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El Cuento Fantasma
by Jaime Gamboa
Age Range: 6-8
El Cuento Fantasma was included in the ‘Reading the Way’: Inclusive Books from Around the World Research and ‘Reading the Way 2 projects. At the time this research was conducted the book was not available in English so is referred to as The Ghost Story
throughout the RtW Research projects. (Full reports in the Education Zone of this website)
The Ghost Story written by Costa Rican author Jaime Gamboa, a writer, musician and journalist and illustrated by Hsu Wen Chen, a Costa Rican artist born in Taiwan, this is the unusual story of a braille book that thinks it is a 'ghost' because its pages are blank and no one ever borrows it from the shelves of the library. Then it is 'discovered' by a blind girl who runs her fingers over its white pages to reveal the story within.
OIW came across The Ghost Story at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2013. We commissioned an English translation from award-winning translator Daniel Hahn and Access2Books provided the English braille and five mock-ups to use in focus groups of young visually impaired people.
With the lyrical text, beautifully translated into English by Daniel Hahn, and the exquisite and unusual illustrations by Hsu Wen Chen whose technique combines watercolour and paper cutting, OIW felt that The Ghost Story was fresh, different and would bring something new to the UK market.
In 2024 El Cuento Fantasma was published in English as The Invisible Story by Lantana Publishing, translated by Daniel Hahn.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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