[bookshare-discuss] 2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print DisabilitiesReleased by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:29:51 -0500
It is interesting to note that Bookshare has all of these titles in the
collection.
PR WEB
Monday, January 03, 2005
2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print Disabilities Released by
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its
annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered by students who are blind,
visually impaired or who have learning disabilities.
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(PRWEB) January 3, 2005 -- The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind &
Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered by
students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities.
Christina Raimo, Boston Unit RFB&D Executive Director, said, "For more than
50 years, RFB&D has been the nation"s largest educational library for
students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities
such as dyslexia. Here in Massachusetts, RFB&D serves over 7,500 students
and more than 300 schools with its library of over 91,000 accessible
textbooks."
Raimo added, "In addition to audio textbooks in chemistry, biology, physics,
mathematics and other technical fields, RFB&D has an extensive collection of
fiction and non fiction books, both in analog and digital format that are
part of a school"s curiculum."
The top ten DIGITAL titles are:
01. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
02. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
03. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer"s Stone by JK Rowling
04. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
05. Holes by Louis Sachar
06. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
07. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
08. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
09. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
The top ten ANALOG titles are:
01. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
02. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
03. Night by Elie Wiesel
04. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
05. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
06. The Giver by Lois Lowry
07. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
08. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
09. Animal Farm by George Orwell
10. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
About RFB&D
RFB&D (www.rfbd.org) is the largest national nonprofit organization
providing audio textbooks to people of all ages who cannot read standard
print effectively due to visual impairment, severe dyslexia or other
physical disabilities. More than 5,700 dedicated volunteers from across the
country are the cornerstone of RFB&D and have recorded over 243,000
textbooks that comprise RFB&D"s CV Starr Master Library. The Boston Unit of
RFB&D is located at 58 Charles Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more
information, contact Christina Raimo at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
617.577.1111x11.
http://press.arrivenet.com/edu/article.php/549823.html
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