{"id":6928,"date":"2021-09-15T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2021-09-15T16:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T21:14:57","slug":"feather-chelle-releases-new-book-the-color-of-darkness-an-abilities-awareness-activity-book-for-young-readers-blind-and-sighted-alike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6928","title":{"rendered":"Author Feather Chelle Releases New Book, The Color of Darkness , an Abilities Awareness Activity Book for Young Readers, Blind and Sighted alike"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5320\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6928-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feather Chelle has just released her 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;book and joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the activities, poems and lessons she brings to this wonderful book. Of which you can receive free by sending an email with the word Subscribe in the subject line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Colors of Darkness&nbsp;&nbsp;is a great addition to any classroom, group and brings awareness to the spectrum of abilities people have in a fun and interactive way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feather was on earlier this year and talked about her Blindness journey, family, kids and much more. You can check out Feather\u2019s previous podcast episode on Blind Abilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6571\">Author Feather Chelle Has So Many Interesting Chapters in Her Life, I just wanted to keep turning the Pages. And Her New Book, Stranded, is a Page Turner as Well!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To receive your free copy of The Colors of Darkness Click on this\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Feather.Chelle.Author@gmail.com?subject=Subscribe\">email link<\/a>\u00a0and Subscribe will already populate the subject line and you will soon be enjoying Feather\u2019s latest book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow Heather on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/feather_chelle\">@Feather_Chelle<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Feather-Chelle-106256268084714\">FeatherChellAuthor<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And click on the follow the author button on Amazon when you check out her book,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08RW7ND4W\/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_b527FbE0S01ZV\">Stranded<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5322\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6928-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/FeatherChelle2021.mp3 Show Summary: Feather Chelle has just released her 4th&nbsp;book and joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the activities, poems and lessons she brings to this wonderful book. Of which you can receive free by sending an email with the word Subscribe in the subject line.&nbsp; The Colors of Darkness&nbsp;&nbsp;is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,495,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-lifeenrichment","category-tvitoolbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1NK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6571,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6571","url_meta":{"origin":6928,"position":0},"title":"Author Feather Chelle Has So Many Interesting Chapters in Her Life, I just wanted to keep turning the Pages. 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