By Christopher Warner. 2020

Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

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.

Au secours ! Je perds la vue !: roman (Cavales)

By Martine Bisson Rodriguez. 2018

Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Léo est un champion de l'équipe élite de volley-ball de l'école St-Nicolas. Mais une grande épreuve l'attend : depuis quelque…

temps, sa vision lui joue des tours. Il a de plus en plus de difficultés à voir au tableau ou à lire un livre. Ses notes baissent. Il s'éloigne de ses amis qui ne s'expliquent pas son attitude. Même les membres de sa famille ne le comprennent plus. Quand un spécialiste lui confirme qu'il est en train de perdre la vue, il refuse de l'accepter. Tout son univers s'écroule... Que deviendra-t-il ? Léo cheminera pour apprivoiser, lentement mais sûrement, sa nouvelle condition, et devenir ainsi un bon exemple de résilience, de courage et de détermination pour les autres enfants. Un livre touchant dans lequel la persévérance d'un jeune sportif, blessé par la vie, fera vivre aux lecteurs plein de rebondissements et toute une gamme d'émotions. Années 3-6. 2018.

Rainbows in the dark

By Alice Priestley, Jan Coates. 2005

Printbraille
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-transcribed braille

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.

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Run

By Kody Keplinger. 2016

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-transcribed braille

Bo Dickinson is a girl with a wild reputation, a deadbeat dad, and an alcoholic mum. Agnes Atwood is legally…

blind. Agnes has never stayed out past 10 p.m., never gone on a date and never broken any of her parents' overbearing rules. Despite everything, Bo and Agnes become best friends. When Bo shows up in the middle of the night, police sirens wailing in the distance, desperate to get out of town, Agnes doesn't hesitate to take off with her. But running away and not getting caught will require stealing a car, tracking down Bo's dad, staying ahead of the authorities, and finally confronting some ugly secrets. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.

The Gunners: a novel

By Rebecca Kauffman. 2018

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Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio
Mikey Callahan is a thirty-year-old suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration. He struggles to establish human connections--even his emotional life is a blur. 2018.

La porte d'en face ((Les Premiers romans).)

By Ester Rota Gasperoni. 2002

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Gianni est intrigué par le nouveau voisin ainsi que par son chien. Grand-mère dit qu'il est aveugle mais Gianni a…

l'impression qu'il voit. Peu à peu, il apprend des choses sur cet homme qui parle anglais, joue du piano et cache un gros secret. Années 3-6. 2002.

Cauchemar aveugle (Ado ; 71. Plus.)

By Fernande D Lamy. 2006

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-transcribed braille

Thierry, quatorze ans, est aveugle depuis lâge de sept ans. Son imagination et sa sensibilité extra-sensorielle lui amènent des images…

cauchemardesques presque toutes les nuits. Il a peur. Peur pour lui mais, surtout, peur pour son fidèle chien guide, devenu lenjeu dun chantage odieux. Ses harceleurs voient en lui une proie utile, facile et sans risque. Seul, quel moyen Thierry a-t-il pour lutter contre toutes les menaces qui pèsent sur lui? Quel chemin prendront-elles pour latteindre? Une fois tous ses sens agressés, que lui restera-t-il pour se défendre? Le fait davoir échoué dans sa tentative pour se protéger lui donne-t-il le droit de se taire? -- 4e de couv.

Chloé ne fait que loucher (Je suis comme ça!)

By Didier Dufresne, Agathe Hennig. 2001

Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-transcribed braille
Aucun résumé n'est disponible pour ce livre.

Ferme les yeux

By Victoria Pérez Escrivá, Claudia Ranucci, Anne Calmels. 2009

Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Disabilities fiction, Blind and visually impaired fiction
Human-transcribed braille

Mon petit frère n'est jamais d'accord avec moi. J'essaie de lui expliquer, mais il ne m'écoute pas. Peut-être que vous…

avez raison tous les deux, dit maman. Pour le savoir, ferme les yeux -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Cierra los ojos.

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