Library Binding
(Perfection Learning, June 1, 1991)
Blinded at the age of 3, Louis Braille developed a superb memory that enabled him to do well in school. But that wasn't enough--Louis wanted to read. Finding the alphabet impractical, he invented the raised dot alphabet, Braille, now used throughout the world.
Scholastic Trade Paperback, copyright 1971 with 80 pages. Black & white illustrations and braille alphabet to feel on back cover. Louis Braille was only twelve years old. And he was blind. He made up his mind somehow he was going to invent and easy way for all blind people to read and write. It took Louis three years to work out his alphabet of raised dots.