braille

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who created the dot system of reading and writing that is now used by the blind throughout the world.

"Discusses the history of Braille and how the blind community uses it in everyday life"--Provided by publisher.

Oscar, who is blind, teaches Lucy how to read his Braille book.

When Laura finds out that her new Australian pen pal, Malcolm, is blind, she learns to use a braille machine to write to him.

Tells the life story of Louis Braille, the nineteenth-century man who lost his sight at the age of three and developed an alphabet for blind people when he was fifteen.

Introduces young readers to Braille, explaining what it is, how it was developed, and how it enables people who are losing their sight or cannot see to read and communicate with others.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.