Who Was Louis Braille?

Who Was Louis Braille?A bright boy who went blind as a childA talented musicianThe teenage inventor of the reading code for the blind still used todayLouis Braille certainly wasn’t your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea. Age Level = 8 and up Book Author = Margaret Frith Book Material = Paperback Book Publisher = Penguin Workshop Book Series = Who Was Series Copyright = c2014 Grade Level = Elementary Illustrator = Robert Squier Condition = New Item Number: 26-92 Item ID: 29405 Category: Who Was?