The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination

from Jill.Barrington

A girl wanders to and from home, riding the subway and describing what her imagination sees. The book would be useful in helping students to better understand the perspective of people who are blind or have other serious visual impairments.

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Only about 1/2 way through - yes it's a picture book but it's for *all* ages, has lots on each page, and lots of pages. Looking at other reviews I see that toddlers love it, that teachers use it in a classroom, and that adults might get even more out of it. I ordered it because my 48 year-old eye...

from vwhitt

This is the book of a little girl looking for things she cannot see. Unfortunately, the main character has gone completely blind. She travels through the subway going from place to place looking for the lost things. We see extraordinary scenes found in her imagination such as a subway dropping he...

from AFichter

this is a nice book about a blind girl. It puts you in a total different light. I love how there are many colors and feelings used in the book.

from bekstrom

This is a story of fantasy. The story is believable, but the subway could not take this blind girl to the exotic locations she travels in the book. It capitalizes on imagination but the students reading the story would find it believable. I would use this book in an intermediate classroom. The ty...