New braille books
This issue contains braille books added to the collection since the last issue of Sound and Touch in September 2010.
Abbreviations:
BR - Braille books held at Parnell Library
HA - Braille handouts held at Parnell Library
HL - Braille books held at Homai Library
NBP - National Braille Press
RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
RNZFB - Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
TV - Twin vision picture books
v. - volume(s)
VAILS - Vision Australia Information and Library Service
Adult Non-Fiction
The following braille books are contracted, single spaced, doublesided, Unified English Braille code unless stated otherwise.
Food and Beverages
Brewing better beer: a practical guide to the craft which will satisfy every would-be home brewer and his thirst! by Ken Shales. The recipes are well tested and enable the amateur to make quality beers, true to type, at a fraction of the cost of the commercial product. 1 v., contracted, single spaced, double sided. RNIB.
BR4832
The New Zealand bread book by Simon & Alison Holst. Amberley: Hyndman Pub., 2010. This updated bread book explains how to make white and brown bread by hand or in a bread machine as well as no knead and gluten free breads. 2 v. RNZFB.
BR4814
New Zealand History Nga tama toa: The price of citizenship by Monty Soutar. Auckland: David Bateman, 2008. This book breaks new ground in telling the story of the Maori Battalion's war. The focus is on C Company whose members were drawn from Tairawhiti, a region on the east coast of the North Island. Personal recollections and eyewitness accounts, many anecdotes and hundreds of photographs are woven through this history, from the inception of C Company in 1939 to the return of its last members in 1946. Sponsored by the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust. 9 v. RNZFB.
BR4744
Nature and Animals
Making the rounds with Oscar by David Dosa. London: Headline Review, 2011. Oscar has an almost psychic sensitivity to human beings, he knows when people are at the end of their lives. As the resident cat in an old people's nursing home, his mere presence at the bedside is viewed by staff as an almost absolute indicator of impending death. A blessing really because it allows staff to notify families that the end is near. Oscar gives comfort and companionship to many. 3 v. RNZFB.
BR4823
Technology
Getting started with the iPhone: an introduction for blind users by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau. This book shows you what's possible on the iPhone, using the on-screen keyboard, a Bluetooth keyboard and a braille display keyboard. From emails, Twitter, eBooks and financial transactions, to playing games, scanning barcodes and finding music, the iPhone can do it all. While this book focuses on the iPhone, most of it also applies to the iPod Touch and much of it applies to the iPad. 3 v., contracted, single spaced, double sided. NBP.
BR4833
Twenty-six useful apps for blind iphone users by Peter Cantisani. Did you know you can use an iPhone to take your blood pressure, dictate emails and Tweets, listen to turn-by-turn walking or driving directions, record the budding musician in you and so much more? If you have, or are thinking about getting, an iPhone, you will want to read this booklet. 1 v., contracted, single spaced, double sided. NBP.
BR4834
Adult Fiction
Australian Fiction
Maralinga by Judy Nunn. Sydney: Random House, 2009. During the darkest days of the Cold War, in the remote wilderness of a South Australian desert, a British airbase is testing atomic weapons. This is Maralinga in 1956. Love and heartbreak are created as this desolate place chooses between hell and reason. 6 v. VAILS.
BR4829
The Family
Monsoon by Di Morrissey. Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2007. Sandy has been working for a volunteer organisation in Vietnam for four years. Her friend Anna joins her for a holiday. During their travels they meet Tom, an old Australian journalist who covered the war. He encourages both women to explorer their family's Vietnamese past in hopes of solving old wounds that haunt them. The key to their tribulations is held by a reclusive Buddhist nun. 5 v. VAILS.
BR4830
Fantasy Novels Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier. Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2008. After her newborn brother is kidnapped while under her care, Clodoagh must enter the shadowy Otherworld and confront its powerful ruling prince in order to recover the heir to Sevenwaters. Sequel to: Child of the prophecy, BR4771. 5 v. VAILS.
BR4827
Young Adult Fiction
The hunger games by Suzanne Collins. In a future North America, the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised competition. It pits young people from each of the districts against one another. Sixteen-year-old Kat's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. The terrain, rules and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant; kill or be killed. 6 v., contracted, single spaced, double sided. RNIB.
