Literature about . . .
Braille
Available Online:
- American Action Fund Free Braille Books Program Application
This program provides a free Braille book a month to eligible blind students, other individuals, and institutions. The books are selected from popular children's book series (fiction and nonfiction) and are suitable for second through fifth grade reading levels.
Order Information: Item BBP01; Print; No Charge - Braille and Visually Impaired Students: What Does the Law Require?
Order Information: Item LSW06; Print; No Charge - Braille Awareness for the Sighted Information Packet
Order Information: Item LBA46; Print; No Charge - Braille Contractions--Are They Really So Hard?
by Ramona Walhof (Braille Monitor, April 2001)
Order Information: Item LBB59; Braille; No Charge - Braille in the Museum
by Geerat J. Vermeij (Braille Monitor, October 2009)
Order Information: Item LBB92; Braille/Print; No Charge - Braille Literacy (Children) Information Packet
Order Information: Item LBB67; Print; No Charge - Braille Storybook Resources
Order Information: Item LBB45; Print; No Charge - The Braille Literacy Crisis in America - Facing the Truth, Reversing the Trend, Empowering the Blind
(Braille Monitor, May 2009)
Order Information: Item LBB88; Print; No Charge - Braille Reading Speed: Are You Willing to Do What It Takes?
by Susan Ford and Ramona Walhof (Braille Monitor, June 1999)
Order Information: Item LBB56; Braille/Print; No Charge - Building Braille Reading Speed: Some Helpful Suggestions
by Jerry Whittle (Braille Monitor, May 1993)
Order Information: Item LBB48; Braille/Print; No Charge - Can Braille Change the Future?
by Denise Staulter (Braille Monitor, June 1997)
Order Information: Item LBB51; Braille/Print; No Charge - Choices for the Future of Braille: A Comparison between Unified English Braille, the Nemeth Code, and the Nemeth Uniform Braille System
by Antonio Guimaraes (Braille Monitor, June 2012)
Order Information: Item LBC70; Braille/Print; No Charge - How Braille Began
by Paula Kimbrough (Braille Monitor, July 2005)
Order Information: Item LBO39; Braille/Print; No Charge - Integrating Print and Braille: A Recipe for Literacy
Integrating Print and Braille: A Recipe for Literacy (ePub)
by Sharon Maneki
Order Information: Online Only; No Charge - Let Freedom Ring: Braille Letters to President Barack Obama
This volume, consisting of one hundred first-person accounts of experiences with and without the benefit of Braille, vividly demonstrates the important role that Braille plays in promoting personal and professional opportunities and conveys the consequences of not being Braille literate.
Order Information: Online Only; No Charge - Literacy, Learning, and Enlightenment
by Fredric K. Schroeder (Braille Monitor, August/September 2008)
Order Information: Item LBL29; Braille/Print; No Charge - Literacy: The Key to Opportunity
by Fredric K. Schroeder (Braille Monitor, January 1990)
Order Information: Item LBL13; Braille/Print; No Charge - Making Change with a Dollar
by Daniel B. Frye (Braille Monitor, May 2009)
Order Information: Item LBM62; Braille/Print; No Charge - Medical Doctor Takes Up Braille After Retirement
by Hilary Connor (Braille Monitor, October 2003)
Order Information: Item LBM46; Braille/Print; No Charge - Of Braille and Honeybees
by Kenneth Jernigan
An address delivered to the NFB national convention, 1994.
Order Information: Item LBB50; Braille/C2/Print; No Charge - Of Literacy, Braille, and the Oddities of Semantics
by Kenneth Jernigan (Braille Monitor, March 1990)
Order Information: Item LBO27; Braille/Print; No Charge - The Other Side of History
by Fredric K Shroeder (Braille Monitor, April 2009)
Order Information: Item LBO41; Braille/Print; No Charge - Print and Braille: Evolving Codes to Meet the Needs of a Changing World
by Jennifer Dunnam (Braille Monitor, May 2012)
Order Information: Item LBP38; Braille/Print; No Charge - Reflections of a Reader and Library Maven
by Marc Maurer
Order Information: Item LBR45; Print; No Charge - She Makes Braille Look Easy
(Braille Monitor, October 2001)
Order Information: Item LBS48; Braille/Print; No Charge - Teaching an Essential Skill: Braille
(Braille Monitor, November 2009)
Order Information: Item LBT37; Braille/Print; No Charge - The Value of a Coin, of a Communication System, and of a Class of Human Beings
by Fredric K. Schroeder (Braille Monitor, August/September 2009)
Order Information: Item LBV13; Braille/Print; No Charge - The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille (Third Edition)
Personal stories from children and adults about the importance of Braille literacy in their lives. Includes a history and description of the Braille code, and information about legal requirements to provide Braille instruction to visually impaired students.
