Children’s Braille Books
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
PI00844
Little puppy lost by Linda Jennings ; illustrated by Alison Edgson.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
When three puppies go out for their first romp in snow, they are frightened by a stranger and Ollie, separated from his siblings, must try to find his way home through snowy fields and icy woods. Grades K-3. 2008.
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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PI00730
Bedtime mouse by Sandol Stoddard ; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
A deer and a bear and a goose running loose join in a ramble through the world of a child's imagination. Grades P-2. 1981.
PI00857
Duck at the door by Jackie Urbanovic.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
When Max the duck decides to stay behind when his flock flies south, Irene invites him to stay with her for the winter. Grades K-3. 2007.
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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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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)
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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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Short Stories
BR74829
The doctor's sweetheart and other stories by L. M. Montgomery ; selected 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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