Magic Eyes Book

Magic Eyes is an uplifting children's book about a blind boy, who discovers pictures in the clouds and forges friendships through the power of his imagination. The book's whimsical illustrations of Nantucket and elegant linen binding ensure it is a timeless addition to your library and bedtime routine. All profits benefit the Perkins School for the Blind, a global leader in blindness research and education.

This book was inspired by a young, blind boy named Brick. Brick is eight years old. He is epileptic, wheelchair-bound and blind.

There are many types of blindness. Brick's blindness is called cortical visual impairment, or "brain bindness". CVI is the only growing and partially recoverable form of blindness. Unlike traditional blindness, Brick's eyes work, but his brain does not understand what his eyes see. Doctors think he has pockets of vision, which is kind of like looking through Swiss cheese. To fill in visual gaps, Brick uses his other senses, various CVI strategies, a lot of focus and his imagination.

Brick has a powerful imagination. He uses it to see, invent games and connect with people, just like in this book. If you'd like to learn more about cortical visual impairment and strategies to see, please visit www.perkins.org