American
Action Fund
for Blind Children and Adults
Blind kids want the same things that sighted kids want. They want to watch their favorite television shows, go roller-skating with the gang, buy the current fashionable shoes, and read the newest popular book. We at the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF) believe blind children ought to have the opportunity to do all of these things, and we are working to make this possible.
In 1997 the AAF started a new program to provide to blind children a FREE Braille book every month from a popular children’s reading series. The titles published every month are the same titles that are available in bookstores everywhere. In the first three years over 60 titles from five of the most highly popular children’s reading series—Goosebumps®, Goosebumps® Series 2000, Baby-Sitters Club, Baby-Sitters Club – Friends Forever, and Animorphs®—were distributed to thousands of blind children.
The book series currently offered through the program are The Nightmare Room, Nancy Drew®, and the Little House Chapter Books. The Nightmare Room, a new series by R.L. Stein, author of the Goosebumps® series, is targeted to children grades 5 and up. The still-popular Nancy Drew® series is appropriate for children grades 3 and up. The Little House Chapter Books are adaptations of the classic Little House novels. These books are suitable for children grades 2 and up. Blind youngsters, blind parents, teachers of the blind, schools, and libraries serving the blind are eligible to participate in this program. Participants may enroll in and withdraw from the program at anytime. And the books are FREE!
No child should be left out because he or she is blind. Because of this program blind children can now discuss the newest book with their classmates and build their very own collection of books—just like their sighted friends.
Fill out an Application and mail it to:
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Free Braille Books Program
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Click here for a Complete List of Books
For any questions, call (410) 659-9314 ext. 361, or email bcheadle@nfb.org