Compiled by the
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
A Division of the National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2360 or 2361 * Fax: (410) 659-5129
bcheadle@nfb.org * www.nfb.org
FREE BOOKS
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF)
Free Braille Books Program
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
(410) 659-9314, extension 2361 * Fax (410) 659-5129
www.actionfund.org * brailleaction@nfb.org
Selected popular children's reading series (such as A Jigsaw Jones Mystery®
and
A to Z MysTerieS® Chapter Books) are available free to blind children, teachers,
libraries, etc. The books are mailed out every month so that blind children
can have them at the same time that sighted children can buy the books in the
bookstore.
Braille Institute of America, Inc.
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90029
(800) 272-4553 * (323) 663-1111
www.brailleinstitute.org *
info@brailleinstitute.org
Offers to parents a quarterly catalog of free Brailled children's stories suitable
for children from preschool through grade 9. Also publishes and distributes
two free annual anthologies, Brailleways and Expectations, of fiction and non-fiction
literature suitable for readers ages 9 through 18.
LENDING LIBRARY SERVICES
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF)
Kenneth Jernigan Lending Library Service
18440 Oxnard Street
Tarzana, California 91356
(818) 343-3219
www.actionfund.org * brailleaction@nfb.org
Services are available to blind individuals and schools. Contact AAF for application.
Braille Circulating Library, Inc.
2700 Stuart Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23220
(804) 359-3743
www.careministries.org/bcl.html
* braille@aol.com
Provides religious (some fiction) books. Catalog available.
Christian Record Services, Inc.
4444 South 52nd Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68516
(402) 488-0981 * Fax (402) 488-7582
www.christianrecord.org * info@christianrecord.org
Provides a limited number of general and religious Braille materials.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(NLS)
1291 Taylor Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20542-0002
(202) 707-5100 * (800) 424-8567 * Fax (202) 707-0712
www.loc.gov/nls * nls@loc.gov
Primary source of Braille and recorded books and magazines for the blind. Books
are loaned through a national network of regional and sub-regional libraries
for the blind and physically handicapped. Catalogs of Braille books for children,
youth, and adults are available. NLS also coordinates Web Braille for patrons
of the regional and sub-regional libraries. This program provides electronic
files of Braille books that can be downloaded for display or embossing. Contact
the Washington, D.C., office for the location of the library for the blind which
serves your area.
"Very Bumpy Stories" Volunteer Braille Service
1710 Douglas Drive
Golden Valley, Minnesota 55422
(763) 544-2880
www.vbsmn.org * vbsmn@vbsmn.org
Print/Braille books for young readers. Individuals pay $10 a year to join our
lending library (not open to agencies).
BOOKS FOR SALE
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
P.O. Box 6085, 1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40206
(502) 895-2405 * (800) 223-1839 (U.S. & Canada) * Fax (502) 899-2274
www.aph.org * info@aph.org
Offers a limited number of Braille books from kindergarten to adult reading
level. Free catalogs available upon request. Maintains the Louis Data Base of
Accessible Material for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired.
The Braille Resource and Literacy Center (The BRL Center)
1094 South 350 West
Orem, Utah 84058
(801) 224-3334 * Fax (801) 224-0089
www.brlcenter.org * contact@brlcenter.org
Offers books for beginning readers in double-spaced, non-interpoint,
uncontracted (or alphabetic) Braille. Pages on the right are in Braille, and
the pages to the left are the same text, line for line, in print. Also offers
children's books in contracted Braille. List of titles available.
Catholic Guild for the Blind
180 North Michigan, Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7463
(312) 236-8569 * Fax (312) 236-8128
www.guildfortheblind.org * info@guildfortheblind.org
Offers some children's books at different reading levels. Selection includes
some children's tactile picture books.
The Louis Braille Center
320 Dayton Street, Suite 125
Edmonds, Washington 98020-3590
(425) 776-4042 * Fax (425) 778-2384
www.louisbraillecenter.org *
lbc@louisbraillecenter.org
Offers books in Braille for children and adults including some of Helen Keller's
writings. Also offers used books free for the asking.
I Can See Books
88 Captain Morgans Boulevard
Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 6R1
CANADA
(800) 987-1231 * Fax (800) 985-1231
International: 1 (250) 753-3093 * Fax 1 (250) 483-1590
www.braillebookstore.com * info@braillebookstore.com
Offers Braille and print/Braille books for all age categories. Also sponsors
a children's Book-of-the-Month club.
National Braille Press (NBP)
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
(617) 266-6160 * (888) 965-8965 * Fax (617) 437-0456
www.nbp.org * akessler@nbp.org
NBP offers a Braille Book-of-the-Month club for young readers. No membership
fees, no minimum purchase required. NBP also offers other Braille books for
all age groups, and a Braille manual, Just Enough to Know Better, for parents
who wish to learn Braille. Check the Web site or call for a free catalog.
Seedlings: Braille Books for Children
P.O. Box 51924
Livonia, Michigan 48151-5924
(734) 427-8552 * (800) 777-8552 * Fax (734) 427-8552
www.seedlings.org * info@seedlings.org
Offers print-Braille-and-picture books, print-and-Braille books, Grade 1 books,
and Braille books for ages up to 14. Free catalog upon request.
William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore
Braille International, Inc.
3290 Southeast Slater Street
Stuart, Florida 34997
(772) 286-8366 * (888) 336-3142 * Fax (772) 286-8909
www.brailleintl.org * info@brailleintl.org
Operates a walk-in and mail-order bookstore for the blind. Free catalog upon
request.
