Lantier-Sampon, Patricia, 1952-

Louis Braille : bringer of hope to the blind / Patricia Lantier, Beverly Birch. - North American ed. - Milwaukee : G. Stevens Children's Books, 1991. - 68 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - People who made a difference .

"This edition is abridged from Louis Braille : the inventor of a way to read and write that has helped millions of blind people communicate with the world ... written by Beverly Birch."--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used by the blind throughout the world.

ISBN: 0836804546

LCCN: 90009969 /AC/r932

Subjects--Personal Names:
Braille, Louis, 1809-1852 --Juvenile literature.
Braille, Louis, 1809-1852.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teachers, Blind--Biography--Juvenile literature.--France
Blind--Printing and writing systems--Juvenile literature.
Blind.
Teachers.
Physically handicapped.

LC Class. No.: HV1624.B65 / L36 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 686.2/82/092 B 92