LRS Large Print School Books California     


for California-based users of Large Print

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ANY in 15


LRS can produce ANY book in large print in 15 school days!

Including . . .
  • Old Copyrights
  • Titles not CA adopted
  • Titles not listed in our database

ANY in 15

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The California Department of Education Clearing House for Specialized Media & Translations (CSMT) provides free of charge Large Print reproductions of most adopted textbooks for grades K through 8. (click here to go to CSMT).

But what if you need a Large Print book that the CSMT cannot provide?

LRS are the Large Print Experts!

LRS can produce:
  • any book in large print at no extra cost
  • a range of different type sizes to suit your student
  • black & white or full-color inside and out
  • a choice of durable bindings
  • fast delivery, made to order in 3 - 4 weeks
Search LRS' large print database here.
  • NEW online ordering for all titles
  • NEW advanced search features
  • over 10,000 titles, constantly updated

What if LRS doesn't have the book you need?   We can enlarge any book!   If you have an original then loan it to us while we make a Large Print copy; if you don't have an original then no problem, we'll get one for you, see here.


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  • Never had a Visually Impaired student in your class?
  • Never ordered Large Print before?
  • Unsure of what's available, and where to search?
  • Don't know how to order LRS Large Print School Books?
  • LRS can help, please visit www.LargePrintExperts.com
Why LRS Books?

LRS (Library Reproduction Service) is a California-based small business that has been at the forefront of producing Large Print for over 35 years. Our founder, John Scharlin, devised the innovative vertical (calendar-style) format that allowed large type size and small book size.

Over the years LRS has worked with many teachers and other educators in California to make sure that our books meet the California Large Print Guidelines, which in turn ensure that California VI students receive the best Large Print in the nation.


(LRS book is on the left, original book on the right)

LRS Large Print School Books keep the original page layout and pagination unchanged and, using innovative formatting maintain a book size close to the original; this results in a vision aid that students can use and, more importantly, will use.

LRS' signature formats and binding methods have provided the best in Large Print books to schools across the U.S. and Canada.

LRS Large Print School Books are ideal for mainstreamed Visually Impaired, multi-disabled, and other print-challenged students and their teachers.

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By Popular Demand: LRS has published two series of Large Print Literature with library-style binding at book-store prices; see Heritage & Cornerstone.


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Why books?



LRS believes that, despite advances in technology, books remain the best medium for educational purposes. Books are durable, portable, comfortable, and readable:

Durable: Books are rugged, can be dropped, thrown, get wet (to a degree), stood on, sat on, and need no power source.

Portable: Books can be carried in a backpack (even LRS Large Print School Books), stored in a locker, read on the bus, in a car, on the beach, in the bathtub, on a plane, on a camping trip, and need no power source or WiFi.

Comfortable: Books are familiar; easily recognized, understood and used; no special formatting or computer language required. LRS Large Print School Books look the same as everyone else's school books and so students who use them don't feel singled out as being different.

Readable: It has proved to be much easier to read paper copy than from a computer screen. Most people print out emails more than a couple of pages long (remember the predicted "paperless office"). Science Daily even detailed a report that reading books on paper is better for children than from a computer screen.

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