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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever"--
"When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Spotting a face in a crowd is easy. We can do it from almost any angle, up close or far away, in person or in a picture. We do it so often that we take it for granted. But object recognition, the neural process that enables us to find that face, is hard. Your brain is small and slow. It has neither the time nor the capacity to store and recall whole images of everything you see from every possible angle. Rather, brains work by figuring out what is...
11) Glasses
Author
Publisher
Kane Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A nonfiction 'biography' of glasses, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with the discovery of the magnifying properties of glass through the development of the eye chart, plastic lenses, and contact lenses"--
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book, a young girl and her baby sister explore the land around them while various animals and insects look on. The art reflects the world as viewed by the animals along with the text explaining some science behind the animal's unique vision."--
13) Veo
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"See introduces the earliest readers to the sense of sight and common objects we see around us outside with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text using high-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns combines with strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once. See includes tools for teachers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as...
14) I see
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An easy reader where a boy sees insects and animals"--
15) Veo, veo
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"A boy and a rabbit both have two eyes that see all kinds of things"--
16) Whose eye am I?
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"This introduction to how humans and other animals see also includes an interactive game in which readers guess which eye belongs to which animal."--
17) The big mix-up!
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Meet Mike, a helpful hedgehog who lives in the town of Happy River. Although helpful, sometimes he gets involved in some silly mix-ups, like delivering ants instead of pants and pigs instead of wigs!"--
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
El gato, la yegua, el toro, el el topo y el camaleón han oído un semejante estruendo. Cada uno mira al otro lado del muro, pero ninguno ve los mismo. La percepción de los colores y de los movimientos, y el campo visual varían según quien mira ; cada animal tiene su visión y su punto de vista.
19) Ojos
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the structure and function of the eyes. Includes picture glossary and index"--
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