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Every Thursday, the children had cubes that could be arranged into simple sculptures. Inventively recreating spaces they knew, they would “see” the forms with their fingers and craft the furniture of the gymnasium and schoolroom. They also told…

The themes of sacrifice, perseverance, and finding worth in what is broken shine through in “The Story of Merrymind.” One of thirteen children, Merrymind is discouraged that the fiddle he spent his allowance on cannot be mended with ordinary…

In Kindergarten and Primary School for the Blind: A Second Appeal for Its Foundation and Endowment (1884), Michael Anagnos wrote about students’ tactile activities at a school for the blind in New England. These activities were deeply informed by the…

Pyle displays Browne’s themes of wealth and poverty in her depiction of the mer-king’s treasures. With arms outstretched, the mer-king shows off his jewel-encrusted necklace, long robe, and decorated vases. Civil, on the other hand, is partially…

Woodwender and Loveleaves are the children of two kind kings and promised to marry each other in “The Lords of the White and Grey Castles.” When their fathers go missing, their wicked stewards force the children to herd swine and sleep on straw. When…

Like 19th century stories with blind characters, Granny’s Wonderful Chair deals with the significance of music. In "The Greedy Shepherd," brother shepherds Clutch and Kind traverse the mountains in search of their lost flock. Here, Pyle illustrates…

In the chair’s story “Sour and Civil,” a young fisherman named Civil finds himself whisked down into the world of merpeople. This piece illustrates the fear and wonder of this moment; once again, physicality is present in the way Civil grips the boat…

The frontispiece (illustration before the title page) of the book depicts the protagonist, a girl named Snowflower, seated in her magical chair. She grips one of its arms with both hands and looks past the viewer to the right. While we do not see the…

This book's frontispiece depicts smiling children guiding blind Leonard, taller than the rest and wearing a hat, to sit in their teacher's chair. Leonard then tells of how he became blind with great embellishment and a strangely adult attitude of…

In this story, a Scottish shepherd named Sandie Leslie raises his daughter Elsie alone. The girl falls blind in an accident when the tree she was playing in is struck by lightning. Elsie gradually adjusts to her blindness and learns to speed away…