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To begin with, this marvelous book mainly focuses on how louis braille used his perseverance to learn and work hard until his big achievement. Louis braille, the boy who invented books for the blind by margaret. One day, while his father was not watching, he picked up a sharp pointed tool for making holes in leather called an awl. Louis braille by margaret davidson 59 pages, ages 711 item number.
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Braille users can read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable braille displays. Many features on our website will not work unless you enable javascript in your browser. Louis braille was only twelve years old and he was blind. The braille cell n draw a tictactoe chart, and write a number in each cell.
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