Tactile Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by ML_Makerspace

Last crawled date: 2 years, 10 months ago

Design Credit: Jacqueline Edwards
This tactile version of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was designed by high school senior Jacqueline Edwards at the Mountain Lakes Public Library Makerspace. The original book was 3d printed at the Mountain Lakes Public Library Makerspace.
Additionally, we added QR scans on the back of each page with an audio file of that page being spoken. QR codes were generated with FlowCode https://www.flowcode.com.
The original tactile book was printed with white PLA filament and painted with Acrylic paints.
Thank you Sound Start Babies educators Kayley Mayer and Alana D’Alessandro for collaborating with Jacqueline and me on this project. Thank you to the Mountain Lakes Public Library for supporting the Makerspace.
Please comment with any feedback and future ideas for new tactile Brown Bear pages or additional books children would like tactile versions.
These prints were adapted for kids ages 2 - 5 to enjoy. Every effort was made to reduce sharp edges. Before sharing with a child please check each print as you may need to use a nail file to slightly sand down a piece. You can also use a scissor to cut a piece that may be hanging and too sharp.
Final Prints: For improved details, you can print better than .2mm resolution. Additionally, the scales on the fish body and feathers on the bird's body may print as more of texture and not necessarily as it looks on the image. The texture does give a good representation of scales or feathers. The rest of the scales and bird's feather prints very well at .20mm resolution.
ALT Text for the 3d Printed Pages:
Each 3d printed page is rectangular, approximately three inches tall by four inches wide.
Bear: The bears prominent features are its conical shaped ears on top of its head, its little tail shaped like a pom pom, and four paws and claws. Behind the bear is a rocky cave.
Fish: The fish has a wide open mouth, which looks like big happy smile. The fish has curved fin above its body, a side fin, and a tail. The fish is swimming underneath ocean waves.
Duck: The duck has a tall neck, beak, large feather on the side of its body, and webbed feet. Walking behind the duck are two baby ducks.
Bird: The bird is sitting on branch. It's long tail feather its hanging over the branch. The bird has a large beak in the center of its face. Next to the bird are three baby bird eggs.
Frog: The frog has a long tongue sticking right out of the page! The frog is crouched on top of a lily pad.