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See the Ocean

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I shared this story with my physically and mentally handicapped students. They loved it. I wish there were more stories like this that they could relate to. I told the students about the author and how that she is blind from the same eye disease (RP) that I have. It helped my students to understand what it is like to be visually impaired. I hope that Estelle continues to write more books.

You can see Nellie's description as she is telling her familyabout the ocean. The details are so vivid and real. You actuallyfeel like you're at the ocean as well.

I love inter-action within a family and this is a wonderful way to express the childhood responses of siblings. The brothers think they are the only ones who can see, but the indepth sight of their little sister warms the heart. Hooray for Estelle Condra for helping us who are physically sighted to see in a deeper way. A very helpful book!

"The hair is so thick and warm. What color is it?" Estelle asks, running her fingers through the grizzly bear's dense fur. Estelle intimately learns of the bear traits, as the drugged Grizzly waits by the Wyoming Game and Fish biologist.

Just as Estelle draws on her wealth of observational discoveries with the bear, so too does she recall her family trip. Never before has the ocean below the Black Mountains along the South African coast been so richly detailed with such authority as in Estelle Condra's See The Ocean.

Nellie, the main character who is blind, like Estelle, poignantly sees with her mind, as she listens to her brothers' words, silences and sounds of crashing waves, and answers to her many questions on the family beach trip.

Surprised by the unexpected ending, teachers and students listen to a story of a young girl, overcoming obstacles of sightlessness. The vivid sensory descriptions are used as examples of juicy details found in effective writing.

Estelle's exquisite writing is expressed in Nellie's feeling the sandy grains, keeping the score in her head, without cheating, and hearing the whispering salty breeze. I, like Nellie, see the ocean with its shoes of shells, gurgles and prattles, and misty blanket.

I love this book. It is a favorite of mine. I use it to teach making inferences or visualizing to my students.

Great children's book that is both visually lovely and emotionally stunning. Have already purchased it as gifts for many friends and family members.

I was lucky enough to be working at a local Elementary school when this author came to visit. She read the story to the kids and I got a copy for my son and she signed it. She is an amazing woman. She is so lively and reads with such enthusiasm. She herself is blind and she creates such a vivid story. It was an honor to meet her. I love this book.

Artwork and language are beautiful, and the story is oddly touching for being such a short book.

This book is beautifully written and illustrated. I share this story with my 3rd and 4th graders to teach the comprehension strategies of visualization, questioning and inferring. It is a powerful teaching tool. ( For a full lesson see Stephanie Harvey's Strategies That Work). They love it! Picture books aren't just for little kids anymore!