Helpful Books

Talk to Me
Dancing Cheek to Cheek and other books about young blind children available from:

Blind Children's Center
4120 Marathon St.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
1-800-222-3566
www.blindchildrenscenter.org

Move It
Get a Wiggle On, books to help blind babies develop, available from:

Blind Children's Fund
311 West Broadway, Suite 1
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
989-779-9966
www.blindchildrensfund.org

Perkins Activity and Resource Guide: A Handbook for Teachers and Parents of Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities available from:

Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon St.
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-3434
www.perkins.org

Early Learning-Step by Step
Are You Blind?
Space and Self
The Comprehending Hand and other books by Lilli Nielsen
available from:

Vision Associates
109 US Hwy 90 West #170-312
Lake City, FL 32055
407-352-1200
www.visionkits.com

Just Enough to Know Better: a Braille Primer available from:

National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen St.
Boston, MA 02115
1-800-548-7323
www.nbp.org

Beginning with Braille: Firsthand Experiences with a Balanced Approach to Literacy

Burns Braille Transcription Dictionary

Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading all available from:

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
1-800-232-3044
www.afb.org

The Bridge to Braille:
Reading and School Success for the Young Blind Child

Handbook for Itinerant and Resource Teachers
of Blind and Visually Impaired Students

Modular Instruction for Independent Travel
for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired:
Preschool through High School

Techniques Used by Blind Cane Travel
Instructors-A Practical Approach all available from:

National Center for the Blind
Materials Center
1800 Johnson St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
www.nfb.org

Lifeskills: A Can-Do Program
for Living with Blindness available from:

Janiece Duffy
1886 29th Ave. NW
New Brighton, MN 55112
651-639-1435
jnmarie@concentric.net

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