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The Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled provides Iowans resources, programming, and accessible reading materials for those who are blind or whose physical abilities require the use of books and magazines in audio, braille, or large print. Our Instructional Materials Center provides Iowa students with accessible educational materials.

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Book cover for Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, featuring a vibrant, sun-drenched oil painting of a traditional stone villa on the Italian coast. Cascades of pink and magenta flowers drape the hillside property, which overlooks bright blue water dotted with small white rowboats.
Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Book cover for Spring by Ali Smith, with a simple, airy white sans-serif title text over a painterly background in washes of pale, cloudy blue-green. The subtle watercolor texture evokes a sense of light and atmosphere, with a hint of small, distant trees at the very bottom edge.
Spring
by Ali Smith
Book cover for The Overstory by Richard Powers, centered around a majestic, deep-focus oil painting of ancient, towering redwood trees. The detailed forest scene is viewed as if looking through a large circular lens, and includes a small figure on horseback at the end of a winding dirt path for scale.
The Overstory
by Richard Powers
Book cover for Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl, featuring a silhouette of a woman's profile filled with a lush, collage-style illustration of flora and fauna. Various leaves, blue and white flowers, a small brown bird, a turtle, a monarch butterfly, and a tiny nest with three eggs compose the detailed natural portrait.
Late Migrations
by Margaret Renkle
Book cover for The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, focusing closely on the hand of a child holding a delicate branch of small, blooming pink apple blossoms. The child wears a bright yellow mesh skirt, creating a soft contrast with the green field behind it.
The Language Of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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