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Who was Louis Braille? -- The accident -- The village school -- A wider world -- A change for the better -- Night writing -- The breakthrough -- From student to teacher -- A struggle -- A dark cloud -- A new home.
Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write.

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Louis braille submitted by avrogers1 on July 19, 2019, 9:42pm Who was is a fantastic series for young readers that tells the stories of some of the most famous people in history. This book focuses on the life of Louis Braille.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC., [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 104 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780448479033

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Squier, Robert.

SUBJECTS
Braille, Louis, -- 1809-1852.
Teachers.
Blind.
Braille.