Famous People, Famous Lives series
This series has been written for reluctant readers and the books meet the demands of the Literacy Strategy and support the National Curriculum. Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Age range: 5 to 14 (KS1 to KS3). All books are produced in uncontracted and contracted braille (grade 1 and 2), with the capital letter sign and are in A4 format with single sided and double line spaced braille.
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As a small child, Louis Braille goes blind. This doesn't stop him and he is soon at school. However it isn't easy for him so he develops a special system that allows blind people... more
Product code: 20168001
£3.99
Part of a series supporting the National Curriculum. Florence Nightingale was lucky. Her wealthy parents encouraged her to travel, to go to parties and, one day soon, to marry. But... more
Product code: 20391901
£3.99
Guy Fawkes lives in troubled times. Protestants and Catholics argue about the right way to worship God. Guy Fawkes and his friends plot to blow up the King and change things... more
Product code: 20391601
£3.99
Martin Luther King is a clever, happy child. As he grows up he becomes angry at the way black people are treated. His efforts to change society mean that he will always be... more
Product code: 20394001
£3.99
Roald Dahl has many exciting adventures as he is growing up. He lives in Africa, flies planes and finally settles down in England to raise a family. Then, in a hut at the end of... more
Product code: 20394301
£3.99
Roald Dahl has many exciting adventures as he is growing up. He lives in Africa, flies planes and finally settles down in England to raise a family. Then, in a hut at the end of... more
Product code: 20394401
£3.99
Part of a series supporting the National Curriculum. Florence Nightingale was lucky. Her wealthy parents encouraged her to travel, to go to parties and, one day soon, to marry. But... more
Product code: 20392001
£3.99
Guy Fawkes lives in troubled times. Protestants and Catholics argue about the right way to worship God. Guy Fawkes and his friends plot to blow up the King and change things... more
Product code: 20391701
£3.99
Martin Luther King is a clever, happy child. As he grows up he becomes angry at the way black people are treated. His efforts to change society mean that he will always be... more
Product code: 20393801
£3.99
Mahatma Gandhi (Uncontracted braille (Grade 1))
This is the life of one of India's historical figures. From his earliest beginnings as a lawyer in the then British colony of South Africa at the end on the nineteenth century -... more
Product code: 20392201
£3.99
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