Annotated Bibliography


Books

Davidson, Margaret, Janet Compere, and Michael Dooling. Louis Braille : The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind.
New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1971


The poignant story of the man who developed the Braille system of printing for the blind.  Back cover contains the Braille alphabet.


Donaldson, Madeline. Louis Braille.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 2007


Introduces the life of Louis Braille, who developed braille, an alphabet which allowed the blind to read.


Fradin, Dennis B., and Rob Sauber. Louis Braille : The Blind Boy Who Wanted to Read.
San Jose: Silver Press, 2007

A simple biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who as a boy created a system by which the blind could read.


Mellor, C. Michael. Louis Braille, A Touch of Genius.
Boston: National Braille Press, 2006.


A well researched and informative book on the life and times of Louis Braille.  Highly recommended by the Louis Braille School as a great reference for primary resources because it contains photos and text of some of Louis Braille’s letters.


O'Connor, Barbara. The World at his fingertips : a story about Louis Braille.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1997


A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who created the dot system of reading and writing that is now used by the blind throughout the world.


Web Sites

Louis Braille School, 2009. 15 October 2009 <http://louisbrailleschool.org/resources/>.

This is the Louis Braille School website.  It is a rich resource filled with information about Louis Braille and the Braille system.

Picture of Louis Braille written in Braille. Available <http://www.aisquared.com/zoomnews/images/1208/louisbraille.png>

This is a picture of text of Louis Braille’s name with it written in Braille above.

Roblin, Jean. The Reading Fingers. 1951. 19 October 2009 <http://www.afb.org/roblinbiography/book.asp>

Originally written in French in 1951 to commemorate the centennial of Louis Braille’s death, this copy of the book, published in English by the American Federation of the Blind, is available free online by the AFB in honor of Louis Braille’s Bicentennial this year.

Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind(n.d.; document source not identified), 23 October 2009 <http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=86&DocumentID=1187>

An article from the American Federation of the Blind website regarding the significance of Braille for the blind community