Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write.

Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. So he invented his own alphabet--a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today.

Get to know the life and legacy of Louis Braille. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropriate look at his invention of braille and how it changed the blind community forever. Features include sidebars, a table of contents, two infographics, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common...

Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.

The life story of the remarkable Louis Braille who, blind himself, formulated a system so the blind could read. Readers will be fascinated by his code of dots and by the intrigues which nearly prevented his system from being officially adopted.

A simple biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who as a boy created a system by which the blind could read.