Large print books for children

[Elizabeth Hart <ehart@supreme.cde.ca.gov>]

There are very few commercial publishers for large print books for
children.  In the 1996 edition of The Complete Directory of Large Print
Books and Serials, there are only 5 pages of children's books listed. Some
publishers you might try are:

Cornerstone Books
Pages, Inc,
801 94th Avenue N.
St. Petersburg, FL  33702
(800) 879-4459

Galaxy Children's Large Print Fiction
Chivers North America
Box 1450
Hampton, NH  03843-1450
(800) 621-0182
Note: This is a British company, and most of the authors are British.
Books use British spelling.

Thorndike Press
P.O. Box 159
Thorndike, Maine  04986
(800) 223-6121

Gareth Stevens Inc.
1555 N. RiverCenter Dr., Suite 201
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(800) 433-0942

The advantages of the commercially produced books are they look like
"ordinary" books (not the huge books the kids hate to carry) and they are
generally not too expensive (usually under $20.00).  The disadvantage is
the "large print" may not be large enough for your student.

Another place to get large print books is:

Library Reproduction Service
1977 S. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA  90011-1096
(800) 255-5002
Lrsprint@aol.com

They have many titles available, and will also do custom orders, including
special type sizes.  The disadvantage is they are VERY expensive.  For
example, the Goosebumps books are approximately $72.00 each.  They produce
the large print textbooks for grades K-8 for California.


Elizabeth Hart
Library Technical Assistant
California School for the Blind
ehart@CSB.cde.ca.gov