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Young Guests of a Large Library: A Book Festival for Visually Impaired Children Was Held in Moscow

On December 5  the  event dedicated to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was held at the All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature. Visually impaired children from Moscow  schools received a wonderful new  book sets  as a gift.  The new books were  published by the Foundation “Illustrated Books ... “  with  financial support of the Moscow City Department of Media and Advertising.

A fascinating concert was given  to the guests of the holiday. At the assembly hall of the library  students of boarding school No. 2 presented their colorful music and dance acts. The audience was amazed and admired by the performance of the Amrita Oriental Dance Ensemble.

The main purpose of  the event was presenting new book set "Travel about  Countries and Continents"  to  visually impaired kids.  Elena Gennadyevna Kazakova, the head of the Press Department of the Moscow City Media and Advertising Department  handled the  books  to  children.

This book will introduce young readers to the diversity of culture of different countries and peoples, show the most interesting and unusual world sights and surprise  with wonderful poetic tales from different parts of our planet. The children will travel around eight countries of the world: Denmark, Italy, Japan, India, Ethiopia, Canada, Argentina and Samoa. The set also includes a magic  reading pen  that reproduces  sounds, music and voices of the characters  and the colorful package-decoration with the figures of characters - a real small theater!