Louis Braille: Inventors and Scientists (History Maker Bios)

by Madeline Donaldson

Overview

True or False? Louis Braille made the first book that blind people could use.

False! Embossed books with raised up lettering existed, but they were almost impossible to read.

He was only three years old when he became blind.

He was only fifteen years old when he perfected his alphabet for blind people.

He became the official organist at one of the biggest churches in Paris when he was 24.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760789636
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	07/26/2007
Series:	History Maker Bios Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.19(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years