09/01/2026
"The Braille Tales program, a partnership between Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the American Printing House for the Blind launched in 2011. Starting the next year, it has sent one braille book every other month to children under 6 in the U.S. who are blind or have low vision.
5,600 families have participated in the program, and over 110,000 books have been mailed out...
This access can be especially life-changing for these families, as braille books for young children often aren’t stocked in libraries or book stores."
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