Jumbo Braille

The Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library is pleased to announce the release of our Jumbo Braille collection. This collection will enable people from across the country who are blind with an impaired sense of touch, such as those with diabetes, to read braille books. Both contracted and uncontracted books are available in more than 20 adult title selections.

We owe many thanks to Norma Schecter, founder of Beach Cities Braille Guild in California, for spearheading and believing in the value of Jumbo Braille. Her commitment has allowed us to recently add several additional titles to this growing collection.

This listing contains titles, brief descriptions, and book order numbers for materials in the Perkins Jumbo Braille Lending Library program. To request titles on the list, in either contracted or uncontracted braille, please call Judi Cannon at 617-972-7646 or 800-852-3133, or send an e-mail request, including your name, address, phone number and the items you wish to receive, to Judi.Cannon@Perkins.org.

Contracted Braille

• All the World Loves Apple Trees. by Norma L. Schecter.
  BRM 1248
  1 Volume
  Contains short stories, poems, songs and recipes on the theme of apples.

• The Anatomy of Frustration: A Modern Synthesis by H. G. Wells
  BRA 10228
  2 Volumes
  The summary of Wells's own ideas about human progress and the potential of science and technology to transform society. Available through interlibrary loan.

• The Bible, New Testament. Matthew. English. Authorized Selections. 1972
  BRA 14215
  1 Volume
  Pilot project for the American Bible Society. Contains: Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from the King James Version of the Bible. Includes the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer. Available through interlibrary loan.

• Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind
  BRA10227
  1 Volume
  A transcript of a television series of thirteen interviews with Bertrand Russell by Woodrow Wyatt. Available through interlibrary loan.

• Chuckles: A Collection of Anecdotes and Humorous Tales. by Lynne Laird, Compiler
  BRM 1211
  1 Volume
  A collection of stories and humor from "Reader's Digest" magazine's 75th anniversary issue, and from its issues for January, February, March, April and May of 1997, and for November of 1990.

• Eleven Sea Yarns by G. Gibbard Jackson
  BRA 18091
  2 Volumes
  Easy-to-read stories in jumbo braille suitable for adults and children. Includes stories such as "The Romance of Falcon Isle," "Fighting the Ice Peril," "The Bold Buccaneers," "In Search of Whales," "The Romance of Paul Jones," and "The Exploits of Francis Drake." Reproduced from: London: The "Boy's Own Paper." Available through interlibrary loan.

• Exodus by Leon Uris
  BRA 10243
  8 Volumes
  A fictionalized history of the European Jews from the end of World War II to the establishment of the state of Israel. Available through interlibrary loan.

• The Face of Jalanath by Ronald Hardy
  BR 2476
  5 Volumes
  Six ex-soldier desperadoes are recruited by the Indian Army for a secret mission to blow up an 18,000-foot-high Himalayan peak. Then President Nixon announces his visit to Peking.

• The Famished Land: A Novel of the Irish Potato Famine by Elizabeth byrd
  BR 2477
  6 Volumes
  A love story set in Ireland during the years of the potato famine. Moira McFlaherty and her big family live happily in a small village where she dreams of the day she will marry her childhood sweetheart. When the famine comes, her courage sustains the family.

• Garlic in my Shoes by Marion S. Oneal
  BR 2466
  4 Volumes
  An autobiographical account of a large, happy Irish family in the author's beloved city of New Orleans. When "yellow jack" fever is finally conquered, everyone throws away the garlic in their shoes which is intended to ward off the disease.

• More Chuckles: A Collection of Anecdotes and Humorous Tales by Lynne Laird
  BRM 1213
  1 Volume
  Additional stories and humorous selections from "Reader's Digest" magazine's 75th anniversary issue, and from its issues for January, February, March, April and May of 1997, and for November of 1990.

• Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible by Arthur C. Clarke
  BR 2478
  6 Volumes
  Arthur C. Clarke takes another mind-stretching look into the future, speculating about communication satellites, Ground Effect Machines, 3-speed mechanical highways, the fourth dimension and weightlessness.

• A Skunk in the House by Constance Taber Colby
  BR 2454
  2 Volumes
  An account of the trials, tribulations, and joys experienced by a family adjusting to life with a pet skunk.

• Sohrab and Rustum by Matthew Arnold
  BRM 1285
  4 Volumes
  Victorian poet Arnold penned this classic in 1853. It is based on a section of the Shah-Namah, or Book of Kings, the national epic of Persia, written by Firdusi about 1000 A.D. Rustum, who was supposed to have lived before Cyrus the Great, is a famous Persian hero. This is the story of his encounter with his son.

• In a Telephone Cabinet by G.D.H. and M. Cole
  BRA 18182
  1 Volume
  Urbane English detective story by the husband and wife writing team. Available through interlibrary loan.

Uncontracted Braille

• Bits and Pieces by Douglas Menville, ed.
  BRM 1215
  2 Volumes
  Selections assembled from various sources, for practice in reading uncontracted braille.

• Chuckles: A Collection of Anecdotes and Humorous tales by Lynne Laird
  BRM 1212
  1 Volume
  A collection of stories and humor selected from "Reader's Digest" magazine's 75th anniversary issue, and from its issues for January, February, March, April and May of 1997, and for November of 1990.

• More Chuckles: A Collection of Anecdotes and Humorous Tales by Lynne Laird
  BRM 1214
  1 Volume
  Selected from "Reader's Digest" magazine's 75th anniversary issue, and from its issues for January, February, March, April and May of 1997, and for November of 1990.

• Tales for the Sixes and Sevens by Ursula Moray Williams
  BRA 18189
  2 Volumes
  Fairy tales for children and beginning learners of braille. For grades 1-2. Available through interlibrary loan.

• Touched by God’s Word Compiled by Sandra Price
  BRM 1287
  1 Volume
  Price has compiled a collection of over 100 popular scripture verses taken from the New King James Version of the Bible. The book is in an easy to read format.