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Braille
Winter 2018
SPECIAL COLLECTION
A braille literacy program providing children and young adult books free of charge
Major Funding Provided By:
Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation
Additional Support Provided By:
Antonia and Sterling Lindgren
Bruce Ford and Anne Smith Bundy Foundation • Lon V. Smith Foundation2018 WINTER ORDER FORM
You may choose a total of six braille-only books from the Classic Fiction and General Interest
sections OR two of our DOTS for TOTS®/Top Dot® books plus three braille-only books.
This form must be postmarked by April 30, 2018.
YES! Please send me the catalog via email. BRF Large Print
Please select one option only.
DOTS FOR TOTS® GRADES 2-3 GRADES 7-9
¡ It’s Not Yours, It’s Mine! ¡ Detective Gordon: ¡ Beauty and the Beast:
The First Case Lost in a Book
¡ One Fish, Two Fish
¡ Drum Dream Girl ¡ Messed Up
TOP DOT® ¡ The Infamous Ratsos ¡ The Running Dream
¡ Sensory Sophie and Stu
Get Prepared ¡ Ivy and Bean Book 3: ¡ Theodore Boone:
Break the Fossil Record Kid Lawyer
¡ Six Dots: A Story of ¡ Wolf Hollow
PRE-K — GRADE 1 Young Louis Braille
¡ Frank and Lucky Get
Schooled
o CON (UEB) o UNC
GRADES 4-6 GENERAL INTEREST
¡ Hush! A Thai Lullaby ¡ Juana and Lucas ¡ Fantasy Encyclopedia
o CON (UEB) o UNC
¡ Save Me a Seat ¡ The Hundred Secret
¡ I Went Walking Senses
o CON (UEB) o UNC ¡ Survivors: Death Valley,
California 1849
¡ The Little Raindrop
o CON (UEB) o UNC ¡ The Wimpy Kid Movie
Diary: The Next Chapter
¡ School’s First Day
of School ¡ Word of Mouse
o CON (UEB) o UNC
Please send me the braille-only Special Collection Catalog.
Please send me the large-print Special Collection Catalog.
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and Physically
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LOS ANGELES CA 90029-3594
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Phone Number____________________________________________________WINTER 2018
Special Collection Catalog
This catalog contains selected titles from Braille Institute’s collection
of brailled books for children and teens. These selections are free
to readers and their families for a limited time. Orders must be
postmarked by April 30, 2018.
We are excited to announce that you can
now order MORE BOOKS than ever before!
You May Now Order:
•A total of 6 braille-only books from the Fiction and
General Interest sections
or
• 2 Dots for Tots® kits and 3 braille-only books
or
• 1 TOP DOT® kit and 1 Dots for Tots® kit and 3 braille-only
books
*Note: B
raille books, five volumes or longer, will no longer
be counted as two selections!
Books labeled with the logo are available UEB contracted
and EBAE uncontracted. To order, please fill out the enclosed pre-
addressed form, fold and return.
We cannot guarantee you will receive all your titles if we receive
your order after the deadline. We may not be able to guarantee
Dots for Tots selections, but will provide substitutions if possible.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Special
Collection or your order, please call the Braille Publishing department
at 1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553) or email at specialcollection@
brailleinstitute.org.
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It’s Not Yours, Its Mine!
Susanna Moores
Blieka has a favorite toy and doesn’t want to share. Will Blieka learn
that sharing brings some unexpected benefits?
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss
A simple rhyming book for early readers with a freewheeling plot
about a boy and a girl, and the amazing creatures they have for
friends and pets!
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This edition of Top Dot made possible
through the generosity of the Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation.
Sensory Sophie and Stu Get Prepared
Follow Sensory Sophie and Stu as they create a plan, stay informed,
and get prepared for any emergency!
2PRE-K – GRADE 1
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled
Lynne Rae Perkins
This humorous and insightful picture book offers a new twist on the
classic boy-and-his-dog story!
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
Minfong Ho
As a mother puts her baby to sleep, she becomes acutely aware of
the cries and calls of nearby animals.
I Went Walking
Sue Williams
Follow the adventure of a crazy-haired boy’s stroll through the
countryside!
The Little Raindrop
Joanna Gray
From cloud to puddle, and puddle to stream, the Little Raindrop is
making its way on the remarkable journey that is Earth’s water cycle.
Learn about science and nature as the Little Raindrop embarks on a
big adventure.
School’s First Day of School
Adam Rex
It’s the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and
everyone’s nervous, even… the school!
