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Photo Credits

Many thanks to Flickr and the fine photographers who took and shared the pictures you see in these books. We only use pictures that have been shared with the Creative Commons license and those with no known copyright. You may click on photo credits link in any book to link to the pages on Flickr for the photos. Of course, the pictures remain the property of photographers who took them and all the restrictions they placed on their use still apply.

If you object to the use of your pictures in these books for kids with disabilities, just let me know and I’ll take the book down.

To see the credits for any book, click the Settings  menu in the upper right and select More, the link will be near the bottom of that page.

Hester Prynne

Click on the links below to go to the Flickr page for each photograph.

 Flickr Hester Prynne is a puritan settler who has a child out of wedlock after a secret affair.
 Flickr She must wear a scarlet "A" for as long as she lives in her town.
 Flickr Hester is solitary. She lives in the woods with her baby. She wisely sees the townspeople from the outside.
 Flickr She does not let the townspeople shake her sense of who she is.
 Flickr Hester bears her burden with fiery passion.
 Flickr She is as strong and enduring as an oak tree.
 Flickr She is smarter than the townspeople.
 Flickr She wears her red "A" with pride. In doing so, she changes its meaning. Hester is able to withstand anything.
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