This publication recounts the childhood experiences of one boy at the Tennessee School for the Blind and his use of braille and talking book library services. It also describes his frustration at the rationing of braille reading materials at the school, and how his enormous appetite for reading material led him to "beat" the school's system. It examines how the scarcity of braille and talking books only increased his love of reading. In conclusion, it observes that the blind of the United States have grown strong through the power of collective action while libraries have also grown strong through a network of service and the meeting of a need,and urges the two groups to work together in a growing partnership to strengthen library services for the blind. (MAB)