Books in Braille & Other Formats

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
1839 Frankfort Ave.
PO Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
1-800-223-1839
www.aph.org

Textbooks and some fiction in braille, large print, tape, and downloadable formats. Also braille readiness and early literacy books. Newsweek and Reader's Digest in braille, tape, and disk. Louis Database of Accessible Materials lists books in all alternative formats.

Braille Circulating Library
2700 Stuart Ave.
Richmond, VA 23220-3305
804-359-3743
www.careministries.org/bcl.html

Christian books (some fiction) in braille, large print, and tape.

Braille Institute
741 No. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553)
www.brailleinstitute.org

Expectations and Brailleways annual anthologies of children's literature; Braille Special Collection catalog offering 3 free books per quarter.

Braille International
3290 SE Slater St.
Stuart, FL 34997
1-888-336-3142
www.brailleintl.org

William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore; braille leisure books through the mail; braille jewelry.

Braille Resource and Literacy Center (BRL Center)
1094 So 350
West Orem, UT 84058
801-224-3334

Beginning reader books in Grade 1 (alphabetic) braille with print; children's books in Grade 2 braille with print.

Catholic Guild for the Blind
180 No. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60601
312-236-8569
www.guildfortheblind.org

Tactile-picture coloring books; book on making pictures using braille dots; some fiction books.

Christian Record Services
4444 So. 52 St.
PO Box 6097
Lincoln, NB 68506
402-488-0981
www.christianrecord.org

General and religious books, magazines.

Free Braille Books Program
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF)
1800 Johnson St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314, X361
www.blindactionfund.org

Selected popular children's reading series, such as Nancy Drew and Little House books, sent each month.

I Can See Books
88 Captain Morgans Blvd.
Nanaimo, BC V9R6R1
Canada
1-800-987-1231
www.braille-bookstore.com

Braille and print-braille books; children's book club.

Kenneth Jernigan Library for Blind Children
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF)
1800 Johnson St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314, X 361
www.blindactionfund.org

Lending library of Twin-Vision (braille & print) and braille books; Great Documents in braille; braille calendar; newspaper service for deaf-blind people.

Louis Braille Center
320 Dayton St., Suite 125
Edmonds, WA 98020-3590
425-776-4042
www.louisbraillecenter.org

Braille books for purchase; used books free for the asking.

National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen St.
Boston, MA 02115
1-888-965-8965
www.nbp.org

Braille and print-braille books; Children's Braille Book Club.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
1291 Taylor St., NW
Washington DC 20011
1-800-424-8567
www.loc.gov/nls

Braille, large-print, and tape books loaned through regional libraries in states; e-braille service over the internet; braille music; braille transcriber course.

NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped
2300 Stuyvesant Ave.
PO Box 501
Trenton, NJ 08618
1-800-792-8322
www.njstatelib.org

Books and magazines for leisure reading in braille, large print, and tape, sent free by mail.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB & D)
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
1-800-221-4792
www.rfbd.org

Textbooks on tape; some books on disk.

Seedlings Braille Books for Children
PO Box 51924
Livonia, MI 48151-5924
1-800-777-8552
www.seedlings.org

Braille and print-braille books for children from preschool through junior high.

Volunteer Braille Service
4139 Regent Ave. No.
Robbinsdale, MN 55422
763-971-5231
www.vbsmn.org

Very Bumpy Stories library of print-braille books, preschool through elementary level.

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