A great story about resilience and disability rights.

Reading age: 3 - 10 years
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award
Length: 40 Pages

Just wow!

The artwork evokes a childlike wonder almost feels like stepping into a fable,but nothing sinister is lurking around the corner. While the language is simplistic it conveys such depth,empathy and understanding for blind children and disable children on a humanistic fundamental level that makes it quite universal for whomever the reader might be. It really touched my heart in an unexpected way. I also enjoyed the q&a portion at the end of the book,in addition to the Braille alphabet. What a lovely/unexpected surprise. I think books like this could teach kids a lot about empathy and civil duty. It would be a nice addition to those reading corners for kids. ( )

Narrated in first person from young Louis Braille's point of view, Six Dots is the story of how he went blind, how he attended a school for the blind, and how he took a military code and improved it to invent the Braille language.

Endpapers show the Braille alphabet. ( )

I really enjoyed reading this book. I had no idea about this topic before, so I was able to learn a lot about the invention of braille. The illustrations and french words really added to the story. ( )