Codes or product keys that accompany this product may not be valid. When the sun shines, he laughs and gurgles and prattles in the rock pools.'' One of her brothers complains about Nellie's report (``She can't even see!''), but their mother concludes: ``Though your sister's eyes are blind, she can see with her mind.'' However ham-handed the dialogue, this title's tone of normalcy, its realistic family dynamics and its moody, streaky oil paintings may be enough to win over readers curious about life without sight. The dust jacket has stickers, markings, or sticker adhesive on it. Looking for a book by Estelle Condra We use Cookies to collect information when you visit our site. Parker, 2008), and The Seeing Stick (Jane Yolen. Estelle Condra wrote See the Ocean, which can be purchased at a lower price at. For three precocious paragraphs, she rhapsodizes: ``The ocean is an old, old man born at the beginning of time. Alexander, 2000), See the Ocean (Estelle Condra, 2006), Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum. There is no explicit reference to her blindness until the end, when she claims to be able to see the ocean through a thick mist. She feeds crumbs to the seagulls, tosses pebbles into ponds, handles seashells and driftwood.

Nellie enjoys her family's annual trips to the ocean. Despite an overwrought climax, this debut effort for author and artist manages to distill some truths about growing up blind.

See the ocean by estelle condra