Publication

1997 - First Avenue Editions

Language

English

Word Count

16,000 words, Guess

Page Count

64 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing2509741

Classifications

  • DDC686.2/82/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCHV1624.B65 O26 1997

Description

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who created the dot system of reading and writing that is now used by the blind throughout the world.

First Sentence

Louis Braille sat in the doorway of his father's harness shop and watched his sisters, Catherine-Josephine and Marie-Celine, come out of the stone farmhouse.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The World at His Fingertips: A Story About Louis BraillePaperbackFirst Avenue Editions1997-01-01

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