Six Dots by Jennifer Bryant and Boris Kulikov
Non Wels
Written by Jennifer Bryant
Illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2016
2020-2021 Nominee - Picture Books for Older Readers
Synopsis
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read.
Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him.
And so he invented his own alphabet—a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today.