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Children's books and reading ⠃⠗⠋ 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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⠋⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠎⠕⠝⠛⠎⠂⠀⠉⠕⠁⠗⠎⠑⠂⠀⠀
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⠁⠀⠽⠁⠗⠙⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠤⠤⠞⠓⠗⠑⠑⠀⠽⠁⠗⠙⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠁⠀⠀⠏⠑⠝⠝⠽⠲⠀
⠠⠞⠓⠥⠎⠀⠙⠊⠎⠏⠇⠁⠽⠑⠙⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠝⠑⠭⠞⠀⠕⠏⠑⠝⠀⠁⠀
⠛⠁⠥⠙⠽⠀⠥⠍⠃⠗⠑⠇⠇⠁⠂⠀⠥⠏⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠎⠊⠙⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠁⠝⠀⠁⠗⠞⠀⠛⠁⠇⠇⠑⠗⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠉⠓⠑⠁⠏⠀⠏⠗⠊⠝⠞⠎⠀⠺⠁⠎
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⠃⠑⠝⠑⠁⠞⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠉⠊⠗⠉⠥⠍⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓
⠀⠁⠀⠛⠊⠝⠛⠓⠁⠍⠀⠞⠑⠝⠞⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠉⠗⠕⠎⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠁⠽⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑
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⠎⠕⠝⠛⠎⠲⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠏⠏⠁⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠕⠋⠀
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⠊⠎⠀⠁⠝⠀⠊⠝⠙⠊⠎⠏⠑⠝⠎⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠏⠁⠗⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀⠠⠏⠥⠗⠊⠞⠁⠝⠀
⠓⠊⠎⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠊⠝⠀⠠⠁⠍⠑⠗⠊⠉⠁⠂⠀⠙⠑⠎⠏⠊⠞⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠀
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