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January 20, 2023: DK Fun Facts Book

Braille literacy is fun!  All kinds of info should be accessible to read in braille.  The book “It Can’t Be True!:  Incredible Tactile Comparisons” has facts in braille and print for accessibility.  Proportionally scaled tactile images help readers who are blind or visually impaired understand a challenging world around them.  https://www.dk.com/us/book/9781465444066-dk-braille-it-cant-be-true/

Image Description: front cover with white background, “DK” with an outline of a book around it and “Braille” in red print and the braille translation underneath in the top left corner, at the top in a blue speech bubble, words in white print are “It Can’t Be True!” the braille translation is underneath, tactile images of a big hailstone and small tennis ball are in the center, to the side in print and braille is “A Hailstone Bigger Than a Tennis Ball!” at the bottom in print and braille is “Incredible Tactile Comparisons”
Image Description: pages 40 & 41 Page 40: top of page in print and braille reads “What’s the biggest land animal?” underneath in print and braille “The broadest, heaviest animal in the male African elephant, but the tallest is the giraffe.” Underneath to the left is raised image of an ostrich with the caption in print and braille “Biggest bird: ostrich, 2.5 m (9 ft)” to the right is a raised image of an elephant with the caption in print and braille “Biggest land animal: elephant 4 m (13 ft)” Page 41: across from the elephant is a raised image of a giraffe with the caption in print and braille “Tallest land animal: giraffe 6 m (20 ft)” to the right is four raised images of outlines of a human with the caption in print and braille “Average adult: 1.8 m (6 ft)” at the top of the page is a caption in print with a green circle and a braille translation that reads “A giraffe is as tall as 3.5 average-height adult humans.”