Braille Publishing

SPOTLIGHT CORNER:

Partners in Literacy Provides Free Braille Books to Teachers

Any title in the Special Collection catalog is also now available free to Teachers of Visually Impaired Students by subscribing to Braille Institute’s Partners in Literacy program.

-- Build your classroom library
-- Provide more recreational reading
-- Award-winning, popular titles that kids want to read
-- Includes TacTales, Dots for Tots, and our newest literacy product -- Top Dot.

For more information: jgarcia@brailleinstitute.org.

Braille Books for Children

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The Braille Special Collection program is designed to increase braille literacy by providing blind and visually impaired children with free braille books and storybook kits throughout the year, free of charge. This program fosters a love of reading by helping children create a special library of their own.

Braille Institute has transcribed more than 1,100 popular classic and contemporary titles for all reading levels---from board-books for toddlers to award-winning fiction for high school students.

Dots for Tots®

Multisensory storybook kits for preschoolers, 2 to 5 years old. Each includes a picture book with uncontracted braille overlays and manipulatives that represent the characters or concepts of the story.

	Top Dot™ An exciting new set of products developed by Braille Institute’s Publishing and Child Development professionals as a tool for parents to help children expand their vocabulary and enrich their language use. Designed for children 4 to 7 years old, or the early Braille reader.
TacTales® includes a high quality children’s book in large print and contracted braille, a manipulative related to the story, and tactile drawings of illustrations. For beginning or independent readers age 6 and older.

Any visually impaired child who is living in the United States or Canada is eligible for the Special Collection program and may order up to 12 braille books a year from our seasonal catalogs.

View/Download: Special Collection Catalog, Spring 2012
Updated 3.15.12
View/Download: Special Collection Order Form, Spring 2012
Posted 2.17.12

How do I sign up for the Braille Special Collection?

Please include the full name of the child and/or student, the child's age, home address, telephone number and e-mail address if one is available. Please note that orders must be sent to us via U.S. mail using the attached order form in the catalog.

For more information: Call 1-800-BRAILLE and ask for Braille Publishing, or call directly to 323-906-3104 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST), or email us at: jgarcia@brailleinstitute.org.