Who Was Louis Braille?

This biography tells the life story of Louis Braille, the nineteenth-century French educator who lost his sight at the age of three. The book describes how, at just fifteen years old in 1824, he developed a reading and writing system that converted printed words into tactile patterns of raised dots. Through his invention, Braille opened the world of books and literacy to people who are blind, and his system remains in use worldwide today.