![]() ![]() ![]() This review was published in the School Library Journal September 2016 issue. I know she will appreciate the tapes I recorded and sent to her, since she is worried that the younger generation is not learning or appreciating braille. –Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA I read the story of Louis Braille to a friend who is blind and teaches braille reading to younger students. ![]() VERDICT An engaging and moving account of an inventor, a solid addition for elementary collections. Kulikov’s mixed-media artwork mirrors and magnifies the text, keeping the spotlight solidly on young Braille and his world as he moves through it. She writes from his perspective, which brings a level of intimacy sure to resonate with readers. The focus on Braille as one of the world’s great inventors is apt, and by taking a close look at his childhood, his family, and his experiences as a young person, Bryant makes Braille’s story even more powerful. Braille ultimately found success by simplifying a military coding technique that had earlier been introduced but was far too complex. Readers will learn how he attended the Royal School in Paris and was frustrated by the lack of books for the blind, an obstacle that set him off on a long quest to invent an accessible reading system. ![]() The text highlights Braille’s determination to pursue an education. Gr 1-4 –This picture book biography of Louis Braille (1809–59) strikes a perfect balance between the seriousness of Braille’s life and the exuberance he projected out into the world. Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille. ![]()
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