Accession Number: 2016.13.5
Summary/Description: Storybook about a boy named Jamie who collects lots of objects (thingamajigs), including a mouse he names Thingamajig. Interlined text of large print and contracted (grade 2) braille. Illustrations are in colorful print with clear thermoformed overlays. Tactile designs by Tom Poppe and Suzette Wright. Recommended ages: 2.5 to 5. Red vinyl cover over boards; white plastic 3-ring binding; white title block on front cover with raised-line illustration. APH catalog no,. 6-77502-04 (Set 6-77502-00). Copyright 1996.
Author: Wright, Suzette
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: Thingamajig appeared as a new product in the APH Products Catalog, 1999-2000, and was available for individual purchase or as part of a set (Set III) of the On the Way to Literacy series of tactile storybooks for young children. First sales of the book were in 1998 (information from APH Inventory Control).
Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind
Publisher Place: Louisville, KY
Publish Date: [1998]
Subjects: Books for children Language Tactile learning
Physical Description: 30 p. of print/braille : col. ill. ; tactile graphics (thermoform) ; 8.25 x 11.75 in.
