Description
A blind child shares her joys, struggles, and self-confidence.
In More Than What Eyes See, Maya explains what its like to be blind. Sometimes she feels left out when she cant do all the things sighted kids can do. But then she remembers her many great qualities and abilities. Shes curious, brave, confident, and creative. She reads Braille, plays sports with her friends, and enjoys painting and writing. With the help of her cane, Maya confidently navigates the world without sighteven if she occasionally wishes her eyes could see. Maya loves being who she is.
Highlights:
Written by an author who has been blind since birth, drawing on her own childhood experience.
Offers an honest portrayal of life as a blind child, including assistive technology, mobility aids, and accessible activities.
Celebrates disability joy and offers an empowering self-representation for disabled kids.
Helps children develop empathy and understanding with first-person storytelling from a childs perspective.
Centers disabled voices by drawing on the authors experience with blindness.
The Disability Books for Kids series explores visible and invisible disability in the first person, as seen through the eyes of children and written from lived experience. The series builds allyship, challenges ableism, and celebrates difference, empowering and educating all readers. Each book includes an authors note to the reader.
Author: Miso Kwak
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 03/24/2026
Series: Disability Books for Kids
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9798885547307
Language: English
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