Re: GEN: large print books

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

One of the best (and probably oldest) publishers of large print books for
children is the American Printing House of the blind in Louisville,
Kentucky.  Their website is:  http://www.aph.org

  You can visit their site and see what they have--which is alot.  The only
problem is that these are books designed for visually impaired children and
the books are basically 18" x 24" (or larger) in size.  They are reproduced
like a photocopy of the book (black and white) and they are about twice as
expensive. (between $20-$100 per title, depending upon the book).

A company called LRS that will custom produce books in the size of print you
need; however, they also have a catalog of the books they've published.  The
cover of the book is "normal size" but the inside is produced according to
the needs of the reader.  Their website is:
http://www.lrs-largeprint.com/
Again, this is a pricey company, but large print books are usually more
costly.


The Library of Congress also provides a circular of large print books
companies or organizations.  Their addresses are listed there.  I've always
used those with specific things that I couldn't find elsewhere.  Their
website link is http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/largeprint.html


Other sources that you might look into are the online resources like
Amazon.com, Doubleday Bookclub online, and Large Print books offered through
Thorndike http://www.largeprintbooks.com/children01.htm

Remember that sources you might forget are those you use often---
Scholastic, Baker and Taylor, and other book publishers.  Many have begun to
print larger type books.  You'll have to look in their catalogs to find the
areas where these are located, but they are very nice and not as expensive.
Check your library catalogs or go online to find specific book publishers /
vendors to find out what they produce.  Check with your special education
teachers to see what catalogs they're using.  I've found many nice books in
some of the special catalogs used by these teachers.  (I have those at work
but don't have their addresses now...please let me know if you want those
too.)

As a teacher of the visually impaired, it has been difficult to find lower
elementary books in large print because most books are printed in what the
publishers feel is already large print.  But with special populations of
students with visual impairments or reading disorders, sometimes it needs to
be larger.

If you need other resources, let me know.  I have several but these are the
first that popped in my mind this morning!

Good luck!

~Shonda Brisco
Teacher (visual itinerant) / Librarian
FWISD
Ft. Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

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