An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille--a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
**Winner of a Schneider Family Book Award ** 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 more than anything 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 w.
Alfred A. Knopf Books For Young Readers Six dots: a story of young louis braille, hardcover/jen bryant