HL64976
Junior Fiction
Emma the Easter fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2011. Each spring, Emma the Easter Fairy paints three magical eggs. When mean Jack Frost steals the magical eggs and kidnaps the Easter Bunny, everything starts to go wrong! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Emma before this special time of year is ruined? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63709
Gemma the gymnastics fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2008. Fairyland is preparing for the Fairy Olympics but Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen the magic sporty items so they can win by cheating! Gemma's magic ribbon is the item that Rachel and Kirsty must rescue to ensure the Olympics will go ahead. How can they get it back from Jack Frost? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63906
Happy birthday, Oliver Moon by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2008. Oliver can't wait for his birthday party until a mix-up with the invitations means that he's lumbered with some unwanted guests. When food starts disappearing and presents go missing, it looks like Oliver's party is set for disaster. Can Oliver stop the party-poopers in time to have a magical birthday? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63659
Kate the royal wedding fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2011. When Jack Frost steals the True Love Crown, the Fairyland royal wedding is sure to be a disaster. Can Kirsty and Rachel help Kate the royal wedding fairy find the crown, so the royal couple will live happily ever after? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63710
Lucy the diamond fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2005. Lucy, the Diamond Fairy can't help the fairies fly without her magic jewel. When a glittering star catches Kirsty and Rachel's eye, they find themselves on an adventure to remember. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63904
Naomi the netball fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2008. Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen the magic sporty items so they can win the Fairy Olympics by cheating! So where is Naomi's Magic Netball? Rachel and Kirsty must help save the Olympics. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63907
Nicole the beach fairy by Daisy Meadows. London: Orchard Books, 2009. Rachel and Kirsty are so excited about returning to Rainspell Island for a holiday! Their hearts sink when they go to their favourite beach and see that it's covered in litter. They are determined to clean it up but they need a very special fairy friend to help them. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63905
Oliver Moon and the broomstick battle by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2007. Oliver is excited about entering the Junior Wizards' Obstacle Course in the annual Broomstick Olympics but Billy Bogeywort is intent on ruining Oliver's chances of winning. Can Oliver overcome Bully's cheating tactics? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63662
Oliver Moon and the dragon disaster by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2006. Everyone at Oliver's school is really excited about the annual Festival of Magic parade but Oliver is stuck with the boring job of picking up the litter. When his little sister Witch Baby hatches a baby dragon at home, Oliver sees his chance to liven his role up. Things don't quite go to plan. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63935
Oliver Moon's fangtastic sleepover by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2007. Oliver Moon is having a wail of a time at his spooky school sleepover in the haunted museum. When he is cursed by a bad luck jinx things start to go terribly wrong. Oliver didn't intend to summon such very, very scary guests. Will Oliver and his class survive the night? 1v. RNZFB.
HL63931
Oliver Moon and the monster mystery by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2006. Oliver wins the school raffle. His prize is an ugly painting entitled Monster Mystery. When the Moons hang it on their kitchen wall, food starts whizzing through the air, crockery smashes itself and strange messages appear in Oliver's schoolbooks. Something strange is going on and it's up to Oliver to solve the mystery. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63934
Oliver Moon and the potion commotion by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2006. Oliver Moon is the hardest working wizard at Magic School and now he's been nominated for Young Wizard of the Year. At home he has to cope with his seriously embarrassing unmagical parents. What will the judges say when they find out that the Moons use a microwave instead of a cauldron and a car instead of a broomstick? 1v. RNZFB.
HL63661
Oliver Moon and the spell-off by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2007. Oliver Moon isn't keen on the new boy at Magic School. Casper thinks he's the best at everything and tries to prove it by challenging Oliver to a scary spell-off. Can Oliver win the day with his trusty magic wand or does the whole thing spell trouble. 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63932
Oliver Moon and the spider spell by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2008. Oliver's mum has caught Green Flu so Oliver is in charge of all the housework. There's a lot to do! Everything is ok until Oliver tries to do a Grow-Bigger spell on the cauldron. Then he finds himself in very BIG trouble indeed. 1v. RNZFB.
HL63660
Oliver Moon's summer howliday by Sue Mongredien. London: Usborne, 2006. Oliver is really looking forward to his summer holiday in the haunted forest. He can't wait to go ghost hunting and he'd love to meet the werewolves that are rumoured to live there. His parents are not happy about the noisy howling that goes on in the forest at night. Could Oliver's hairy new friend, Wilf, have anything to do with it? 1 v. RNZFB.
HL63933