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)
BR74649, EB74649 Rex Zero, the king of nothing by Tim Wynne-Jones. 2 v. of braille. Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill, but other problems capture Rex's attention - a bully for a teacher, his father's sadness over Remembrance Day, not to mention dad's secret stash of photographs and letters - written in German. Then Rex finds a lost address book whose owner is Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband. Though he wishes he had heroic powers to help her, Rex finds all the answers in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
General fiction
BR74896 Mardi Mak meets the South Pole (nearly) by Courtney Lynch. 1 v. of braille. One morning, Mardi Mak wakes up to find furniture sliding around her room and icicles on the clothes line. The whole country is freezing. Not only that, but it's on a collision course for the South Pole! Not even the Prime Minister knows what to do about it. But Mardi has an idea. The problem is, no-one wants to listen. Grades 3-6. 2003.
BR74862 Junie B. Jones is a party animal by Barbara Park. 1 v. of press braille. Lucille invites Junie B. and Grace to sleep over at Lucille's grandmother's home. Unfortunately everything in the house is beautiful, expensive, and breakable. For grades K-3. 1997. (Junie B. Jones series ; 10)
BR74435, EB74435 Mimus by Lilli Thal ; translated by John Brownjohn. 4 v. of braille. Prince Florin of Moltovia travels to Vinland to celebrate the end of the war between the two countries, but instead finds that King Philip and other Moltovian leaders are now prisoners, and he is apprenticed to Mimus, King Theodo's jester. Forced to live with animals and facing near-starvation, Florin must amuse King Theodo or his father will be killed. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2005.
School stories
BR74914 Junie B. Jones is a beauty shop guy by Barbara Park. 1 v. of press braille. After Junie B. goes with her father for his haircut, she decides she wants to be a beauty shop guy when she grows up. She practices on her bunny slippers, her dog, and herself - with terrible results. Grades K-3. 1998. (Junie B. Jones series ; 11)
BR74938 Junie B. Jones smells something fishy by Barbara Park. 1 v. of press braille. Disappointed because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, or a dead fish. Grades K-3. 1998. (Junie B. Jones series ; 12)
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