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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
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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. Grades 4-7. 1998.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons
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Recounts the life of Louis Braille who, at fifteen, created a system of raised dots that allows blind persons to…
read and write. Describes Louis's childhood, the accident that caused his blindness, the support he received from his family, and his education, which led to his creation of the braille alphabet. Junior and senior high school readers. 1994.
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Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Bickel tells the life of Louis Braille, creator of the code of raised dots which allows the blind to read…
and write. He tells of how Braille was blinded in an accident, and how he began to work on his tactile system of writing. He also describes the difficulties Braille faced in the initial lack of acceptance of the code by those who refused to recognize a system not based on the shapes of the print alphabet. 1988.
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Science and medicine biography, Disabilities, Historical biography
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An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.**Winner of…
a Schneider Family Book Award!** Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet—a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today. Award-winning writer Jen Bryant tells Braille’s inspiring story with a lively and accessible text, filled with the sounds, the smells, and the touch of Louis’s world. Boris Kulikov’s inspired paintings help readers to understand what Louis lost, and what he was determined to gain back through books. An author’s note and additional resources at the end of the book complement the simple story and offer more information for parents and teachers. Praise for Six Dots: "An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to world—for the blind and sighted alike."—Kirkus Reviews"Even in a crowded field, Bryant’s tightly focused work, cast in the fictionalized voice of Braille himself, is particularly distinguished."—Bulletin, starred review"This picture book biography strikes a perfect balance between the seriousness of Braille’s life and the exuberance he projected out into the world." — School Library Journal, starred reviewAvailable copies:
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Biography, Disabilities, Historical biography, Science and medicine biography, European travel and geography, General non-fiction
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A narrative biography of Louis Braille, who lost his sight as a young child while playing in his father's workshop.…
After being exposed to coded military messages at the Royal School for the Blind in Paris, Louis invented his own alphabet--a system for writing using six dots. For grades K-3. 2016
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Historical biography, Science and medicine biography, United States history
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Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824…
he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea.
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An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to world-for the blind and sighted alike - The story of young Louis Braille
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Biography
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A biography, written by an Australian, Lennard Bickel, this book sets the life and achievements of Louis Braille in the…
setting of the political and social life of France at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Commencing with the foundation of the Royal Institute for the Young Blind in Paris (1786), it describes the constant battle to improve conditions for the blind, Braille's encouragement by Dr. Pignier (Director of the Institute) against opposition for the use of a "special alphabet" for the blind, and the gradual acceptance of the 'six-dot-system" which came only after Braille's tragic death at the age of forty-three.
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Historical biography, General non-fiction
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In the late 1700s, young Louis Braille overcame his disability by inventing "night writing," a system of raised dots to…
help blind people read. This alphabet of raised dots allowed sightless people to live more independent lives.
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Biography, Historical biography
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a children's book about Louis Braille
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Biography, Historical biography
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Although this is a children's book, it is written in a style that will appeal to adults, as well. It…
is an interesting and very informative biography of Louis Braille, and includes a bibliography for further reading.