Fiction for Children

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All books listed in Braille Books Acquired that also have an equivalent Electronic Braille version will now have both the BR and the EB number listed in the entry.

Family stories (Fiction)

BR74647, EB74647 Just J by Colin Frizzell. 1 v. of braille. Jenevieve, 13, feels her life is spinning out of control - her mom has just passed away, her little brother is needy, and a woman, Fanny, is moving in on her dad before her mother is even buried. Suddenly, an aunt she never knew she had appears at the funeral, and her father eventually allows J to spend the summer with her Aunt Guin, a philosophizing free spirit who fixes up old houses. J spends the summer camping in the backyard of a fixer-upper, learning life lessons through her aunt's random quotes. Grades 5-8. 2007.

Friendship fiction

BR74827 Junie B. Jones loves handsome Warren by Barbara Park. 1 v. of press braille. Junie B. and her best friends want to impress the new boy at school. Lucille wears fancy dresses and Grace shows how fast she can run. But when Warren is homesick, Junie B. finds her own way to be his friend. Grades K-3. 1996. (Junie B. Jones series ; 7)

General fiction

BR74512, EB74512 Dancing through the snow by Jean Little. 2 v. of braille. Min has nothing - no mother, no birth certificate, no baby pictures, not even a real birthday. After four different foster families, she's not surprised to be dumped back with Children's Aid the week before Christmas. Still, a small part of her can't help aching for a miracle - and now she's found an injured dog that needs one too. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 2007.

Ghost stories

BR71829, EB71829 A ghost in the family by Betty Ren Wright. 1 v. of braille. While visiting his friend Jeannie's eccentric Aunt Rosebud in a boarding house that may be haunted, ten-year-old Chad comes across a mystery involving a missing diamond bracelet. Grades 3-6. 1998.

Short stories

BR74829, EB74829 The doctor's sweetheart and other stories by L. M. Montgomery ; slected and with an introduction by Catherine McLay. 2 v. of braille. A country doctor never loses faith in the young woman who swears to return to him; an estranged wife bets her future happiness on a horse race; two maiden ladies, scared onto a roof by a dog, ponder marriage to the dog's owner as the price of rescue. Contains 14 previously uncollected stories, published between 1899 and 1935. Grades 5-8. 1979.

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