Two Little Dickie Birds lands in Living Paintings library!

We’re delighted to add Two Little Dickie Birds to our library of Touch to See picture books for blind and visually impaired children, thanks to the generous support of the Fence Club Trust Fund.

We all know how the classic nursery rhyme goes:

Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall

One named Peter, one named Paul

This beloved rhyme, and the performance that goes with it, has a special place in the hearts of parents and children alike. Now, thanks to the incredible work of our volunteers, who produce all of our Touch to See picture books, the story of Two Little Dickie Birds can be experienced by blind children too!

What goes into a Living Paintings book?

First of all, we start the most exciting part of a Living Paintings book which is our signature tactile illustrations – raised images depicting key scenes and characters from the book. Each one of these is hand-carved into wood by one of our volunteer carvers, then placed into our thermoform machine and pressed into a plastic sheet to form the tactile image. These are then hand-painted by our volunteer painters, and inserted into the book.

For this book, the tactile images include Peter and Paul perched atop a wall, a pair of very happy hedgehogs, and two smiling frogs leaping from a lily pad.

Each book is also accompanied by an audio descriptive guide – available physically as a CD or USB, and via streaming on our website. The audio description describes all the illustrations in the book and also guides children through the tactile images so that they hear what their fingers are touching to help them visualise the characters and scenes from the book.

For this wonderful book, we’ve had the help of comedian Harry Hill, whose perfectly playful descriptions will help little fingers on their way to understand in the way they know how: through touch and sound.

How to order

Our tactile-audio adaptation of Two Little Dickie Birds is coming soon and ready to fly from our library into the hands of members everywhere!

• Order your copy!
• Join for free!