Examines the life and times of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who developed the system of raised dots by which blind people read and write.

Explains how the blind read and write by using a system of raised dots created by Louis Braille and named after him.

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The world is full of stories. Some are as long as lizards, others so short that they never even make it to The End. But the invisible story is unlike any of these stories because no one has ever read it! It lies hidden in the darkest corner of the library, far from where the famous tales, written in gold letters, shine. One day, a blind reader approaches the story's trembling pages. This reader is unlike any reader the invisible story has ever encountered....