Debbie Barry

New Nursery Rhymes Debbie Barry

Nursery rhymes, old or new, are timeless, but nursery rhymes reflect the culture of the times in which they were written. Here is a collection of new nursery rhymes, which reflect the beginning of the 21st Century. Cute rhymes of animals are little different from those of centuries past, but rhymes of the digital age, of new moons, and of frozen Floridian swamps are new, and were never seen in the traditional rhymes of Mother Goose. Here are some of those new nursery rhymes, written and illustrated to delight children and adults of the 21st Century. They are presented in large print, to make them easier for young eyes to read, and accessible to the visually impaired, young and old. Debbie Barry, author and illustrator of these nursery rhymes is legally blind. Reminding children and parents that blindness does not keep a person from being an active, creative, productive person, nor do other physical, mental, or developmental handicaps, as long as they decide to do everything they can do, instead of letting things they cannot do limit them. Debbie encourages every child and parent to enjoy the freedom of what they CAN do, and to delight in the wonders of life. The high-contrast, white-on-black text combines with the large text, making this book accessible for many visually-impaired and legally-blind readers. Visually accessible books are important, not only for adults, but for those children who, through illness, injury, or from birth experience reduced vision. This is a personal mission of the illustrator, who was blessed to grow up with normal vision, and had a love of reading from early child, but who lost most of her vision while her children were still young.