Title |
Touch of light : : the story of Louis Braille.
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Names |
Neimark, Anne E.
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Book Number |
BR001423
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Annotation |
This biography conveys the warmth of Louis Braille's home life both before and after his accidental blindness at age 3, and his dissatisfaction with the raised-letter books then available. This dissatisfaction compelled him to develop the coded alphabet for blind readers by the time he was 15. For grades 5-8.
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Local Subject |
Young Adult Book - YA
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Short Book - SH
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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Disability Themes - DIS
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Audience Notes |
For grades 5-8.
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LC Subject |
Blind - Biography - Juvenile literature
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Blind teachers - France - Biography - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j371.9110924 B JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1970
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. (APH, transcribing agency. APH, distributor) 1970
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Original Publication |
Reproduced from: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970.
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