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The nightmare card
By Catherine Johnson. 2011
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
High interest, low vocabulary readers
Human-transcribed braille
Sara and Mina have been best friends for years. So when Sara gets hold of some Tarot cards and suggests…
they start telling fake fortunes Mina plays along. But soon Sara's predictions become all too accurate. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades K-3. 2011.The rainbow quilt (Livewire youth fiction)
By Iris Howden. 2003
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
High interest, low vocabulary readers
Automated braille
Amy and Aneeta are best friends in their Design course. When they are asked to sew squares for a quilt…
to hang in the town hall, they think it will be boring. But after local riots break out, the quilt takes on a new meaning. This book is part of the Livewire youth fiction series. Livewire youth fiction is a series of exciting stories about the issues, dramas and challenges of being young. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2003.Storm at Batoche
By Maxine Trottier, John Mantha. 2000
Printbraille
Canadian fiction, Prairie fiction, Historical fiction
Human-transcribed braille
James falls out of his Scottish immigrant family's wagon during a snowstorm on the Canadian prairie and is rescued by…
a man who identifies himself only as Louis. Waiting out the blizzard in his small cabin, the two bake gallette, as the man calls it, or bannock, as James stubbornly insists it should be called. Three days later when the weather has cleared, Louis drops the boy off near his town but refuses to go closer. James later thinks back on the incident and concludes, "Bannock or gallette, between two friends there is no difference." Grades K-3 and older readers. 2006, c2000.Available copies:
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Tess
By Ruth Ohi, H. J Hutchins. 1995
Printbraille
Canadian fiction, Prairie fiction, Gentle fiction
Human-transcribed braille
Tess's family has moved to the Prairies and are just getting by. They can't afford much coal to heat their…
home, so during the spring and summer, Tess and her brother have to collect "malongo," cow patties, to burn. They also have to deal with their haughty neighbour, Mr. Wright. Grades K-3.Available copies:
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