Category: Parent Talk
Hi. I've recently had my baby boy. he is almost 2 months old. I'm looking for some books to read to him. I would like them in braille. Do any of you know of some good sites to look at? thanks.
I know you can sign up with the NFB and they will send you a free book every month for your child.
Also this website has lots of great books.
http://www.braillebookstore.com/
ongradulations on the birth of your little one. My wife and I just had ou little girl, too, and she's the same age. I don't have any advice on where to find books, but I just wanted to chie in.
I baught my little boy's books, which are mainstream but are brailled, from Seedlings. That's www.seedlings.org.
They have a great selection so that you can read them to your baby or toddler, once he's older. They're very durable too.
congratulations, and best of luck.
I also have this lady on facebook who does a lot of neet things with her braile shop. She gets regular print books and brailles them herself. She might do one on request if you ask. The books are pritty cheep. She also does drawing contest and lots of things that you can try out to get free books...
Her Website
www.beulahreimerlegacy.com
Here are a couple more sites where you could get children books :
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/braille/eb/eb_fun.html
http://www.braillebookstore.com/Read--Aloud-Books
Not only do they have printed braille books, they also stalk coloring books with raised lines, alphabit sheets with both printed and braille letters.
I also brailled out some myself, but that is very time-consuming.
Good luck.
oh thats nice to know. I would like to get some of those coloring books with raised lines in them. I use to have them when I was little and think it it is neat to get for other children who was interested in the whole blind thing.
I remember getting these books when I was younger that had stories in it like the frog King and stuff. At the beginning of each story was one of those textured picture that I would color. I don't remember where they came from. Do any of you?
I don't know where they came from, but mine were similar, Anderson's fairy-tales in thin spiral-bound paper-covers, with thermoform illustrations.
I've used seedlings books for kids I've babysat and loved them.
These are all really really helpful for future parents like myself. Thank you for posting these.
love the suggestion about the coloring books with raised lines. I only ever saw a couple of those, but never knew where to find them.
My ex- and I read braille books to our kids when they were young. I think we got some of them from the national braille press. We also had a friend who was working on her braille certification; she did quite a few for us.
God the kids loved those books. I think I still remember "b's the bus" and a "train ride for Tommy".
By all means read to your kids, and point to the pictures when indicated. They'll thank you for it later.
Bob