Accession Number: 2016.13.6
Summary/Description: Storybook about a boy named David who searches for a lost possession. Interlined text of large print and contracted (grade 2 ) braille. Illustrated with real objects, affixed to pages, to search in, on or under: pockets, envelopes, a zipper bag, a sock, a piece of blanket, a piece of mat. Tactile designs by Tom Poppe. Recommended ages: 2.5 to 5. Red vinyl cover over boards; white plastic 3-ring binding; white title block on front cover with a raised-line drawing of a key. APH catalog no. 6-77500-05 (Set 6-77500-00). Copyright 1991.
Author: Wright, Suzette
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: Something Special was listed as a new product in the APH Instructional Aids, Tools and Supplies, Interim Catalog, Summer, 1994, along with nine other titles available for individual purchase or as part of a set (Set I) of the On the Way to Literacy series of tactile storybooks for young children. First sales of the book were in 1993 (information from APH Inventory Control). Book was transferred to the APH Museum from the APH Research Department.
Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind
Publisher Place: Louisville, KY
Publish Date: [1993]
Subjects: Books for children Language Tactile learning
Physical Description: 10 p. of print/braille ; col. ill. (10 unnumbered vinyl pages affixed with real objects of cloth, paper, plastic, metal) ; 8.25 x 11.75 in.
