Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With four rooms to suit different ability levels, the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every week to support each other with the ups and downs of mastering the braille code, answer each other’s questions regarding reading using refreshable braille and practice reading amongst friends. You don’t have to choose your group in advance, and you can move to another group at any time if you think it would be more suitable.
Here is what we are currently reading and our starting places for this week:
Beginners
We have finished reading our most recent book. Join us this week to review some difficult braille signs.
Improvers: The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
This book is available:
- In grades 1 and 2 and in double line spacing from the RNIB Library
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in grade 1 in the “Children G1” folder (April 2020 and April 2021 versions) and the “Children g1 9 plus” folder (July 2023 version)
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in grade 2 in the “Children Stories” folder (April 2020 version), the “Children Stories 2” folder (April 2021 version) and the “Children 9 plus G-L” folder (July 2023 version)
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
- Read The Wind in the Willows on Project Gutenberg
N.B. The file name on the RNIB Sd Card starts with the letter T, not the letter W.
This week we are starting on page 137.
Intermediate: Danny, the Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl
This book is available:
- In grade 2, single line spacing from the RNIB Library
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in SEB grade 2 in the “Children Stories” folder (April 2020 version) and the “Children Stories 2” folder (April 2021 version)
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in UEB grade 2 in the “Children 9 plus A-F” folder (July 2023 version)
- For download in grade 2 via RNIB Reading Services
This week we are starting on page 1.
Advanced
We have finished reading our most recent book.
Join us as we hear each other’s thoughts regarding the aspects and techniques of reading braille that we find most difficult and our solutions to them. We will also review some of the basic UEB symbols and the two character concept which identifies the symbols themselves, followed by the manner in which they are used. We might even have some fun with words that can be changed from one to another, just by adding a braille dot.
To order books from the RNIB Library in hard copy, call the helpline on 0303 123 9999.