Library / Teaching / The Mother's Nursery Songs / Braille
The Mother's Nursery Songs ⠃⠗⠋ 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.
Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt
70,078 braille cells · 72 embossed pages at 40×25 · 228 unrepresentable characters omitted
⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠊⠉⠅⠑⠙⠇⠽⠀⠎⠞⠗⠊⠅⠑⠎⠀⠓⠑⠗⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠕⠀⠃⠁⠃⠽⠂ ⠀⠓⠕⠺⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠁⠃⠎⠥⠗⠙⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠝⠕⠞⠀⠇⠕⠧⠑⠀ ⠽⠕⠥⠗⠀⠙⠑⠁⠗⠀⠍⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠊⠎⠞⠑⠗⠀ ⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠗⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠺⠓⠕⠀⠁⠇⠺⠁⠽⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠇⠕⠧⠊⠝⠛ ⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠗⠥⠑⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠕⠂⠀⠃⠑⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠎⠕⠀⠝⠁⠥⠛⠓⠞⠽⠂ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠎⠕⠀⠉⠗⠕⠎⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠕⠀⠓⠁⠥⠛⠓⠞⠽⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠺⠓⠊⠇⠑⠀⠺⠑⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠎⠕⠀⠞⠑⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠕⠋⠀⠽⠕⠥⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠙⠑⠁⠗⠀⠍⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠍⠥⠎⠞⠀⠺⠓⠊⠏⠀⠓⠊⠍⠂⠼⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠊⠝⠀⠟⠥⠊⠑⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠅⠑⠑⠏⠀⠓⠊⠍⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠋⠀⠃⠑⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀ ⠓⠑⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠃⠑⠓⠁⠧⠑⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠺⠓⠽⠀⠺⠕⠝⠄⠞⠀⠓⠑ ⠀⠃⠑⠀⠅⠊⠝⠙⠑⠗⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠇⠕⠧⠑⠀⠓⠑⠗⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀ ⠍⠊⠝⠙⠀⠓⠑⠗⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠝⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠗⠕⠥⠃⠇⠑⠀ ⠓⠑⠄⠇⠇⠀⠎⠁⠧⠑⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⠙⠀⠠⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠍⠥⠎⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠉⠕⠥⠗⠎⠑ ⠀⠃⠑⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠎⠞⠕⠕⠙⠀⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠁⠝⠛⠥⠁⠛⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀ ⠁⠋⠋⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠁⠞⠑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠎⠕⠇⠊⠉⠊⠞⠥⠙⠑⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀ ⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠭⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠑⠑⠧⠊⠎⠓⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠕⠗⠀⠊⠇⠇⠀ ⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠙⠀⠉⠑⠝⠎⠥⠗⠑⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠠⠃⠁⠃⠽⠀⠠⠠⠊⠎⠀ ⠠⠠⠎⠊⠉⠅⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠇⠇⠥⠎⠞⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠃⠁⠃⠽⠀⠊⠎ ⠀⠎⠊⠉⠅⠀⠞⠕⠤⠙⠁⠽⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠓⠊⠎⠀⠋⠁⠉⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀ ⠏⠁⠇⠑⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠇⠁⠥⠛⠓⠀⠕⠗⠀⠏⠇⠁⠽⠂⠀⠀ ⠠⠊⠀⠺⠊⠎⠓⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠎⠓⠁⠇⠇ ⠀⠺⠑⠀⠛⠊⠧⠑⠀⠓⠊⠍⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠍⠑⠁⠞⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀ ⠏⠥⠙⠙⠊⠝⠛⠂⠀⠕⠗⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠏⠊⠑⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠎⠓⠁⠇⠇⠀ ⠓⠑⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠑⠁⠞⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠁⠞⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠓⠑⠁⠗⠀ ⠓⠊⠍⠀⠉⠗⠽⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠕⠂⠀⠝⠕⠂⠀⠄⠞⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠝⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀
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.