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Guide Dog and Blindness Bibliography

I appreciate the responses of all who submitted titles. Unfortunately, I mixed
up the fiction with the non-fiction as I was compiling the hit.  I also had
trouble trying the sort alphabetically; I'm still learning.  Sorry!  But
anyway, this was a great hit.  Thank you.

Seeing in Special Ways: Children Living With Blindness

Remarkable Children: Twenty Who made History  a collective biography includes
info about Louis Braille  by Dennis Brindell Fradin

Louis Braille   a biography by Russell Friedman

Hannah  by Gloria Whelan, fiction about a blind girl set in 1897.

Carver by Ruth Yaffe Radin a contemporary story of a blind boy; he is
mainstreamed into a school but the story focuses on his desire to be a
woodcarver

Through Grandpa's Eyes  by Patricia MacLachlan

Little by Little: A Writer's Education  by Jean Little who is nearly blind,
but a very talented Canadian YA writer; she works with a guide-dog.  These are
her memoirs, written for young readers.

Mom Can't See Me  and  Mom's Best Friend - both by Sally Hobart Alexander
These are non-fiction narratives told from the viewpoint of a young girl
whose mother is blind.  The first book deals with their life together.
Fun information and well written. The second book focuses on Mom's experiences
getting a guide dog/seeing eye dog.

A Guide Dog Puppy grows up by Arnold, Caroline - A picture book approach.
Describes the career of a guide dog from its raising as a puppy, through the
training process, and placement with a blind person.

Cindy: A Hearing Ear Dog by Patricia Curtis Dutton 1981 - 0-525-27950-4  LC
80-24487

Greff, the Story of a Guide Dog by Patricia Curtis, New York: Lodestar,
c1982 ISBN   Traces the life of a Labrador Retriever from birth through
training at the Guide Dog Foundation, where he is introduced to the blind
owner for whom he will be responsible.
Best Friends  A Reading Rainbow segment, may be availabe on tape

Light a Single Candle Butler, Beverly. " New YOrk: Pocket Books, c1970
ISBN 0671443852 (pbk)

Partners in independence: A success story of dogs and the Disabled, Eames, Ed.
" New York: Howell Book House, c1997 ISBN 0876055951.  Presents
short success stories of people and the dogs that enhance the lives of the
disabled.  Includes seeing eye, hearing, and service dogs.

Guide dogs    by Emert, Phyllis Raybin.     Mankato, MN:   Crestwood House,
1985 ISBN 0896862828  Describes the selection and training of guide dogs and
how they are paired with a blind person.

To Guide and to Guard   Hasluck byAlexandra. Perth, Australia: University
of Western Australia Press, c1967  Describes the beginnings of Guide
Dogs for the Blind in Australia from 1951-1962.

Looking ahead: Guide Dogs for the Blind by Harrington, Paula.      "Looking
ahead: Guide Dogs for the Blind" San Rafael: Guide Dogs for the Blind, c1990
ISBN 0962614408  Traces the history of Guide Dogs for the Blind from its
beginnings to present day.

Dogs against Darkness:  by Hartwell, Dickson. "The story of the Seeing
Eye" New York: Dodd MEad & Co., c1942

 Emma and I   by Sheila Hocken, New York: Dutton, c1978

Mine for a Year  by Susan Kulkin, New York: Coward-McCann, c1984. ISBN
0698206037  Text and photographs describe a foster child's year spent
socializing a puppy destined to be trained as a guide dog.

Tom & Bear  by  Richard B. McPhee, New York:Crowell, c1981  The author tells
in of his twenty-six days observing a young blind man training with a guide
dog at Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a school in N.Y. state

Love in the Lead: the 50 miracle of the Seeing Eye dog by Peter Putnam New
York: Dutton, c1979.

A Guide Dog Goes to School: the Story of a Dog Trained to Lead the Blind by
Elizabeth Simpson Smith, New York:Morrow, c1987 ISBN0688068448

The Leading Lady: Dinah's story"by Betty White, New York: Bantam Books,
c1991 ISBN 0553073958  Tells the story of Tom Sullivan, a blind musician,
and his guide dog, Dinah.

Connie's new eyes by  Bernard Wolf,  Philadelphia: Lippincott, c1976.
Photographic essay about a blind girl, twenty-two year-old Connie David, and
her guide dog, Blythe.

Dinah: The dog with a difference by Esta de Fossard. Milwaukee: Gareth
Stevens, c1985 ISBN 09188341458  Despite her mother's warning that people
don't   want a dog who is  different, Dinah finds her liveliness and
curiosity well suited for her new job as a seeing eye dog. It's a little
young, but a nice picture book (photos of a yellow Lab).

Woof: the Seeing Eye Dog by Danae Dobson Dallas: Word Pub., c1990
After rescuing three puppies from a burning building, Woof feels too
important to associate with his old friends, until he fills in for a seeing-
eye dog and learns the true importance that comes from serving others.

Guide dog winners  by Ruth Radlauer Chicago: Children's  Press, c1983.
Julie experiences the joys and responsibilities of raising a puppy to be
trained as a guide dog. Includes notes and glossary.

Rugby & Rosie  by Nan Parson Rossiter. New York: Dutton Children's Books,
c1997. A family and their dog help prepare a puppy for training as a guide dog
for the blind.

The Guide Dog mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Toronto: Albert Whitman &
Co., 1996.  Someone breaks into the guide dog kennels

A Service Dog Goes to School: The Story of a Dog Trained to Help the Disabled
by Elizabeth Simpson Smith  0-688-07648-3  (Morrow)  Also by the same author
and publisher...A Guide Dog Goes to School:  he Story of a Dog Trained to Lead
the Blind

My Buddy by Audrey Olsofsky about a dog and the boy he cares for.  Touching
but never maudlin.

Love Leads the Way  a Disney movie about Buddy and Frank Morris, the first
Seeing Eye duo and recipient

A Day in the Life of...I forget the name of the publisher, but the series, "A
day in the life of... " did one about a guide dog trainer about 10 years ago.
It may be in the Follett catalog (they did carry it at the time

Follow my Leader by John Gardiner, from the 50's, but still a goodie, about a
boy who is blinded after playing with firecrackers, and then recieves a guide
dog.  Lots of info in a fiction setting.

Sharon Blumenstein, Emek Hebrew Academy Librarian, Sherman Oaks, CA
Shablu@aol.com

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