Children’s Braille Books
Adventure
PI00831
Dinosailors by Deb Lund ; illustrated by Howard Fine.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
A tale of high jinks on the high seas begins when a crew of novice dinosailors sets sail for adventure, only to find that something even better awaits them back home. Grades K-3. c2003.
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Alphabet/Numbers Picture Books
PI00871
Q is for Quack: an interactive alphabet book written and illustrated by Marion Ripley and Catriona Berry.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
This book has been designed to introduce children to the alphabet in a multi-sensory way, and is meant to be shared. A short print text accompanies each letter. One of these words inspires a raised line illustration for each letter. The first letter of this word and the word are shown in braille. Grades P-2. 2002.
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Animal Stories
PI00864
The very cranky bear by Nick Bland.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
In the Jingle Jangle Jungle on a wet and windy day, Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep found a perfect place to play. None of them had noticed that someone else was there. When four friends encounter a cranky bear, they decide they must cheer him up. Moose, Lion, and Zebra's outrageous ideas all backfire, which leaves it up to poor, plain Sheep to deal with this beast, who just wants a quiet place to sleep. Whatever will she do? Grades K-3. c2008.
PI00872
Charlotte and Charlie written and illustrated by Andrée Robert.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
This is the story about Charlotte the bumblebee who prays for a special friend. One day she meets Charlie the bear with whom she begins a very special friendship. Grades K-3. 2005.
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Cookbooks
BR74828
Roald Dahl's revolting recipes, recipes compiled by Josie Fison and Felicity Dahl.
1 v. of press braille.
A practical guide to making some of the mouth-watering and occasionally wonderfully disgusting savouries, puddings, cakes, sweets, and drinks which appear in Dahl's books. Grades 3-6. 1994.
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Dinosaurs and Paleontology
PI00874
What did dinosaurs look like? written and illustrated by Monika Bell.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
This book of tactile images of dinosaurs is intended to be a supplement to information available from other sources. It features 11 dinosaurs that have different characteristics. One such characteristic is pointed out in an accompanying sentence in both braille and print. Grades K-3. 2008.
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Disabled Fiction
PI00876
I'm Wendy Blair, not a chair! by Carolyn MacDiarmid ; illustrated by Sarah Ennals.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
Wendy Blair is a grade three student who loves to sculpt plasticine, play basketball, and hang out with her friends. When she is hit by a car, the kids in her class have trouble seeing beyond her new wheelchair. Grades 2-4. 2002. (Adventures of Wendy Blair ; 1)
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Family Life
PI00640
Singing the dark by Gail Sproule ; illustrated by Sheena Lott.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
When evening comes, a little girl asks her mother, "Will you sing the dark tonight?" With that request, mother and daughter begin a unique ritual. Nightgown is pulled on, teeth are brushed, face is washed and hair tangles are carefully smoothed. Then, hand in hand, mother and daughter go out into the garden to welcome the night. Grades K-3. c2001.
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Family Stories
PI00855
The castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
A flying goat, buttons the size of sleds, and a castle on Hester Street are some of the widely imaginative stories Julie's grandpa tells her about his journey from Russia to New York many years ago. But Grandma's no-nonsense memories are far different from Grandpa's tall tales. Grades K-3. c1982.
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Friendship Fiction
PI00862
One brown bunny text by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Ivan Bates.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
One brown bunny went out one day to find a friend who'd like to play. But his hunt is not successful. Join brown bunny in search of friends in the forest. Grades K-3. 2009.
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)
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PI00847
The story blanket by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz ; illustrated by Elena Odriozola.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
With no wool to be found in the village, Babba Zarrah, the storyteller, starts unravelling her story blanket bit by bit, to secretly supply the needs of the community, and when the villagers realize what is happening they return the favour. Grades K-3. 2008.
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General Fiction
BR74512
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. Grades 4-7. 2007.
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How-to Books
PI00875
Setting the table for one person: activities for developing spatial concepts 1 by Alina Talkuder and Sr. Elzbieta Wieckowska.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
This is the first in a series of tactile books for blind children that are developed for the purpose of teaching spatial relations. This book is the result of many years of work on the part of the Authors in helping blind children learn about their environment and in the reading of tactile graphics. Grades 2-4. 2008.
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School Stories
PI00873
Cocoa and Katie off to school written and illustrated by Nancy Newman.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
Katie and her guide dog Cocoa experience a typical day at school. The story is written in both Braille and print and is illustrated in raised line drawings. Grades K-3. 2005.
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War
BI00765
In Flanders fields: the story of the poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield.
1 v. of braille, uncontracted.
The poem "In Flanders Fields" is one of the most famous war poems ever written. This book contains the poem, as well as the story of John McCrae, the Canadian doctor who wrote it, and how it came to be written. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 1995.
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