Waking Brain Cells Top Ten Nonfiction Books 2016 Society of Illustrator’s Original Art, 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017 National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2016 of Utah 2019 Beehive Award NomineeĬy-Fair (TX) ISD Horned Toad Tale List 2018-19 Order this book from Random House Indie Bound .ĭownload a sample of the braille alphabet from National Braille audio clipsīulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred reviewĪmazon Best Books of the Month, September 2016Īmazon Best Non-Fiction Books for Children 2017īank Street College of Education and Children’s Book Committee,īest Children’s Books of the Year, 2017* (*with Outstanding Merit)Ĭhicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers 2016Ĭhildren’s Book Council, “2017 Best STEM Books”Ĭhildren’s Book Review, Best New Picture Books, September 2016Ĭhildren’s Lit. Read this Q & A with Jules Danielson at Kirkus. View archival photographs of Louis Braille’s home in Coupvray, France.Įnjoy this interview with Clara Martin on Twenty by Jenny. Go to PBS Kids & author-illustrator Marc Brown’s Braille Key and Instant Braille translator. Read Jen's latest Insights blog post for more about Six Dots.įind out more about illustrator Boris Kulikov. See and hear Teri Lesesne share her review of Six Dots during her unique book-talk 'Road Trip' with Karin Perry. (Note-the video states correctly that Louis had an accident at age three, which led to his eventual blindness at age five.) Watch this YouTube video for a brief overview of Braille’s life and his invention of the braille language. he managed to create a system of reading and writing that is still used today … no one so young has developed something that has had such a lasting and profound impact on so many people.” “Braille deserves to be on everyone’s list of great inventors.

And so he invented his own alphabet-a whole new system of writing that could be read by touch. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him.

He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted most of all was to be able to read. Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. “We, the blind, are as indebted to Louis Braille as mankind is to Gutenberg.” ' … strikes a perfect balance between the seriousness of Braille’s life and the exuberance he projected out into the world.' Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred 'Bryant’s title subtly emphasizes his creativity and celebrates him as an inventor, making this an excellent addition for STEM collections.' “ … a stirring portrait of innovation and determination.” 2016ĪLA Schneider Family Book Award for young children Jen Bryant Six Dots a Story of Young Louis BrailleĪlfred A.

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