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Annotated Bibliography of Children’s Books  This book is about a boy named Joey whose crazy dad comes through town on his motorcycle, his mom is chasing her ex-husband away with her broomstick, and his grandma is hiding behind the shower curtain. Joey’s mother is insisting that he be home schooled with a mean blind girl and her religious mother. Welcome to Joey’s world.
 * “What Would Joey Do?” ** By: Jack Gantos

 Jacob comes from colony where everyone is born blind. Together they embrace this philosophy: Blindness brings unity, purity, and freedom. The community is exceptional but as Jacob nears his thirteenth birthday, he is burdened with a terrible pain in his eyes.
 * “Truesight” ** By: David Stahler Jr.

 This is the sixteenth volume of Applewood Books reproductions of the Original Hardy Boys. In this volume, two brothers help their father capture a dark and sinister man acting as an eye surgeon. The so called eye surgeon promises shady cures to his unexpecting victims.
 * “A Figure in Hiding” ** By: Franklin W. Dixon

 This story tells the amazing life of a historical figure through rare images and informative text. The images in this book start from her birth through the time of her as a spokesperson.
 * “Helen Keller, Her Life in Pictures” ** By: George Sullivan

 In his narrative, Ray Charles teaches young readers about his journey through blindness. This story describes how Ray Charles overcame blindness and prejudice while working through his music career.
 * “Ray Charles Find Another Way” ** By: Susan Sloate

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book about Helen Keller, describes her life as a blind and deaf woman, through graphic format. It also describes how she became an author and an advocate for the blind.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Helen Keller Courageous Advocate” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Scott R. Welvaert

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This book is a non-fiction informational book about the eyes. It describes the main parts of the eye and the functions. This book also describes why it is good to be vision tested and problems that may occur.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“My Eyes” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">By: Kathy Furgang

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A nine year old girl named Hannah is dying to go to school with all the other children in her town. Hannah is blind and her parents believe that in order for her to be safe, she needs to stay home. A new teacher comes to town and convinces Hannah’s parents to send her to school. Hannah is ecstatic but she doesn’t realize the obstacles she has to overcome.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Hannah” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Gloria Whelan

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Louis was only three years old when he became blind. When he was only fifteen years old, he perfected his alphabet for blind people and when he was twenty-four he became the official organist at a large church in Paris.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Louis Braille” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Madeline Donaldson

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This story is about a man who loses his eyesight but also his independence. The man is determined to have a normal life that relies on the use of dogs helping him see.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Morris and Buddy, The Story of the First Seeing Eye Dog” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Becky Hall

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> In this story, seven blind mice try to figure out a strange object by the pond. They each take turns investigating the object and they all have different suggestions. The seventh mouse goes out to investigate and he returns with a very valid answer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Seven Blind Mice” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Ed Young

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This is an untold story of an American submarine espionage. This adventurous story takes you beneath the sea of how the American Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas. The submarines were sent to tap crucial underwater telephone cables.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Blind Man’s Bluff” **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> By: Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew