Mandy Sue Day - Hardcover

Karim, Roberta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395661552 ISBN 13: 9780395661550

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1994

Synopsis

On one very special day, Mandy Sue, a young blind girl, is free from her chores around the farm and can do anything she wants, and chooses to spend her day with her horse, Ben.

About this title

About the Author:

Born outside Cincinnati, Ohio, Roberta Karim grew up in the country, surrounded by wooded hills, wildflowers, and horses. As a child and young adult, she had the opportunity to travel extensively, visiting 28 countries in all. She graduated from high school at the International School of Brussels in Belgium and spent her first two years of college at John Cabot International College in Rome, Italy. Coming home to reverse culture shock, Roberta graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. She then proceeded to graduate school at Purdue University, where she earned a master's degree in English Literature and Composition. While at Purdue, Roberta taught Freshman and Remedial Composition, and English as a Second Language. At the other end of the spectrum, she has taught pre-schoolers for 8 years.

Illustrator Karen Ritz has a degree in Children’s Literature from the University of Minnesota and learned to draw along the way, attending Rhode Island School of Design for summer classes as a high school student. She has illustrated over forty books, including Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express, a Public Television Reading Rainbow feature, Ellis Island, a 1995 Minnesota Book Award Winner, and A Picture Book of Anne Frank. Her work is housed at the Children’s Literature Research Collection at the University of Minnesota, and several of her books have been chosen for the annual Society of Illustrator’s Show in New York. Karen uses her thirty years of experience in the field to teach about Visual Language at the college and graduate levels.  Karen lives and paints on the 30th floor in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, overlooking the Mississippi River.

From Booklist:

Ages 5-8. Better to judge this by the jacket illustration than by the jacket copy, which gives away the fact that Mandy Sue is blind. The jacket, showing Mandy Sue standing near her horse, will appeal directly to young horse lovers. There's no "poster child" sentimentality in the story, which follows Mandy Sue during an autumn day on the farm as she spends time with her horse and does things many children might enjoy. Only at the story's close, when her little brother offers her a flashlight, does she reveal "I can't see." What the pictures communicate so clearly is the extent of the world Mandy Sue knows and what a day full of fun she has. Mary Harris Veeder

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0395661552
• ISBN 13: 9780395661550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ritz Karen