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Louis Braille

Margaret Davidson

Blinded at the age of 3, Louis Braille developed a superb memory that enabled him to do well in school. But that wasn't enough--Louis wanted to read. Finding the alphabet impractical, he invented the raised dot alphabet, Braille, now used throughout the world.

GenresJuvenile NonfictionBiography & AutobiographyHistorical

80 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 1971 by Scholastic Book Services · ISBN 9780590419840

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Editions

2 editions

English

  • Louis Braille · Scholastic Book Services · 1971 · ISBN 9780590419840 This page
  • Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind (Scholastic Biography) · Scholastic Paperbacks · 1991 · ISBN 9780590443500

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