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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Get to know the life and legacy of Louis Braille. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropriate look at his invention of braille and how it changed the blind community forever.
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Identify the accomplishments of Louis Braille, who invented the Braille system that the blind use today. Read about his childhood, education and how he came to develop the Braille. Also, study how the Braille is used today and its overall impact to written communication. Be inspired by the story of Louis Braille. Read this book today.
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Louis Braille en moins d'une heure !
Louis Braille a vécu dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle. Aveugle dès l'enfance à cause d'un accident, le jeune garçon suit malgré tout des études à l'Institut royal des jeunes aveugles de Paris, puis y devient professeur. Il crée le système braille à partir de 1825, un alphabet qui permet aux aveugles et malvoyants de lire et d'écrire. L'invention...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted most of all was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet--a whole new system for writing that he could read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is till used by the blind community today."
8) Brilliant Minds of the 19th Century Men, Women and Achievements Biography Grade 5 Children's Biog
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Let's talk about the 19th century as a time when much of our necessities were answered with technology. Let's talk about the 19th century with answers to economic riddles. This biography book for fifth graders features the likes of The Wright Brothers, Samuel F. Morse, Louis Braille, Elijah McCoy, Madam CJ Walker and Alexander Graham Bell. Read their stories. Begin today.
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Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster . . . More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. But what if you're the introvert kind? What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you're feeling sad or angry? What if you like the idea of wearing...
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A fun and informative guide to the how and why of proper names and their haphazard entry into common English language by the author of the bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat and More.
Mining the English language to turn up a colorful cast of characters, Eugene Ehrlich finds the historic and literary figures who have given their names to the English language in the interest of keeping it vibrant and their names alive. In What's in a Name? Ehrlich traces...
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents: Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press. Louis Braille, creator of an alphabet for blind people. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Thomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb. Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless system. John Logie Baird, inventor of the television.
Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.
About the Amazing People series: A...
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Here are 29 tales of amazing young girls and boys who have achieved the unimaginable - from surviving a plane crash in the jungle to inventing creative ways to rid our oceans of plastic. There are tales of triumph over illness and injury, and of overcoming bullying. Each incredible story is narrated in an exciting and engaging style, combined with gorgeous illustrations by Amy Blackwell. Children can lose themselves in the remarkable true-life tales...
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Dans ce monologue introspectif et poétique, suivez la quête pleine d'espoir du narrateur au travers de sa mémoire exceptionnelle, de ses rencontres et de ses émotions !
Ma mémoire est immense, elle contient la vtre, la tienne, la sienne et aussi celle des autres. Elle est née des caprices et des charmes d'attirances inconnues, attisées de pulsions impures mais assouvies. Elle est née de passions odorantes et dévorantes aussi, qui vous brûleraient...