though visually impaired, horiyuchi had her family read books to her. she says this broadened her view of the world and it is what made her desire to help thai children experience the joys of reading. >> translator: reading books, you use your imagination to create the world depicted in the story. you can also discover different parts of the world. i want children to experience that. >> reporter: on this day horiyuchi visited a primary school in a farm village. in this poor farm village children have little access to books other than textbooks. horiyuchi showed the pupils about 200 picture books for children she had brought from japan. all the stories had been translated into thai with the assistance of the japanese and thai staff. in no time at all the children were absorbed in the books. >> translator: while i'm reading, i feel like i'm having an adventure. it's thrilling. >> translator: i like books because they allow me to dream. >> translator: for children who can't access books, i want to bring the books to them by giving the books legs, so to spe