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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I recently read:<o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Title:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <span class=text>Mary Ingalls on Her Own</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt' id="COPYRIGHT_LEGALESE_6"><strong id="COPYRIGHT_LEGALESE_7"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Author:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <span class=text>Elizabeth Kimmel Willard</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt' id="COPYRIGHT_LEGALESE_9"><strong id="COPYRIGHT_LEGALESE_10"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Copyright</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <span class=text>2008 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This book seeks to tell of Mary Ingalls and her first few weeks at the College for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa. The book is fiction, but some of the characters did exist. The author apparently drew from archival material to construct her story. She does have Mary learning six dot braille. I have read that Mary learned New York Point braille. The book is available on BookShare. Have a great day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>