2004 Top Ten Titles for Students with Print Disabilities Released by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered by students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities.

(PRWEB) January 3, 2005 -- The Boston Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) released its annual top ten lists of audio tapes ordered by students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities.

Christina Raimo, Boston Unit RFB&D Executive Director, said, For more than 50 years, RFB&D has been the nations largest educational library for students who are blind, visually impaired or who have learning disabilities such as dyslexia. Here in Massachusetts, RFB&D serves over 7,500 students and more than 300 schools with
its library of over 91,000 accessible textbooks."

Raimo added, In addition to audio textbooks in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and other technical fields, RFB&D has an extensive collection of fiction and non fiction books, both in analog and digital format that are part of a schools curiculum."

The top ten DIGITAL titles are:             
01. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling   
02. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee                         
03. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by JK Rowling       
04. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling       
05. Holes by Louis Sachar                                                    
06. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling               
07. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling       
08. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck                                        
09. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald                                     
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry               

The top ten ANALOG titles are:

01. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
02. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
03. Night by Elie Wiesel
04. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
05. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
06. The Giver by Lois Lowry
07. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
08. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger   
09. Animal Farm by George Orwell
10. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

About RFB&D
RFB&D (www.rfbd.org) is the largest national nonprofit organization providing audio textbooks to people of all ages who cannot read standard print effectively due to visual impairment, severe dyslexia or other physical disabilities. More than 5,700 dedicated volunteers from across the country are the cornerstone of RFB&D and have recorded over 243,000 textbooks that comprise RFB&Ds CV Starr Master Library. The Boston Unit of RFB&D is located at 58 Charles Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, contact Christina Raimo at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic 617.577.1111x11.

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