Biography, Disabilities, Historical biography, Science and medicine biography, European travel and geography, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
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
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Historical biography, General non-fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
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.