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.
This week, we will have an opportunity to see what the other rooms are reading as we join together as a whole group. One or two people from each group will be nominated to read aloud to the entire group.
Here are the books we are currently reading:
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
Readers: Lisa and Ursula.
Room 2: Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers
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 7 plus” folder
- On the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from July 2023 in grade 2 in the “Children 7 plus S-Z” folder
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
Starting place: “I need a little rest.”
Readers: Harbinder, Harry and Óran.
Room 3: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
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 grades 1 and 2in the “Crime” folder (April 2021 version) and the “Crime G-L” folder (July 2023 version)
- For download in grades 1 and 2 via RNIB Reading Services
N.B. The file name on the RNIB Sd Card starts with the letter T, not the letter C.
Starting place: page 52
Readers: Claire and Jane.
Room 4: Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
This book is available:
- In hard copy in the UK from RNIB, in both grade 1 and grade 2
- In grade 1, in the “Children” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader Sd card from June 2019, the “Children g1” folder on the card from April 2020 or April 2021, or the “Children g1 9 plus” folder on the card from July 2023
- In grade 2, in the “Children” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader Sd card from June 2019, the “Children Stories” folder on the card from April 2020, the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021, or the “Children 9 plus S-Z” folder on the card from July 2023
- For download in the UK in grades 1 and 2 from RNIB Reading Services
Starting place: chapter 17, page 77
Readers: Michael and Steve.
Room 5: Matilda, by Roald Dahl
This book is available:
- In grade 2, single line spacing from the RNIB Library
- In grade 2, in the “Children Stories” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020, the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021, or the “Children 9 plus A-F” folder on the card from July 2023
- For download in grade 2 via RNIB Reading Services
Readers: Allison and Chris.
To order books from the RNIB Library in hard copy, call the helpline on 0303 123 9999.