National Federation of the Blind
Braille Reading Pals Club

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Registration is now open for the New Year beginning April 1, 2010.

The Braille Reading Pals Club is an early literacy program that encourages
parents to read daily with their blind or low-vision child (ages infant to
seven).
Participating club members will receive:

• A print-Braille book and a plush reading pal
• Monthly parent e-newsletter promoting tips for early Braille literacy
• Quarterly Braille activity sheets for young children
• Braille birthday cards for child participants
• Access to a network of resources devoted to serving parents of blind
  children

Mission of the Program

• Introduce young children and their families to Braille
• Provide parents literacy strategies to use with their children
• Direct parents to essential resources for promoting success for their
  young blind children
• Help parents promote early literacy skills, a love of reading, and a
  positive attitude about Braille through daily reading with their blind
  children

To learn more about this exciting program, or to register, please visit
www.nfb.org/readingpals, or call (410) 659-9314, ext. 2295.

Cosponsored by the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
(NOPBC)

Hello,

I just wanted to remind you all that your VI children/students (if they live in the US) are eligible to receive two free children's books in braille per year from Seedlings Braille Books for Children through the "Book Angel Program". Online registration is available here: http://www.seedlings.org/special.php or you can use the form in the back of our 2010 catalog. Choose from over 1,000 titles listed in the catalog. You list 4 titles and we will send 2 of them! "Placing a book in a child's hands is like planting a seed!"

Best wishes,
Debra Bonde, Director
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
www.seedlings.org
800-777-8552
734-427-8552 fax

An ongoing project of Seedlings Braille Books for Children is to reach more visually impaired children in their preschool years in order to have a positive impact on pre-reading skills. A foundation for literacy and the love of reading is developed through early exposure to good books. Seedlings Braille Books for Children provides Print-Braille-&-Picture books for preschoolers facilitating early exposure to braille through the tactile page as sighted family members read the print. By feeling the raised bumps of braille while a sighted person reads a story, a blind child begins to associate those bumps with wonderful stories and an enjoyable experience.

The following are new books that Seedlings has just released:

PRINT-BRAILLE-&-PICTURE BOOKS:

Clifford's Noisy Day by Norman Bridwell $4.00 (uncontracted)

Little Feet Love by Piggy Toes Press $8.00 (uncontracted)

Numbers by Scholastic $5.00 (uncontracted)

Are You My Mommy? by Mae Brown $8.00

Biscuit's Pet & Play Christmas by Alyssa Satin Capucilli $7.00

A Good Day by Kevin Henkes $8.00

It's Spring! by Samantha Berger & Pamela Chanko $6.00

Wake Up, Little Ones by Piggy Toes Press $11.00

Where Is Love, Biscuit? By Alyssa Satin Capucilli $7.00

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a nonprofit organization serving blind children from birth to age 14 and blind adults who read to sighted children.  For more information about Seedlings Braille Books for Children, visit www.seedlings.org or call: 800-777-8552 or 734-427-8552; E-mail: info@seedlings.org

Best wishes,
Debra Bonde, Director
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
www.seedlings.org
800-777-8552
734-427-8552 fax

New Books and Free Books from Seedlings Braille Books for Children

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is pleased to announce that we have recently added 50 new books to our catalog, bringing our total number of low-cost titles available in braille to 1,100!

These books range from Print-Braille-&-Picture Books for toddlers and preschoolers (like "Clifford's Noisy Day" and "Are You My Mommy?," to short chapter books (like A to Z Mysteries and Junie B. Jones) to 2-volume novels for teens and "tweens" (like "101 Ways to Bug Your Parents").

We have also added some interesting nonfiction selections (like "In the Line of Fire: Presidents' Lives at Stake")!

To view a list of all the new books, please go to http://www.seedlings.org/whatsnew.php

To read about all 1,100 titles, you can go to www.seedlings.org and click on "Order Our Books & Gifts."

The Seedlings 2011 Catalog will be available soon. You can download the textfile version right now from our website: www.seedlings.org. If you would like to receive a print copy in the mail, please send your name and address to: info@seedlings.org or call: 800-777-8552.

Also, Seedlings' 2010 Book Angel Program is almost over . Register now!

Seedlings' Book Angel Program is open to visually-impaired children who live in the US and Canada, and through this program each child can receive 2 free Seedlings' books each year (you list 4 books from our catalog and we will send 2 of them.)

If you haven't registered yet in 2010, just fill out the online form right now by going here: http://www.seedlings.org/special.php and clicking on "Book Angel Program."

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by providing high-quality, low-cost children's literature in braille. Volunteers, grants and donations make it possible for us to offer our books at a fraction of the production costs, and prices have not been raised for 25 years!

Best wishes,
Debra Bonde, Director
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
www.seedlings.org
800-777-8552
734-427-8552 fax