Description: In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He received no formal education, and spent his childhood days in his father's shop where he developed the curiousity to create and draw. He experienced the world through touch, and learned to visually reproduce his surroundings, including color, shadows, and perspective, with his hands. The blind artist's story will be an inspiration to young artists of all abilities.
Brief description:
Rachelle Burk writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children, and was a contributing writer for Scholastic Science World classroom magazine. Her background as a popular children's entertainer guarantees a presentation that is not only powerful and educational, but hysterically funny as well. Rachelle, a New Jersey resident, has visited schools in fourteen states so far.