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National Audiobook Month
The Audio Publishers' Association celebrates June as a month to raise awareness of the audiobook industry. If you are like many readers who also enjoy the occasional audiobook, you might want to learn more about this celebration at:
www.audiopub.org
June 18 - Father's Day and Reading with Dad Day
Reading with Dad is a list of quality children's picture books featuring fathers. You may use their suggested reading list of print titles, or just find a braille book to enjoy reading with your dad. See the list of titles at:
www.minnesotahumanities.org/literacy/dadlist.htm
You can check for availability of any of those titles in accessible format at:
www.loc.gov/nls
June 27 - Helen Keller was born in 1880. Find more about Helen in the online museum
of the American Foundation for the Blind. And be sure to read The Story of My Life, which was featured in the Braille Bug Reading Club 2004-2005.
"The Touch of Magic: The Story of Helen Keller's Great Teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy" is featured in the Reading Club this year (2005-2006). You can check out the current Reading Club book at:
www.afb.org/braillebug/RCBook.asp?bookid=34
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