February 2026
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
$xxx
Nominated by: Christal Lewandowski
​Website: Link
​
Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy and education by providing high quality, free, and low cost braille books for children.

Seedlings’ braille materials have opened up new worlds for countless children. All too often, the written word has been inaccessible to children with vision loss, and this is what we are working to change. Seedlings is keeping visually impaired children within the mainstream of popular literature and is reaching braille readers in all 50 states and over 85 foreign countries. Seedlings prioritizes literacy by providing visually impaired children an equal opportunity to develop the love of reading. Just as sighted children learn to read as they are exposed to the printed word, so do children with vision loss who are exposed to the tactile page at an early age.

Seedlings provides braille books at each level of development, from toddler board books to classic literature for older children. New titles are added every year as highly skilled volunteer braille transcribers spend countless donated hours translating print books into braille and preparing them for production. Once the original translation is complete, additional books are printed as needed. Exposure to popular, high quality braille literature throughout childhood increases the likelihood of success in school and beyond.