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Out of darkness : the story of Louis Braille / by Russell Freedman ; illustrated by Kate Kiesler.

Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018 (Author). Kiesler, Kate, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395968887
  • ISBN: 9780395968888
  • ISBN: 0395775167
  • ISBN: 9780395775165
  • Physical Description: 81 pages : illustrations
  • Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, 1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dormitory 1 -- Accident 5 -- Little Blind Boy 11 -- Royal Institute for Blind Youth 22 -- Nightwriting 33 -- Braille Cell 44 -- Teacher 57 -- Gift 67.
Target Audience Note:
1000L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.7 2 19540.
Subject:
Braille, Louis, 1809-1852 > Juvenile literature.
Blind teachers > Juvenile literature.
Braille > Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 26 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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Ashe County Public Library J B BRAILLE (Text) 50503011105287 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Black Mountain Library jB BRAILLE (Text) 0020502144973 Juvenile Biography Available -
Boonville Community Public Library JB BRAILLE (Text) 30005100099426 Juvenile Biography Available -
Broadway Branch JB/BRAILLE (Text) 33262003233848 Juvenile Biography Available -
Danbury Public Library JB BRAILLE (Text) 30672100204890 Juvenile Biography Available -
Enka-Candler Library JB BRAILLE (Text) 0020502144932 Juvenile Biography Available -
Fairmont Public Library JB BRAILLE (Text) 34510000030922 Juvenile Biography Available -
Forsyth Central JB BRAILLE (Text) 0112506821654 Juvenile Biography Available -
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library JB Bra (Text) 30308100936815 Juvenile Biography Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library JB BRAILLE (Text) 18198000346926 Juvenile Biography Available -