aevios:

aurlyn:

theheadphonesmeanidontwanttotalk:

This came into my work today and it made me really happy, because it’s so perfect and there needs to be more of this.

Just think of the little blind kid who’s just learning to read Braille and they find this and think for the first time that something was made special for them, with them in mind, and here it is telling them that there are others like them and that you don’t need to see to still experience all the joys and beauties of the world. That color can be smelt and heard and felt as much as seen. That you are not experiencing the world in a lesser or incomplete way, but just differently, and difference is beautiful.

Bless this children’s book author from the bottom of my heart. Bless.

@earlgreyer1 OMG! You have to… I’m just.. 

(wipes away tears and wanders off)

[id= first image is a picture of a black book page. There is braille along the top of the page and white text on the bottom of the page that reads “Thomas says that blue is the color of the sky when kites and flying and the sun is beating hot on his head.”

The second image is a photo of the books cover. The book is titled “The Black Book of Colors” by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria. The cover is black with light gray outlines and silhouettes of grass and plants on the bottom half.

The third image is a picture of another page in the book, like the other page there is braille on the top of the page and white text on the bottom of the page. “Red is sour like unripe strawberries and as sweet as watermelon. It hurts when he finds it on his scraped knee.”

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