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American Action Fund
www.actionfund.org
This is an organization out of Baltimore, Maryland that offers a free Braille books program.  The program will provide a free Braille book every month from a popular children's reading series.  Complete the application online or write:  American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, Free Braille Books Program, 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

Braille Institute
www.brailleinstitute.org
This is a private, nonprofit organization, which provides education, information, and services.  Families, sign up for the Braille Special Collections, which offers free Braille books for children. 

Braille International, Inc
www.brailleintl.org
Operates a mail-order bookstore for individuals with a visual impairment.  Request a free catalog for these reasonably priced Braille books.

I Can See Books
www.marvelsoft.com
This is an online Braille bookstore. 

National Braille Press
www.nbp.org 
Publication of Braille materials.  Take a look at the Braille book club.  This book club offers Braille books to families ranging in cost from $4.95 to 15.96.

Jason and Nordic Publishers
www.jasonndnordic.com/
This publisher carries a series of children's books which have main characters with disabilities.  The book entitled, The Night Search, is about a young girl who is blind.

Seedlings Braille Books for Children
www.seedlings.org 
They have over 400 books for children in print/Braille formats. 

The Braille Resource and Literacy Center (The BRL Center)
1094 South 350 West, Orem, Utah 84058 
phone 801-225-3334.
Offers books for beginning readers in double-spaced, non-interpoint Braille.  Some books are available in Grade 1 (uncontracted) and others are available in Grade 2 (contracted).

Spoken Arts
www.spokenartsmedia.com/
This organization publishes award-winning book/cassette combinations.  This organization markets to schools, libraries, and teaching professionals exclusively.


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