Who was Louis Braille? /
Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write.
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC.,
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Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2014] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write. |
Carrier Form: | 104 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 104). |
ISBN: |
9780448479033 (paperback) : 0448479036 (paperback) 9780606341677 (Turtleback Books) 0606341676 (Turtleback Books) 9781480640054 (Paw Prints) 1480640050 (Paw Prints) 9781484423257 1484423259 |
Index Number: | HV1624 |
CLC: | K835.655.46 |
Call Number: | K835.655.46/F919 |
Contents: | Who was Louis Braille? -- The accident -- The village school -- A wider world -- A change for the better -- Night writing -- The breakthrough -- From student to teacher -- A struggle -- A dark cloud -- A new home. |