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MAIN TEXT:               The Black Book of Colors

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MAIN TEXT:               The Black Book of Colors

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By: Menena Cottin

In this story, written in Braille, with Braille images and English written words, a boy Thomas, who is fully visually impaired, describes what he associates the colors that visually-normative children see and come into contact with everyday. At the very end of the story a Braille alphabet is provided in order to begin comprehending the language.
This book would be considered transformative in many senses. The pictures made of raised bumps alone give an window into how the visually impaired person would assess an image or understand a book. This book also avoids harmful stereotypes or tokenism's by really relating the book the concepts that every one has or will feel, but just in the different way that Thomas understands them. The book also does a great job addressing how Thomas will not fit in all the time with the "norms" of which colors we perceive, and that it is alright because we can all relate to the feelings that Thomas presents in the story, they are just interpreted in a completely different way, which is powerful.

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By: Genevieve Petrillo

This story is about a bling student named, Davey, who is seen to be very capable and independent within a school setting and in his world but kickball is proving to be quite the struggle for him. he and his classmates work together to come up with a way for everyone, including Davey, to succeed and enjoy kickball.
This story provides a mirror for many children who might not be visually impaired or hard of hearing. Seeing a way in which you can come together and solve problems for the other student's that might not have the same skills as you is valuable to a school environment.

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By: Stephen Cheetham

Off to the Park! is a book for much young readers but provides the child reading with a completely tactile experience. The story is focused on allowing all types of children to enjoy the book and the many feelings that can be felt in a normal trip to the park.
This book is transformative due to it having features that break the norms for many books today. The inclusiveness for any and all children, allow there to be room for common understandings and shared experiences through may different tactile feelings

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By: Bill Martin Jr.

This story depicts a Native American boy, who is bind, and grandfather recounting history of their tribe and the meaning of his name and how he develops is confidence in the world he is unable to see.
This book is transformative for a number of reasons. It provides a window into not only a deaf-child's realistic experience in his developing confidence, but into Native American traditions and cultural norms.

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By: Ellie Gellman

Dreidel creation is an important part of Jewish tradition and the other children believe Jeremy is writing a secret code on the side of his Dreidel, but really he is writing in using Braille in order for his Dad, whom is blind, can interpret it.
This book is transformative because it provides a window into Jewish culture, which is valuable for an incredibly white-washed curriculum within modern education system. It also provides insight on the challenges of possibly having a parent with a disability such as blindness and how that effects interaction with other children.

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By: Dana Meachen Rau

Oscar and Lucy are grade school aged students in class together, when Lucy notices Oscar reading with his fingers and interpreting the words by tactile feel. Through Lucy's curiosity, she is not only able to learn Braille and communicate effectively with Oscar, but she is able to create a close bond with him, becoming great friends with each other.
The book would be considered transformative because of the ability to show that visual impairment has something to teach the rest of the visually-able group of students just as much as we have to teach that group of students, providing a window into a friendship of differently-abled peoples.

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By: Donna Napoli

Hearts & Hands is a story about a Mom and her daughter spending a day at the beach. The daughter is deaf and the book shows the many ways that they communicate with each other. ASL is beginning to be taught within the story.
This story is transformative because it stresses the relationship between the mother and daughter who cannot hear, showing how their relationship might be different from the norm. Also the story provides of educating on American Sign Language, which provides a mirror into understanding the form of communication for deaf individuals.

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By: CeCe Bel

A graphic novel memoir about the author and the chronicles of her hearing loss and use of the Phonic ear, which is a large and obvious hearing aid. The characters in the stories are all bunnies and CeCe has especially large ears to due her seeing herself as extra noticeable with her hearing aids.
This story is transformative because of the way the topic is approached. The point of the view is a real life person who has dealt with many of these issues and allows the readers to understand how noticeable and related to everything they do in their life that deafness is.

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By: Marlee Matlin & Doug Cooney

Megan has spent a long time planning her birthday party and is afraid Alexis, a new girl, will not like her because Megan is deaf, or not perfect. Megan finally must confront her about this due to a science fair project together, and realizes that nobody is perfect.
This story is transformative because it allows the audience to see a window into not only a deaf girl's social struggles but also a new girl in a school's struggles. Both groups are often overlooked or misunderstood and the story would be transformative for the norms of much of the drama that revolves around new schools and deafness.

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By: Dee White & Tracie Grimwood

Reena who is deaf and her Dog who is homeless, form a special bond that allow them both to become good friends with the children that can hear at the park. Through this they learn that everyone is special in their own way.
This story is critical to show that we do not need human companions to help us see our worth. A window into the life of a dog owner and how they can change the lives of the humans that they are paired with is informative and adorable.