Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With five 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:
Room 1: Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog’s Big Journey, by Dion Leonard
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 from July 2023 in grade 1 in the “Children g1 Nonfiction” folder
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from July 2023 in grade 2 in the “Children Nonfiction” folder
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
This week we are starting on page 157.
Room 2: Paddington Turns Detective and Other Funny Stories, by Michael Bond
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 from June 2023 in the “Children 7 Plus A-F” folder for grade 2, and the “Children G1 7 Plus” folder for grade 1
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2021 in the “Children Stories 1” folder for grade 2, and the “Children G1” folder for grade 1
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
This week we are starting on page 53.
Room 3: Things the Eye Can’t See, by Penny Joelson
This book is available:
- In grades 1 and 2 and in double line spacing from the RNIB Library
- In grades 1 and 2 in the “Teens 13 plus A-L” folder on the Orbit Reader SD Card from June 2023
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
This week we are starting with chapter 4. We will also be reviewing common UEB punctuation signs.
Room 4: 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 245.
Room 5: The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
This book is available:
- In grade 2 UEB from the RNIB Library
- For download in grade 2 UEB via RNIB Reading Services
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card in grade 2 SEB in the “Children Stories” folder (April 2020 version) and the “Children Stories 2” folder (April 2021 version)
N.B. The file name on the RNIB Sd Card starts with the letter T, not the letter S.
The book is not available on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD Card from July 2023.
This week we are starting on page 10.
To order books from the RNIB Library in hard copy, call the helpline on 0303 123 9999.