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Living Paintings

A tactile illustration of Floella Benjamin on a boat as a child, from the picture book Coming to England adapted for blind children

Touch to See books celebrating diverse stories

Amazing Grace written by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch. A smiling black girl wearing a pink chequered shirt and with her hair in plaited pig tails with blue ribbons, amazing grace — Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman

A young girl is on her bright yellow and purple surf board, riding a very big wave in the sea. She has a big smile on her face and she is holding a plastic bottle and plastic bag in her hands. There are some fish and a turtle in the sea around her but also lots of litter. — Clean Up!
Nathan Bryon

COMING TO ENGLAND  illustrations 2020 Diane Ewen and  text 2020 Floella Benjamin. Published by arrangement with Macmillan Children’s Books” an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publisher’s International Limited. — Coming to England
Floella Benjamin

fantastically great women who changed the world part 2 — Fantastically Great Women who changed the World Part 1
Kate Pankhurst

fantastically great women who changed the world part 2 — Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World Part 2
Kate Pankhurst

Handa's Hen written and illustrated by Eileen Brown. Two african girls are side by side smiling and looking at their black hen. — Handa’s Hen
Eileen Browne

handa's surprise — Handa’s Surprise
Eileen Browne

Cover image for book Look Up! — Look Up!
Nathan Bryon

A girl is standing proudly at the front of the class. Miss Flotsam, the teacher, is in the background with other children all clapping, cheering and smiling. Stars and swirls decorate the page. — My Beautiful Voice
Joseph Coelho

Mo stands next to some very big words that say Ready Steady Mo! which are written in red, white and blue. Mo has a big smile on his face and is wearing a white and red striped vest, blue shorts, white socks and red trainers. He his holding his arms up in the air, around the sides of his face with the tips of his fingers touching the top of his head. — Ready Steady Mo!
Mo Farah and Kes Gray