Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius

Title Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
Names Mellor, C. Michael.
Book Number DB063350
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation Biography of Louis Braille (1809-1852), a blind Frenchman who by age sixteen designed a code of raised dots enabling blind people to read and write easily. Discusses his schooling, his love of music, and the advantages of his tactile reading system. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2006.
Local Subject Disability Interest - Visual Disability - DIV
Short Book - SH
Young Adult Book - YA
Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
Biography - Historical - BIH
Biography - Blind Individuals - BIDV
Biography - Individuals w/ Disabilities - BID
Disability Interest - DII
Technology - TEC
Biography - Scientists & Explorers - BIT
Young Adult Interest - YAI
Manufacture - Printing & related activities - 686
Manufacture for specific uses - 680
For junior and senior high readers - YAJ
For senior high readers - JU8
Female Narrator - FN
LC Subject Blind teachers - France - Biography
Notes ENG
Call Number 686.282092 B ANF
Language English
Released 2006
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2006 (NLS, recording studio).
Original Publication Recorded from: Boston, Mass. : National Braille Press, 2006. 0939173700
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