by Margaret Frith (Author), Robert Squier
Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea.
Author Biography
Margaret Frith is the author of "Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?" and "Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?" She lives in New York City.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: March 13, 2014
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Who Was Louis Braille?
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 1