Look, it's me!

The story of Louis Braille and his losing sight and inventing Braille – told through his perspective. 

Liked the history, the illustrations and symbolism. 

I felt more educated and interested in Braille and its usages for the blind community. 

The characters were based off real historical figures, and it was evident the author had done a lot of research. It also included a section for further information in the back of the book which I feel would be particularly interesting for older children or for teachers reading with their class. 

My favourite part was how it showed Louis as determined and passionate about equality his disability he wanted a way to also learn how to read and write.

The only criticism I will bring up was the fact that it appears to be inaccessible to the very people the book is trying to represent as there is no Braille version of the book.

Even if the story is intended to be an educational book geared towards a sighted audience, I do believe it should also have a Braille version available.

As I am not blind, nor am I close with anyone who is, it’s hard to completely endorse the representation but given it is more focused on the story of the invention of Braille, I found it to be good and the balance between that and with showing Louis Braille’s story and life was well done. 

I would recommend to all children and especially classrooms as I found it to be a great educational tool. It’s fantastic to see the story of an inventor that you don’t often hear about, while also representing a disability. 

I believe the message is that those who are blind deserve to be able to do things seeing individuals can, and that perseverance etc. is strong. 

It also shows the joy and success of Louis Braille even through the hard moments of his story.