Tactile books including tactile solar system

[kestrell]

Kes: I also have the scanned etext of
_Because Pictures Matter: A guide to using, finding, and creating tactile imagery for blind children_, a free booklet published by National Braille Press
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/BPM.html
if anyone would like me to send it to them, e-mail me; you can read my review here
http://kestrell.livejournal.com/610671.html

Via the Art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research mailing list
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research_nfbnet.org

1. The Solar System A Tactile Representation
By: Dr. Cassandra Runyon and Dr. David Hurd
Tactile Illustrator: John Matelock
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov

Excerpt:
Welcome to a walkthrough of the Tactile Guide to the Solar System.
Follow along with your fingers as we explore. The foldout describes a scale model of our
solar system. It is often hard to show both scale to size and scale by distance because
the sizes are so different and the distances are so great that it is difficult to combine
the two. So we have separated them out into two tactiles. You will find comparative
distances from the sun along the bottom of the foldout spanning both pages, and planet sizes on the right
hand side of the foldout.
http://www.pdf-finder.com/The-Solar-System-A-Tactile-Representation.html

2. Tactile Book Clearvision's initiative
http://www.clearvisionproject.org/tactile.asp

3. the Tactile Book Advancement Group
http://www.tactilebooks.org/index.htm
[TBAG] offers advice and information on producing, using and creating
tactile books.

4. Downloadable PDF booklet: Telling stories through touch
http://www.tactilebooks.org/making/telling-touch.pdf

5. Making a Fabric Book (Word format)
http://www.tactilebooks.org/making/Making_Fabric_Tactile_Books.doc

6. Prizewinning tactile books
http://www.tactilebooks.org/competition/index.html

8. siteSTORY BOXES: A HANDS-ON LITERACY EXPERIENCE
http://www.e-advisor.us/storyboxes/what.php?fontsize=normal&hicontrast=
PDF for Braille
http://www.e-advisor.us/printbraille.pdf

9. Literacy and Pre-Braille Skills by The Perkins School
http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/early-childhood/literacy-and-prebraille.html