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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Living with motion blindness, Leah, with her acute senses of smell and hearing, very little escapes her notice, is convinced her neighbor, who is trying to escape from an abusive husband, is going to be murdered and makes a decision that will test her courage, her strength and ultimately her sanity.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
English
Description
Leah ha vivido con akinetopsia, o ceguera al movimiento, desde que era niña. Durante los últimos veinte años, no ha podido percibir el movimiento. Mientras pasea por su vecindario en Upper Manhattan con su bastón blanco guiando el camino, la mayoría de la gente asume que es ciega. Pero la verdad es que Leah ve mucho, y con sus agudos sentidos del olfato y la audición, muy poco escapa a su atención. Lleva una vida tranquila y ordenada, con poco...
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of blindness and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone who is blind and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of blindness is highlighted. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo...
Author
Publisher
Castillo
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Primera edición: noviembre de 2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Maroma es un gato amarillo y atigrado que vive en la calle. Un día encuentra a Luisa, una niña que lo lleva a su casa y comienza acuidarlo. Lo que Luisa no sabe es que Maroma tiene un secreto: no ve bien o, mejor dicho, ve las cosas de manera distinta a los demás y eso a veces le trae problemas, sobre todo cuando se trata de perseguir todos los objetos rojos, pues le recuerdan a su flor-mariposa perdida. Una entrañable historia sobre el amor,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir about aging, affliction, and optimism after partially losing his eyesight. One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off...
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