The Invisible Story

In a library filled with famous tales and beautiful pictures, a little story watches quietly as they argue over who is the most read, the most popular and best loved. Overlooked by readers visiting the library, it feels invisible and ghostly. However, one day, a young girl finds the book, a reader who is different and explores the story with her fingers, revealing the pages are covered in tiny raised bumps- a wonderful story to be read with the fingertips, not the eyes.

‘The Invisible Story’ is a stunning book, celebrating the importance of braille and that all stories, however told, are valuable, no one being better than another. The author’s note at the end of the book explains how braille was developed and how it is used to convey stories in over 130 languages all over the world, developing the reader’s understanding of both its history and its importance and making it an excellent book for both home and school.

The illustrations are incredible. Beautiful white papercuts are used to show the library and its readers whilst torn, coloured paper is used to show the imaginative content of the books escaping their boundaries. The simplicity of the white emphasises the little story’s feeling that it is a ghost and invisible to readers. They are sure to inspire children to create their own papercut pictures, perhaps to illustrate stories of their own.

Perfect for using as a starting point for developing empathy and understanding as well as learning more about braille and its importance, ‘The Invisible Story’ is a real gem.

The Invisible Story

Jaime Gamboa and Wen Hsu Chen, translated by Daniel Han

Lantana      ISBN: 978-1915244765