The world at his fingertips: a story about Louis Braille (Carolrhoda creative minds biography)
Disabilities, Biography of persons with disabilities, Historical biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
A biography of Frenchman Louis Braille (1809-1852), who was accidentally blinded as a child and who as a teenager developed an alphabet of raised dots. Relates his struggle to gain government backing for the reading and writing system that is now called "braille" in his honor. For grades 3-6. 1997
Title Details
ISBN
9781575054612
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Copyright Date
1997
Book number
4588228
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Steven Carpenter
Duration
57 minutes 44 seconds
Audio producer
Potomac Talking Book Services