Who Was Louis Braille?

Written by Margaret Frith
Illustrated by Robert Squier

Grade:: 3-6
ISBN-13:: 978-0448479033
Publisher:: Penguin (2014)

This 112 page chapter book is written at the third to sixth grade reading level and provides a fuller accounting of Braille’s life with Frith’s characteristic pithiness and charm.

Associated Virtues

Perseverance

Lives of Virtue

Louis BrailleAfter losing his sight as a toddler, Louis Braille longed for what others could do, especially reading. He did not let his disability hold him back. Instead, he persevered to find a sollution and invented a tactile writing system that has allowed the visually imparied to read and gain knowledge for two centuries.