Mandy Sue Day

by Roberta Karim

Book Overview

This elegant prose poem, illustrated with realistic watercolor paintings, tells how a blind girl, using her senses of taste, hearing, touch, and smell, enjoys a special day with her horse, Ben. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395661552
• ISBN13: 9780395661550
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Great but use caution

This is a wonderful book in so many ways. I must give it a five star rating although I do suggest a caution. My caution isn't about the book but about the message of a blind person riding a horse. An average horse cannot be used this way even if it is gentle and loving. The horse must have special training just as a seeing eye dog gets special training. Most dogs will not keep a blind person from falling off a curb, stepping out in traffic, stepping in a puddle, etc. A loving, gentle, untrained horse will not watch out for low tree limbs, traffic, etc. It is possible for a horse to become a seeing eye horse. If you have a visually handicapped child who wants a horse, it is important to help the child look at facts rather than fictional concepts of horses. You might do an internet search for seeing eye horse, pet therapy, and other information about pets which help handicapped people. It is a wonderful book for handicapped children and for their friends and family as well! I highly recommend it.

farm life

This book is very interesting and wholesome. It is family life on the farm. This little girl gets to spend her special day with her best friend, a horse. This girl is also blind.The reader does not reallize until the end of the story that Mandy Sue is in fact blind. The writer portrays Mandy Sue as a regular person, which of coarse she is. Every school should have a copy of this book. This book leaves you with a good feeling and insight that everyone is equal. The pictures are beautiful to look at and farm and family life is shown in a postive light. Mandy Sue is a happy girl who lives on a farm, and when she rides her favorite horse, she is free. She can ride fast and feel the wind in her hair. She is alive.Mandy Sue's horse gives her the opportunity to express herself and feel safe and loved by her horse.

An Excellent Representation of a Blind Girl's Day

This is a great story with a very positive representation of a young blind girl. She is shown to be a self sufficient, capable, and independant youg lady, not helpless like the blind are sometimes viewed. A very good story for all, young and old, blind and sighted. I highly recommmend it!

Mandy Sue Day Review

This is a wonderful children's book. It is well written and illustrated. The ending is superb! It truely makes us appreciate each and every day. This is one of three books out by this author....I look forward to more!

For children handicapped or not this book teaches acceptance

I have a young daughter who loves horses and I work with mentally challenged children this book is great for showing how a child with any challenge can accomplish anything