Louis Braille, the boy who invented books for the blind

Title
Louis Braille, the boy who invented books for the blind

Personal Author EPSB
Margaret, Davidson

Summary
The story of Louis Braille's life from the loss of his sight at three years old to his death from tuberculosis, and his development of the raised-dot alphabet and his fight to win acceptance of it.

Year Published
1971

Series
Scholastic biography

Physical Description
80 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Note
Includes braille alphabet on back cover.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 3.8 2.0 29965

Personal Subject
Braille, Louis, 1809-1852-Biography.

Subject
People with physical disabilities -- Biography.
 
People with disabilities -- Biography.
 
Blind -- Biography.
 
Biography
 
Braille.
 
Reading materials.

Added Author
Compere, Janet,

Summary
The story of Louis Braille's life from the loss of his sight at three years old to his death from tuberculosis, and his development of the raised-dot alphabet and his fight to win acceptance of it.

ISBN
9780803842816
 
9780590443500
 
9780545452991

Publisher
New York : Scholastic, c1971.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
George P. NicholsonF DAVBook31004000030671Fiction