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Sources of Braille Children's Books and Magazines
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Encouraging children to read
for pleasure, and thereby improving their skills, is a
challenge for parents and teachers whether the medium
is print or braille. Of course, providing reading material
that is interesting to the child is an excellent incentive.
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Here is a list of sources for borrowing or
purchasing braille and print/braille children's books and
magazines in the United States. Please contact individual
organizations for detailed information on products and/or
prices.
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The National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
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Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Telephone: (800) 424-8567
E-Mail: nls@loc.gov
Web site: www.loc.gov/nls
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Offers a wide variety of braille
books on loan. Call your regional library or call NLS at
1-800-424-8567 for more information and an application. NLS
has also compiled a directory, available free of charge in
large print and braille formats, which gives the names of
volunteer groups and individuals who transcribe and record
books and other reading materials for blind readers. The
listing is alphabetical by state.
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The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
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18440 Oxnard Street
Tarzana, CA 91356
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Maintains a lending library of print/braille
books as well as braille books for K-1 up to 12th grade reading
and interest level. Books are mailed to the child's home and also
to schools. Contact the American Action Fund for Blind Children
and Adults in writing for an application. Offer a free braille
calendar, as well as a weekly newspaper for deafblind individuals.
All services are free.
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American Printing House for the Blind
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1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
Telephone: (800) 223-1839
E-Mail: info@aph.org
Web site: www.aph.org
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Sells the "On the Way to Literacy"
books, with print and braille and tactile illustrations. Also
source for many other braille children's books and early
learning materials.
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The National Braille Press
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88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: (617) 266-6160 or (800) 548-7323
E-Mail: orders@nbp.org
Web site: www.nbp.org
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Offers a "Children's Braille Book Club"
aimed especially for preschool and primary grade children.
These are popular picture books with the insertion of clear
plastic sheets that contain the braille translation. There
is no fee to join the club, and you can buy as few or as many
books as you wish.
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Seedlings
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Braille Books for Children
P.O. Box 51924
Livonia, MI 48151-5924
Telephone: (734) 427-8552 or (800) 777-8552
E-mail: seedlink@aol.com
Web site: www.seedlings.org
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450 titles available at
reasonable prices. Included are beginner books that have
braille and print text together, braille books through the
14-year-old reading level on many different topics, and picture
board books with braille added for pre-schoolers and also for
blind parents to read to sighted children. Seedlings also offers "The Rose
Project": upon request, their computer will translate articles
from the World Book Encyclopedia into braille.
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The Braille Institute of America, Inc.
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741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Telephone: (323) 663-1111 or (800) 272-4553
Web site: www.brailleinstitute.org
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Publishes Expectations, a free
braille volume containing stories for elementary school age
children, plus some scratch-and-sniff pages. The book is sent
out once a year around Christmastime. A summertime volume,
Brailleways, is also available. Write to the
Braille Institute of America to get on the mailing list.
Other print-braille and braille children's books are available.
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Braille International, Inc.
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3290 S.E. Slater Street
Stuart, FL 34997
Telephone: (561) 286-8366 or (800) 336-3142
E-Mail: linda@brailleintl.org
Web site: www.brailleintl.org
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Offers the William T. Thomas bookstore with
books for children (and adults). They include the children's
reference "State Books Series" with information about
geography, history, economy, culture, etc. of each state
(and Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico), and the "One to
Grow On!" series of children's print/braille books with a
read-along cassette. Other popular books and series, such
as the Baby Sitters Club books, are available.
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The Louis Braille Center
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320 Dayton Street, Suite 125
Edmonds, WA 98020-3590
Telephone: (425) 776-4042
E-mail: lbc@louisbraillecenter.org
Web site: www.louisbraillecenter.org
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Produces books by A. A.
Milne, Robert Louis Stevenson and other popular
children's authors. To obtain a free catalog in print
or braille, write to The Louis Braille Center.
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Volunteer Braillists and Tapists, Inc.
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517 N. Segoe Road., #200
Madison, WI 53705
Telephone: (608) 233-0222
E-mail: vbti@juno.com
Web site: www.vbti.org
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Braille books and print-braille books
available for loan or purchase. All American Girl books
available at less than print price. Catalog available.
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Magazines
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The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
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Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
Telephone: (800) 424-8567
E-Mail: nls@loc.gov
Web site: www.loc.gov/nls
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Offers a number of magazines for
children of all ages. These include: Boys' Life, Muse, Spider:
The Magazine for Children, Stone Soup and Seventeen. Subscriptions
are free of charge and are available through your cooperating NLS
regional library.
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The American Printing House for the Blind
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1839 Frankfurt Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
Telephone: (502) 895-2405 or (800) 223-1839
E-mail: info@aph.org
Web site: www.aph.org
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Offers several
publications available from September through
May. My Weekly Reader is a scholastic
journal for grades 2-6 that focuses on current
events. Know Your World Extra! is geared
to youngsters 10-16 with reading difficulties.
Others also available: Current Events and
Current Science. For subscription
information, write or call the American Printing
House for the Blind.
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Christian Record Services
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4444 South 52nd Street
Lincoln, NE 68516-1302
Telephone: (402) 488-0981
E-mail: info@christianrecord.org
Web site: www.christianrecord.org
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Makes two quarterly braille magazines available
free of charge. Children's Friend has stories for children and
Young and Alive, a publication for young adults,
contains adventure fiction and devotional articles.
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The Lutheran Library for the Blind
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1333 South Kirkwood Road
St. Louis, MO 63122
Telephone: (314) 996-1322 or (800) 433-3954
E-mail: lynne.borchelt@lcms.org
Web site: www.lcmsworldmission.com
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Offers four publications that are available
free of charge. Happy Times is a monthly magazine of religious
articles and fiction for children ages 6-8. My Pleasure, also
available monthly, contains stories for ages 9-12. My Devotions
has a month's worth of daily devotionals for ages 8-13. Teen
Time is published 8 times a year and contains religious
stories for young adults.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Special Curriculum
50 East North Temple Street, Floor 24
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
Telephone: (801) 240-3225 or (800) 537-5971
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Offers two publications. The Friend
is a monthly magazine of religious articles, poems, songs
and stories for children under twelve. The New
Era is geared for youngsters twelve and up. There is no
charge for subscriptions, but a donation is requested.
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