Order Information: Item LSA54; Print; No Charge
Available to Order:
- AMERICAN ACTION FUND HANDBOOK OF BRAILLE CONTRACTIONS
Contains alphabetical lists of contractions, commonly used symbols, and Braille indicators. Updated to reflect the changes in the Braille code with the introduction of Unified English Braille. Two versions are available: twin-vision® (braille interleaved with print) and braille only.
Braille only
Order Information: Item LSA26; Braille: $5.00
Twin Vision®
Order Information: Item LSA28; Braille and Print: $5.00 | Order Now - Braille Alphabet Cards
Order Information: Item LBB86; Print; No Charge | Order Now - Braille: What Is It? What Does It Mean to the Blind?
Order Information: Item LBB25; Print; No Charge - The Bridge to Braille Promotional Flyer and Order Form
Order Information: Item: LSA77; Print; No Charge - Calendar (2018), Braille
Order Information: Item BBC18; Braille; No Charge - The McDuffy Reader
by Sharon L. Monthei
The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults — Student Manual(Unified English Braille Edition, 2014)
This one-volume Braille instructional manual presents first the Braille alphabet and punctuation signs, then introduces the contractions in logical groups. All contracted materials appear in correctly contracted Braille. A chart of contractions and a description of the rules of usage for each set of contractions are found in the back of the book. Also included is a list of Braille contractions and symbols, which are no longer used by the Unified English Braille code, but which students will encounter in existing Braille materials. br />Order Information: Item LSA111; Braille: $20.00
The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults (Print Companion to the Unified English Braille edition of the Braille Student Manual)
Contains the text in print for a sighted individual assisting a Braille student. New symbols are shown in SimBraille while the rest of the text appears in a standard print font. This version of the McDuffy Reader will be helpful to sighted teachers and family members or friends aiding a blind Braille student using this curriculum. It should be noted that the print version is not intended to and will not serve as a Braille curriculum on its own.
Order Information: Item LSA111; Print: $20.00
Teacher’s Guide for the McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults
Contains a lesson by lesson guide for the first edition of the student textbook. Also, offers helpful suggestions on how to teach touch reading, slate writing, and Perkins Brailler usage, as well as a brief introduction to other Braille codes. An invaluable resource to Braille teachers using any curriculum. This version of the Teacher’s Guide was created for the English Braille American Edition version of the student manual.
Order Information: Item LSA31; Braille/Print; $10.00 | Order Now - Nemeth Code Reference Sheet
Order Information: Item LBN43; Print; No Charge - Reading by Touch: Trials, Battles, and Discoveries
by Pamela Lorimer
Tells the story of how present-day Braille came into being. Describes the several codes that evolved prior to the acceptance of Braille as well as the major triumphs and sometimes bitter altercations that arose surrounding this area; all set against the backdrop of the thinking and events of the time.
Order Information: Item LBR33; Braille: $35.00; Print: $20.00 | Order Now - The Slate Book: A Guide to the Slate and Stylus
A practical guide to one of the most critical tools in Braille education and literacy. In clear, concise language, the book covers every imaginable slate and stylus related topic. Teachers will especially appreciate the suggestions for specific techniques--i.e., Making Flash Cards, Hints on Taking Notes, Working Math Problems, etc.--and the detailed, sequential practice exercises provided in Parts II and III. Also includes an extensive appendix of Suggestions for Teachers and a list of Sources of Braille Writing Supplies.
Order Information: Item LSA74; Braille: $8.00; Print: $14.00 | Order Now
If you would like to order any of these items, please contact the Independence Market for availability. You may contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2216. For additional information, please refer to our Independence Market Literature Order Procedure.