Louis Braille : bringer of hope to the blind /

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by Lantier-Sampon, Patricia,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Birch, Beverley.--Louis Braille. Series: People who made a difference Published by : G. Stevens Children's Books, (Milwaukee :) Physical details: 68 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Braille, Louis, --1809-1852 --Juvenile literature. | Braille, Louis, --1809-1852. | Teachers, Blind --France --Biography --Juvenile literature. | Blind --Printing and writing systems --Juvenile literature. | Blind. | Teachers. | Physically handicapped. Year : 1991 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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"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.