Children’s Braille Books
Animal Stories
PI00866
Stanley's beauty contest written by Linda Bailey ; illustrated by Bill Slavin.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
Stanley's people are so preoccupied with primping him for the dog show in the park that they forgot his breakfast. This makes Stanley very grumpy. At the park, Stanley meets up with his old friends Nutsy, Alice and Gassy Jack. Together the friends look longingly at the grand prize: the biggest, most scrumptious-smelling dog cookie ever. Once Stanley gets a whiff of its bubbling cheese, sizzling bacon and apple pie aromas, he's determined to win. Grades K-3. 2009.
PI00860
Mucumber McGee and the half-eaten hot dog written and illustrated by Patrick Loehr.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
When Mucumber eats a hot dog without cooking it first, his sister panics and tells him he will die. Grades K-3. 2007.
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Animals (Science)
PI00878
Farm animals by Wade Cooper.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety of farm animals, including the cow, goat and horse. Grades K-3. 2008.
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Cookbooks
BR74915
Winnie-the-Pooh's teatime cookbook by inspired by A.A. Milne.
1 v. of press braille.
Explains the delights of afternoon tea using quotations from A.A. Milne's works. Provides teatime recipes for breads and toasts, jams and butters, cookies, scones, muffins, crumpets, cakes, and sandwiches. Adult assistance recommended. Grades 2-4. 1993.
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Family Life (Fiction)
PI00887
Welcome, Precious by Nikki Grimes ; illustrations by Bryan Collier.
1 v. of print and braille, uncontracted.
Illustrations and text welcome a new baby to some of life's delights, from "the glistening mystery of soap bubbles" to "the swish of leaves in the breeze." Grades K-3. 2006.
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Family Stories
BR74649
Rex Zero, the king of nothing by Tim Wynne-Jones.
2 v. of braille.
Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill, but other problems capture Rex's attention - a bully for a teacher, his father's sadness over Remembrance Day, not to mention dad's secret stash of photographs and letters - written in German. Then Rex finds a lost address book whose owner is Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband. Though he wishes he had heroic powers to help her, Rex finds all the answers in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
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School Stories
BR74914
Junie B. Jones is a beauty shop guy by Barbara Park.
1 v. of press braille.
After Junie B. goes with her father for his haircut, she decides she wants to be a beauty shop guy when she grows up. She practices on her bunny slippers, her dog, and herself - with terrible results. Grades K-3. 1998. (Junie B. Jones series ; 11)
BR74938
Junie B. Jones smells something fishy by Barbara Park.
1 v. of press braille.
Disappointed because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, or a dead fish. Grades K-3. 1998. (Junie B. Jones series ; 12)
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