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New National First Reader ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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69,248 braille cells · 77 embossed pages at 40×25 · 4,734 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠙⠕⠺⠝⠀⠓⠊⠇⠇⠂⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠋⠕⠭⠀⠗⠁⠝⠀⠋⠁⠎⠞⠑⠗⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀
⠠⠗⠕⠧⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠛⠕⠞⠀⠁⠺⠁⠽⠲⠀⠀⠠⠓⠕⠺⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠽⠕⠥⠀⠛⠑⠞⠀
⠓⠊⠍⠀⠃⠁⠉⠅⠦⠀⠀⠠⠕⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠠⠗⠕⠧⠑⠗⠀⠺⠑⠝⠞⠀⠁⠺⠁⠽⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠕⠕⠝⠀⠉⠁⠍⠑⠀⠃⠁⠉⠅⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠑⠲⠀⠠⠊⠀⠙⠕⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠇⠑⠞⠀⠙⠕⠛⠎
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⠠⠠⠑⠭⠑⠗⠉⠊⠎⠑⠲⠀⠀⠠⠎⠉⠗⠊⠏⠞⠒⠀⠍⠑⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀
⠠⠠⠍⠁⠉⠗⠕⠝⠁⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠠⠠⠗⠑⠧⠑⠗⠎⠑⠀⠠⠠⠎⠕⠇⠊⠙⠥⠎
⠀⠠⠠⠕⠧⠑⠗⠇⠁⠽⠞⠀⠎⠍⠁⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠠⠠⠙⠊⠁⠑⠗⠑⠎⠊⠎⠀
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⠀⠠⠠⠕⠧⠑⠗⠇⠁⠽⠀⠺⠓⠊⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠠⠠⠎⠕⠇⠊⠙⠥⠎⠀⠠⠠⠕⠧⠑⠗⠇⠁⠽⠀⠃⠗⠑⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠠⠠⠕⠧⠑⠗⠇⠁⠽⠙⠀⠓⠊⠙⠑⠠⠠⠉⠕⠍⠃⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠠⠠⠗⠑⠧⠑⠗⠎⠑⠀
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These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.