A book ….. the project ….. and an appeal

Now, this is one of those deceptively simple projects which is ground-breaking and deserves to be supported.

But rather than rehearse badly what my old friend Peter Topping has already said in support of his “Musical Nursery Rhymes and Pictures by Peter – A Visually-impaired Friendly Book”, I shall just hand over to him.

“The book is called “Musical Nursery Rhymes and Pictures by Peter – A Visually-impaired Friendly Book”

On the front the flash says “Not just for kids – for grown-ups too, this is because each nursery rhyme has its history and the story about its origin, for the adults.

 Each spread in the book has a nursery rhyme, the history, and the picture relating to the rhyme. In the top right is the Navilens code.

 

The idea is that each page or spread in the book has a Navilens Code, which is a QR code with coloured squares around it.

 This can be read with an ordinary QR code reader but you won’t get the spoken introduction, unless you use the free Navilens App.

 This code leads to a YouTube video of that rhyme, which has audio description for the visually impaired.

 Each rhyme has a separate video, which contains audio description, the song of the rhyme, the picture relating to the poem and the history. For the sighted there are karaoke style subtitles and more pictures relating to the rhyme.

 We are trying to raise £300 for the book, which will be given away free to the visually impaired in Chorlton and District (while stocks last).

 

All profits will be put towards print costs and promotion of this book and production of the next book in the series.

 The link to JustGiving is https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/free-books

 Attached Ad for funding, sample spread in book and Navilens code leading to sample page YouTube video”.

And that is all I shall say.

Pictures; Artwork courtesy of Peter Topping, 2024