3GRADES 2-3
Detective Gordon: The First Case
Ulf Nilsson
Someone’s stealing nuts from the forest and it’s up to Detective
Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means
standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an
assistant who was also small, fast, and clever.
Drum Dream Girl
Margarita Engle
Girls cannot be drummers: On an island filled with music, no one
questioned that old rule, until the drum dream girl. In her city of
drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping
small bongós.
The Infamous Ratsos
Kara LaReau
Louie and Ralphie Ratso’s dad, Big Lou, always says that there are
two kinds of people: those who are tough and those who are soft.
Louie and Ralphie are going to prove they are tough too, but every
time they try to show just how tough they are, the Ratso brothers
end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
IVY AND BEAN BOOK 3: Break the Fossil Record
Annie Barrows
World record fever grips the second grade, and soon Ivy and Bean
are trying to set their own record by becoming the youngest people
to have ever discover a dinosaur. But how hard is it to find one?
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
Jennifer Fisher Bryant
Louis Braille was a young kid when he lost his sight. He was a clever
boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more
than anything was to be able to read.
4GRADES 4-6
Juana and Lucas
Juana Medina
Juana loves drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogotá,
Colombia, and her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever. She does not love
math, going to dance class, and does not love learning the English
language. But when Juana’s abuelos tell her about a special trip they
are planning, one that Juana will need to speak English to go on,
Juana begins to learn that learning English might be a good use of
her time after all!
Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks
Joe and Ravi didn’t think they had anything in common, until they
learned they have a common enemy: the biggest bully in class. They
soon band together with a common mission: to take control of their
lives over the course of a single crazy week.
Survivors: Death Valley, California 1849
Kathleen Duey
A brother and a sister struggle to survive a harrowing trip across
Death Valley, the most dangerous part of the Mojave Desert and the
hottest spot in North America.
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter
Jeff Kinney
Author Jeff Kinney shares his Hollywood experience on the set of
the 2010 movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid. From how the production
team gradually prepared the movie for filming, to choosing the cast,
writing the script, and finding the right location.
5Word of Mouse James Patterson What makes Isaiah so unique? Isaiah can read, and write. He can also talk to humans, if any of them are willing to listen! After a dramatic escape from a mysterious laboratory, Isaiah is separated from his “mischief” and uses his special skills to survive in the dangerous outdoors. Lucky Strike Bobbie Pyron Nate Harlow would love to be lucky, just once! He’d like to win a prize, get picked first, or call a coin toss right! Then, on his birthday, Nate is struck by lightning and survives! Suddenly baseballs are drawn to his bat and popular kids want HIM on their side. But not everyone is impressed with his lucky strike! One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street Joanne Rocklin When a mysterious man arrives one day on Orange Street, the children in the neighborhood try to find out who he is and why he’s there. Little do they know that his story and the story of a very old orange tree connects to each of their personal worries in ways they never could have imagined. 6
GRADES 7-9
Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
Jennifer Donnelly
Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to
her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. When she comes
upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has
read, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a
world of glamour and intrigue.
Messed Up
Janet Nichols Lynch
A fifteen-year-old Mexican American boy has experienced a series
of tough breaks before finding himself completely on his own. He
decides to try to keep his lack of a home a secret from his school
while working hard and staying out of trouble.
The Running Dream
Wendelin Van Draanen
When Jessica’s dreams are shattered, she puts herself back together
and learns to dream bigger than ever before.
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham
In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though
he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them.
The stakes are high, but Theo won’t stop until justice is served.
Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has
lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town, until
the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class.
7Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) Marissa Meyer Cinder’s brain interference has given her an uncanny ability to fix things (robots, hovers, her own malfunctioning parts), making her the best mechanic in New Beijing. The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon Natasha believes in science and facts, things she can quantify. Daniel’s a poet who believes in love, something that can’t be explained. Follow their narrative that alternates between the pair and their first-person accounts. 8
GRADES 10-12
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
The story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths
collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of
World War II.
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a series of essays, written as a letter to his son, Coates confronts
the notion of race in America and how it has shaped American
history.
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar
Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh
have been walking to and from Woodbridge Academy together since
elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad
Wilson challenges Marshall to a fight.
The Selection
Kiera Cass
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The
opportunity to escape their everyday life and be swept up in a world
of glittering gowns and live in a palace to compete for the heart of
gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a
nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen
and leaving home. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans
she’s made for herself and realizes that the life she’s always dreamed
of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
9GENERAL INTEREST Fantasy Encyclopedia Judy Allen A one-stop guide to the creatures and people of folklore and fantasy. The Hundred Secret Senses Amy Tan A novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. 10
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