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. Distribution Source : PRWeb (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 -- BlindNews mailing list Archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ Address message to list by sending mail to: BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Access your subscription info at: http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004