Ron Schmidt

Ron Schmidt, author of Voices of Wolf Lake and That Pig Lucy, visited with students at Onekama and Arcadia Elementary. Ron's seeing eye dog, Patti, accompanied him.

I really liked Mr. Schmidt's presentation. I had never seen a person read Braille before. It looked different when he typed on his Braille typewriter. His books were really interesting and I hope I can find and finish the parts he did not read. His books were very well written . I can tell, because they made me want to read them. ...Nathan, grade 5

An author came to our school to talk about the stories he had wrighten. He also told us about being blind. His dog Patti is a seeingeye dog. He said that Patty goes on vacation with him. When Patti has her harness on you can't pet her because she will lose focus on what she is doing. In one of Ron Schmidt's books Patty gose to the caben with him and they find a wolf. It is a good book because it is realistic. ...Shannon, grade 5

 An author came to our school. It was neat. He told us how he got the ideas for his books. He explained how he did everything. He got to answer our questions. One of his answers was about how he rode a bike when he was younger. It must have been hard. He said it is not that hard being blind. I think it would be. ....Brittany, grade 5

Ron Schmidt writes his books with a typewriter that is for blind people. It only has six keys including the space bar. At the library he read some of the stories he wrote and told us about Patti. After you could get your name on the cover of his book or on a piece of paper. He wrote it with the Braille typewriter. ...Jamie, grade 5

Today a man came to our school. He was a blind man. He had a dog that shows him where to go and he can take the dog everywhere he goes. the man loves to read. Matter of fact he rights books and reads books with Braille. Braille is something like little dots on a piece of paper that he can read with his fingers. The man is a normal man, it is just that he uses his hands and ears and senses instead of his eyes to do things. He types with Braille and he typed two books. He is a very nice man. Patti is a nice and smart dog too. ...Taylor

I thout that it was neat to have Ron come in and tell us what his books are about and what it is like to be blind. I thout that his books were really interesting, but what I really liked was how he read in Braille. I thout that was neat how you could read in the dark when you read in Braille. ...Julie

March 14, 2001

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