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The Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL) and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) serve individuals who are visually impaired, physically impaired, or have learning disabilities, as well as schools, libraries, and other agencies that serve those individuals. All materials are sent through the US Postal Service free of charge. Individual patrons may also download audio and braille files. Contact WTBBL for more information. The catalog is available online at www.talkingbooks.wi.gov.

Brink, Carol Ryrie. Baby Island. Aladdin, 1993. 160 p. Intermediate. Twelve-year-old Mary Wallace and her ten-year-old sister Jean survive the wreck of an ocean liner on its way to Australia and manage to make it to a seemingly deserted island in a lifeboat with four babies. RC 009038.

Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpy's Outing. Frances Henry Holt & Co., 1971. 32 p. Preschool. Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs. Print/Braille BR 16044. RC 63330 (in process). Downloadable audio DB 63330.

Burns, Loree Griffith. Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Scientists in the Field). Houghton Mifflin, 2007. 64 p. Intermediate. This is part biography of Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, part chronicle of his fascinating and unique local-gone global campaign to track trash lost in the ocean. The result provides compelling education about how ocean currents operate and about the need for marine clean up. RC 65051.

Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Tom Doherty, 1989. 352 p. Intermediate, YA. As sole survivor of a shipwreck, an Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Braille BR 12401. RC 27138. Downloadable audio DB 27138

Farley, Walter. Black Stallion. Yearling, 1991. 224 p. Intermediate. Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important role in his life. RC 44178. Downloadable audio (in process) DB 44178.

Hobbs, Will. Wild Man Island. HarperCollins, 2003. 184 p. Intermediate, YA. After 14-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America. Braille BR 14660. RC 55793.

King-Smith, Dick. The Water Horse. Yearling, 2007. 128 p. Primary, Intermediate. In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg that hatches into an unusual sea creature, and, as he grows, her family must decide what to do with him. RC 48417.

Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. Knopf, 1963. 32 p.) Preschool, Primary. A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies. Print/Braille BR 11004. In Frederick's Fables RC 24444.

O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Random House, 1987. 192 p. Intermediate. Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends 18 years surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, and even finds a measure of happiness in her solitary life. Newbery Medal winner. Braille BR 6230. RC 62761. Downloadable audio DB 62761.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Dark Day in the Deep Sea (Magic Tree House). Random House, 2008. 128 p. Primary, Intermediate. When Jack and Annie join a group of 19th-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures. Braille BR 17741. RC 66533.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Summer of the Sea Serpent (Magic Tree House). Random House, 2004. 128 p. Primary, Intermediate. Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to the land of the mystical selkies to seek a magical sword for Merlin. Braille BR 15397. RC 58226. (Includes audio and sign language), Kansas City School for the Deaf, 1999, or in Read With Me, (11 volumes, various ISBNs), Boys Town Press, 1996-2000.]

Prelutsky, Jack. A Pizza the Size of the Sun. Greenwillow Books, 2006. 160 p. Primary, Intermediate. A classic collection of Prelutsky poetry, including "I'm Wrestling with an Octopus." RC 43413.

Rey, H.A. Curious George Rides a Bike. Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 38 p. Preschool, Primary. George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure. Braille BR 12910. RC 29418 or in The Complete Adventures of Curious George RC 47946. Downloadable audio in The Complete Adventures of Curious George DB 47946.

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 1). Hyperion, 2005. 384 p. Intermediate, YA. About to be kicked out of boarding school once again, Percy is sent to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, where he learns that his father is Poseidon, God of the Sea. He embarks upon a quest to reach the gates of the Underworld and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. RC 63443. Downloadable audio DB 63443.

Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. HarperCollins, 1988. 25th annual ed. 48 p. Preschool, Primary. Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things, where he is made king. Print/Braille BR 16352. RC 22906.

Skurzynski, Gloria. Out of the Deep. (National Parks Mystery) National Geographic, 2002. 160 p. Primary, Intermediate. Jack, Ashley, and their new foster sister set out to figure out why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park. RC 56721. Downloadable audio (in process) DB 56721

Steig, William. Abel's Island. Square Fish, 2007. 128 p. Intermediate. Accustomed to a life of leisure, gentlemanly Abel must be resourceful to survive after he finds himself stranded on a remote island. Newbery Honor Book. RC 62253. Downloadable audio DB 62253.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Penguin, 2008. 224 p. Intermediate, YA. While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that outlines a journey to recover a pirate's fortune. Braille BR 13682. RC 52436.

Taylor, Theodore. The Cay. Laurel Leaf, 2003. 144 p. Intermediate. When a freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion. RC 34450. Downloadable audio (in process) DB 34450.

Tucker, Kathy. Do Pirates Take Baths? Alber Whitman, 1997. 32 p. Preschool, Primary. Humorous rhyming answers to eleven questions about the life of pirates with illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Braille BR 8265. RC 42655.

Wyss, Johann D., William Kingston, trans. Swiss Family Robinson. Puffin, 1986. 408 p. Intermediate, YA. Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life. Braille BR 8265. RC 25111.

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