Homai Special Formats Library
The Homai Special Formats Library is a national library service for children and young adult readers.
The Library's collections include:
- Collage books: sturdy, hard-covered picture books with large print and braille text and bright, bold collage illustrations.
- Braille books: fiction, non-fiction and textbooks.
- Twin vision picture books: with clear plastic braille over the original print or with clear plastic braille pages inserted between the original print pages.
- Audio books recorded on cassette: fiction, non-fiction and textbooks.
- Large print books in 18 point font: mostly fiction for ages 9 to 16. We also have a growing non-fiction and textbook collection.
- We also have a growing collection of fiction Playaway pre-recorded MP3 players. Please contact the Homai Special Formats Library about the procedure for borrowing these and the titles that are available.
Fun stuff for kids
- Jump into some interactive learning games and stories for blind and partially sighted kids developed by the BBC.
- Listen to some podcasts for teenagers from the Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles.