1026 East 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 235-3073
Email: president@nfbmd.org
other resources for books
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
1800 Johnson Street, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9315
Web site: www.actionfund.org
Email: actionfund@actionfund.org
The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults has offices in Baltimore, Maryland, and Tarzana, California, and volunteer workers throughout the country. The Tarzana office houses our free lending library of Braille and Twin Vision® books for blind children. Books are sent postage free to borrowers in the US and Canada.
In addition to the library, the American Action Fund offers a program of free Braille books for children to keep. The AAF started this program to provide blind children a free Braille book every month from a popular children’s reading series. The titles published every month are the same titles that are available in bookstores and public libraries everywhere. Go to the American Action Fund web site to obtain an application for this program.
The AAF also publishes and distributes to deaf-blind persons a free weekly newspaper in Braille internationally.
Bookshare
480 California Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone:
(650) 475-5440
Fax:
(650) 475-1066
Web site: www.bookshare.org
E-mail: info@bookshare.org
Bookshare.org is an online community that enables members who have visual impairments, reading or other print disabilities to legally share thousands of scanned books and periodicals. An annual subscription fee is required for non-students.
National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen St.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:
(617) 266-6160
Toll free:
(800) 548-7323
Fax:
(617) 437-0456
Web site: www.nbp.org
E-mail: orders@nbp.org
Producer of Braille books for children and adults on a wide range of topics. Parents can subscribe to a children's book club and receive 12 books per year for a nominal fee.
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
P.O. Box 51924
Livonia, MI 48151-5924
Phone:
(734) 427-8552
Toll free:
(800) 777-8552
Web site: www.seedlings.org
Email: info@seedlings.org
Braille books are provided at each level of development, from toddler board books to classic literature for older children. Titles cover fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Some books are produced in both print and Braille, and Uncontracted (grade one) Braille.
Additional Sources
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