All About Braille: Reading by Touch (Transportation and Communication Series)

By Laura S. Jeffrey

Book Overview

This resource is a great way to learn about Braille and finger reading. For those who cannot see or are losing their sight, Braille lets them read and communicate with others. Using special tools such as Braillewriters that work like typewriters and Braille displays that hook up to computers, people can write letters and send email. Readers will learn more about the history of Braille and how it has opened the doors of communication.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076602184X
• ISBN13: 9780766021846
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.7" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

Disappointed

This book has no raised braille in it so it makes it hard reading by touch if there's not actual braille. It should have said it was for the sighted!