Louis Braille: The Blind Boy Who Wanted to Read (Remarkable Children Series) [Hardcover]

Dennis B. Fradin (Author), Rob Sauber (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1997 | Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Remarkable Children Series

Blinded at five, Louis Braille hungered to read. At 15 he invented the system that has opened the world of books to millions of blind people. This is his inspiring story.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4?At 15, Braille, who lost his sight as a young boy, invented a reading system for blind people, though it was not accepted in his lifetime. The young inventor's story is presented in an attractive format with easy-to-read print facing a full-color illustration on each double-page spread. The text and pictures work together well, moving readers through Braille's life in a clear and well-paced manner. Some fictionalized dialogue appears, but it is kept to a bare minimum. The focus is on Braille's childhood; his adult life is summarized in the last two pages. This is a solid beginning biography with enough information to satisfy report writers, and recreational readers should also enjoy it. David Adler's A Picture Book of Louis Braille (Holiday House, 1997) has a bit more scope and detail.?Jane Claes, T. J. Lee Elementary School, Irving, TX
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From Booklist

Gr. 2^-4, younger for reading aloud. By one of those strange publishing coincidences, this is the third children's biography of Louis Braille to come out this season. The picture-book format of this one is much like David Adler's A Picture Book of Louis Braille (1996); it's for a younger audience than Russell Freedman's Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille [1997]. This is an astonishing story--the blind French boy who at 15 invented the reading system that is still used by the blind across the world--and it is told here as part of the Remarkable Children series in a straightforward style, with handsome full-page period paintings and a final diagram of the Braille alphabet. Hazel Rochman

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Silver Burdett Pr (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0382394682
• ISBN-13: 978-0382394683
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #678,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"I have the time of my life as a children's author," says Dennis Brindell Fradin, prolific author of close to one hundred and fifty books. "I try not to let a day of the year go by without working." Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he earned a creative writing degree from Northwestern University, then taught elementary school for twelve years. In 1989, the National College of Education honored him as the Educator of the Year. He is married to writer Judith Bloom Fradin, who did the photo research on this book. They live in Evanston, Illinois and have three grown children.