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A picture book of Louis Braille

Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.

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Main Author: Adler, David A.
Other Authors: Wallner, John C. (Illustrator), Wallner, Alexandra (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, c1997.
Subjects:
Braille, Louis, > 1809-1852 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Blind teachers > France > Biography > Juvenile.
Teachers > Juvenile nonfiction.
Blind > Juvenile nonfiction.
Physically handicapped > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
ISBN:0823412911
Author Notes:David A. Adler was born in New York City. He attended Queen's College in New York City and later, earned an MBA in Marketing from New York University.

He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of Cam Jansen mysteries and the Andy Russell titles. His titles has earned him numerous awards including a Sydney Taylor Book Award for his title "The Number on My Grandfather's Arm," "A Picture Book of Jewish Holidays" was named a Notable Book of 1981 by the American Library Association and "Our Golda" was named a Carter G. Woodson Award Honor Book.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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