A Great Catch (Adult Touch to See Club)

Suitable for: Touch to See Book Clubs

Sponsored by: Garfield Weston Foundation

Available braille grades:

Fish – a staple and healthy food that’s fed our nation over the centuries. Maybe you have some favourite recipes? These two paintings are about first catching, then selling, fish over a hundred years ago. This is an atmospheric behind-the- scenes look at life on the Cornish coastline.

Listen to an audio clip

Move in and feel round the ridges of the beautifully constructed hull of a rowing boat, lying diagonally on the sand, bow towards us. It is blue-grey which is the dominant colour in this luminous painting. It is a Cornish beach not a Mediterranean one! Standing leaning back on the hull in profile is a young girl. She faces to the right. She is wearing the traditional dress of the fisherwomen woollen head shawl, long skirted dress covered by a russet apron and boots on her feet. Feel her bent arm as she rests on the boat. Move to the right and find the approaching figure of a fisherman.

What's inside

10 copies of two or three raised tactile images.
Audio descriptions with music and sound effects in your chosen format of either CD or USB.
Coloured picture book of the raised images. Guidance Notes to help you make the most of using this book.
An ‘Articles for the Blind’ returns label for the free and convenient return of the box.

Touch to see image list

The Fisherman by Henry Scott Tuke
A Fish Sale by Stanhope A Forbes

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What our members say

Inspirational book The Great Catch book inspired us to do our own fish collage. It is hanging on our Centre wall. Everyone comments on it. Library Member