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Alternate Format English Titles
The following titles are available from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library in Toronto. The original print format has been transcribed into braille and the print and braille formats have been bound together so that a visually impaired parent can read with a sighted child and vice versa.
BRAILLE (GRADE II)
Fiction
MY NAME IS LOUIS
JANET CRAIG JAMES
TORONTO: CNIB. (WATERLOO, ONT.: PENUMBRA, © 1988)
1 V. OF BRAILLE
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH (AGES 14 TO 16)
A native Canadian from northern Ontario has the talent to draw and paint. When given the opportunity to move to Toronto to study and exhibit his work, he must choose between a career as an artist and the conventional life of his family.
Non-Fiction
CENTRE WALK: FORMER STUDENTS OF THE ONTARIO SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (THE W. ROSS MACDONALD SCHOOL) RECALL SCHOOL MEMORIES
VERNE EDQUIST
TORONTO: CNIB. (NORTH YORK: DEVONDALE, © 1993)
3 V. OF BRAILLE
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
For nine to 10 months of the year, the Ontario School for the Blind was home to many children. Here, former students, including musician Jeff Healey, describe their lives at this school and reminisce about their experiences, both good and bad.
PRINT-BRAILLE
Fiction
BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS
BARBARA NICHOL
ILLUSTRATIONS: SCOTT CAMERON
TORONTO: CNIB (TORONTO: LESTER PUBLISHING, © 1993)
1 V. OF PRINT AND BRAILLE
GRADES 3 TO 6 (AGES 8 TO 11)
Christoph is a young boy living in Vienna, and his father has recently died. His mother must rent out the upstairs flat of their house, and in the autumn of 1822, a tenant moves in. The tenant is Ludwig van Beethoven, and Christoph is convinced he is a madman because of the way he behaves. But soon, his distress turns to compassion for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric, isolated genius.
ORCHESTRANIMALS
VLASTA VAN KAMPEN
ILLUSTRATIONS: IRENE C. EUGEN
TORONTO: CNIB (RICHMOND HILL, ONT.: SCHOLASTIC-TAB, © 1989)
1 V. OF PRINT AND BRAILLE
PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 2 (AGES 2 TO 7)
It's almost time for the orchestra's big performance. There are players to bow and players to blow and players to hit to the beat ... but where's Crash?
SILENT NIGHT: THE SONG FROM HEAVEN
LINDA GRANFIELD
ILLUSTRATIONS: NELLY AND ERNST HOFER
TORONTO: CNIB. (TORONTO: TUNDRA BOOKS, © 1997)
1 v. of print and braille
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 3 (AGES 4 TO 8)
On the cold, clear Christmas Eve of 1818, a priest jotted down the words for a Christmas song and asked the church organist to write a melody for it. "Stille nacht," or "Silent Night," has become one of the most beloved pieces of music in the world.
TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA
ESTHER KALMAN
ILLUSTRATIONS: LAURA FERNANDEZ AND RICK JACOBSON
TORONTO: CNIB (TORONTO: LESTER PUBLISHING, © 1994)
1 V. OF PRINT AND BRAILLE
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 3 (AGES 4 TO 8)
Eleven-year-old Jenny Petroff writes in her diary of meeting the great composer Tchaikovsky during his trip to America in 1891. In Tchaikovsky, Jenny finds a friend who loves music and ballet as much as she does.
Non-Fiction
AMAZING GRACE: THE STORY OF THE HYMN
LINDA GRANFIELD
ILLUSTRATIONS: JANET WILSON
TORONTO: CNIB (TORONTO: TUNDRA BOOKS, © 1997)
1 V. OF PRINT AND BRAILLE
GRADES 2 TO 4 (AGES 7 TO 9)
John Newton, the composer of "Amazing Grace", was once a slave trader. After surviving a storm at sea he became a minister and fought to abolish the slave trade. He also wrote many hymns, the most famous of these being "Amazing Grace".
AUDIO
Fiction
MY NAME IS LOUIS
JANET CRAIG JAMES
TORONTO: CNIB. (WATERLOO, ONT.: PENUMBRA, © 1988)
1 CASSETTE (3 HRS, 56 MIN)
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH (AGES 14 TO 16)
A native Canadian from northern Ontario has the talent to draw and paint. When given the opportunity to move to Toronto to study and exhibit his work, he must choose between a career as an artist and the conventional life of his family.
THE SECRET WISH OF NANNERL MOZART
BARBARA KATHLEEN NICKEL
TORONTO: CNIB (TORONTO: SECOND STORY PRESS, © 1996)
1 CASSETTE (4 HRS., 2 MIN.)
GRADES 5 TO 8 (AGES 10 TO 13)
Nannerl Mozart was Wolfgang's musically talented older sister. On her 12th birthday she wishes that she will someday be a world-famous composer. But her father doesn't take her seriously as a composer, and her mother is always giving her chores to do. She just wants to be allowed to play music like her brother.
Non-Fiction
ALANIS MORISSETTE: YOU OUGHTA KNOW
PAUL CANTIN
TORONTO: CNIB (Toronto: Stoddart, © 1997)
2 CASSETTES (6 HRS., 38 MIN.)
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
Written soon after the release of her bestselling album "Jagged Little Pill", Cantin's biography of Alanis Morissette tells of her initial rise to fame as a teen pop star, and her transformation into an international phenomenon.
CENTRE WALK: FORMER STUDENTS OF THE ONTARIO SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (THE W. ROSS MACDONALD SCHOOL) RECALL SCHOOL MEMORIES
VERNE EDQUIST, EDITOR
TORONTO: CNIB (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers Ltd., © 1993)
6 CASSETTES
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
For nine to 10 months of the year, the Ontario School for the Blind was home to many children. Here, former students, including musician Jeff Healey, describe their lives at this institution, and reminisce about their experiences, both good and bad.
FALLING INTO YOU: THE STORY OF CÉLINE DION
BARRY GRILLS
TORONTO: CNIB (Kingston, Ont.: Quarry Press, © 1997)
2 CASSETTES (7 HRS., 55 MIN.)
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
Céline Dion was just a teenager when she began to take the French-Canadian music scene by storm. When she started to sing in English she quickly became a superstar throughout the world. The story of her life, from her childhood in Quebec to her fairytale marriage to her manager Réné Angelil, is told with emphasis on her musical and personal successes.
SHANIA TWAIN: ON MY WAY
DALLAS WILLIAMS
TORONTO: CNIB (Toronto: ECW Press, © 1997)
2 CASSETTES (6 HRS., 44 MIN.)
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
The story of Shania Twain's life from her childhood in the northern Ontario town of Timmins to her emergence as a country-music star.
A VOICE AND A DREAM: THE CÉLINE DION STORY
RICHARD CROUSE
TORONTO: CNIB (NEW YORK: BALLANTINE, © 1998)
1 CASSETTE (5 HRS., 44 MIN.)
SENIOR HIGH & ADULT (AGES 15 AND UP)
This is the story of Céline Dion's childhood in Quebec and her rise to superstardom throughout the world. A look at the controversy in Quebec surrounding Céline's decision to sing in English is included.
How to Contact the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB):
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
1929 Bayview Ave.
Toronto ON M4G 3E8
416-480-7580
1-800-268-8818
Fax: 416-480-7677
Email: webmaster@cnib.ca
Website: www.cnib.ca
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