- Download books or use our Print on Demand Service through the RNIB Library
- Buy books from our online shop
- Children’s newspapers and magazines are free of charge from our Newsagent.
- RNIB Bookshare UK education collection is a free online resource. It allows educators to download curriculum materials in a range of formats and adapt them to suit personal reading needs, including braille, large print and audio.
Books, toys, and accessible learning
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Choose some fun and interesting toys for your baby or child and create exciting play times and play spaces using our downloadable Play Guide, which was written by parents and play specialists, sharing their expertise and advice.
Visit Games and Gaming to discover accessible board games and computer games for the whole family.
- Booktouch from Bookstart aims to get blind and partially sighted babies and toddlers "Bookstarted". A Booktouch pack is available free to parents or carers of blind or partially sighted children up to (and including) the age of four. Packs can be accessed via Local Authorities or by asking your Health Visitor about them.
- You may be interested in shared reading books. These are standard print books that have been adapted to include braille on clear interleaved sheets or on clear labels which have been stuck to the pages of the book.
- Accessible image books are designed to support and encourage the early stages of tactile graphic literacy development and enjoyment.
- Calibre Audio Library has a wide choice of full-length books for children and young people available to borrow.
- Cue and Review provides national magazines on tape, including five teenage titles with an emphasis on music.
- Clear Vision lends tactile books and dual format braille/print and Moon/print books for adults and children to share reading. Titles are suitable for pre-school children and children learning to read.
- Living Paintings Trust is a unique national charity that helps blind and partially sighted adults and children by offering a free library service. By providing pictures that can be "felt" with audio commentary, Living Paintings enables children who cannot see to enjoy popular children's books. Membership is free - every item in this charity's library is loaned and posted for free.
- Bag Books publishes multi-sensory stories for people with profound learning disabilities. The sensory contents invite interaction, and the story line encourages the teller to use exaggerated voice tones and timing.
- Story Sacks offer a large cloth bag which contains a story book and various props to bring the story to life. They have been developed for use in all childcare settings but can be particularly useful in animating a story for a child who cannot see the pictures in the book.
- Guide Dogs has a growing catalogue of large print books for children and young people up to age 25. Books are tailor-made to suit each eye condition for only the RRP per book.
Our team of regionally based Children, Young People and Family Support Officers are here to help. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, or you’d like to talk further about any of the above, then please get in touch with us by emailing [email protected] or calling us on 0303 123 9999.
