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Twelve Birds
by Kim Hee-kyoung
Age Range: 6-8
Twelve Birds
Kim Hee-kyoung, Changbi Publishers, Korea, 60pp, 2012
(Braille and Tactile)
Language: Korean
Twelve Birds was included in the ‘Reading the Way’: Inclusive Books from Around the World Research (2015). (Full report in the Education Zone of this website)
Twelve Birds features the Korean braille alphabet and embossed elements that can be felt with the hands. Different birds are used to depict particular feelings by likening them to their specific characteristics and the text is quite abstract and whimsical. OIW felt that the book boasted an appealing poetic quality and that the delicate pastel illustrations are attractive, although they would probably not be strong enough to be accessible to a child with any kind of visual impairment and the prominence of the braille was also raised as a concern.