[Nfbf-l] French books in braille?

[Nallym Bravo]

Thanks, Sherrill, I'll definitely look into those :)


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On Jun 29, 2011, at 5:02 PM, "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Nallym,
> 
> Many moons ago, I took French in college, and read a couple French short
> novels. I would think that the National Library Service would at least have
> a few. They have a foreign language specialist if you want to call and try
> to speak with him. He spoke at national convention last year, but I didn't
> save his name like I should have.
> I wonder if we are able to borrow books from Canada. CNIB (Canadian National
> Institute for the Blind) might be able to help. I'm sure Quebec would have
> tons of them, but whether they're for loan here I don't know.
> 
> Wish I could be of more help. I minored in French, but it's been a long time
> since I've read anything. My French accent's still pretty good though.
> 
> I'll think about this some more, and perhaps come up with something more
> substantial for you after convention.
> 
> Sherrill
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Nallym Bravo
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:43 PM
> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] French books in braille?
> 
> 
> Good afternoon everyone,
> I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a hold of braille
> books written in French? At this point I don't really care what the
> subject matter is, I just really need some way of enforcing the
> vocabulary and grammer I have learned, so novels, short stories,
> reference books, it doesn't matter. I can seem to find Spanish books
> everywhere and French Audio, but no braille.
> Thanks in advance, and have a great day!
> Sincerely,
> Nallym Bravo
> 
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