![]() ![]() Pair with The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin to further understand the challenges blind students face and overcome. A "More About Braille" Q&A section has even more fascinating insights about this remarkable young man. Narrator Pete Cross has an abysmal French accent, but the story is charming and teaches perseverance. ![]() He achieves that goal with his domino-like twin columns of six dots and also invents a musical notation code for the blind, both of which are still in use today. The resources are flexible and can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction. When Louis learns there are no books for blind children, he is determined to make one. Buy Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille Illustrated by Bryant, Jen, Kulikov, Boris (ISBN: 9780449813379) from Amazons Book Store. Use Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant to strengthen your student’s comprehension skills.The resources included in this bundle have been designed with Balanced Literacy in mind. With a Debussy piano score setting the scene, the clever lad refuses to be held back by his disability, becoming a musician and adept student. With rich illustrations by Boris Kulikov and minimal animation, we are transported to the small French town of Coupvray in 1812 at the scene of an accident that led to Braille becoming blind at three years old. Gr 2–5-With an introductory analogy from Helen Keller ("We the blind are as indebted to Louis Braille as mankind is indebted to Gutenberg"), author Jen Bryant reveals the teenage inventor who changed the world forever at the tender age of 15. ![]()
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