Bronze
Publishing
Catalogue2024

Table of Contents
Authors

4 – 67• Shinsuke Yoshitake• Mamiko Shiotani• tupera tupera• Ryoji Arai

8–9

• Akiko Ayai

29

• Chihiro Ishizu, Nahoko Shono• Gomi Taro

30–33

• Chihiro Ishizu, Chiaki Okada• Noriko Kudoh

10–13• Aiko Fukawa, Mutsumi Ishi

22–23

24–25

Tomomi © Nishikawa

100% Orange•A tsuko Sagara,

28

42–43
44–45

•A
 tsuko Mugita,

26•R in Saito, Ukimaru, Mari Kuno

40–41

• Yoshitaka Oakada• Hiroshi Kagakui•Y umiko Ota,

Heisuke Kitazawa

38–39

•H
 irotaka Nakagawa,

20–21• Tomomi Hikatsu

36–37• Yoshifumi Hasegawa

16–19• Tamiko Yagi

34–35

• Akiko Miyakoshi

14–15• Noritake Suzuki• Jun Suzuki

4–7

27

Shinako Moriyama•N aomi Takayama,
Yoichi Nagano

46• Shigokun

48
49• mirocomachiko• Mimi Hachikai, Chiho Makino• Yasuhiro Suzuki

50• Masako Ahn

51• Kakato, Ryu Okubo

52

63
64

• Yukiko Tanemura• Hiroshi Abe

54•M ayumi Ichikawa,•K omako Sakai

56• Ayuko Uegaki

57•A yuko Akiyama

61• Minori Nishihara

53

55

60

62

• Sota Koike• Shuntaro Tanikawa, Noritake

59

Takashi Yamamoto

65•K enichi Okumura,

Matti Pikkujamsa• Yuko Ohnari

66

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Shinsuke Yoshitake

ヨシタケシンスケ

Imagination Picture Book Series
I Wonder Where I Am?
The 5th book in the Imagination series, which has been aworldwide hit is now available! This time the theme is maps.
If you get lost, you look at a map. Doing
this, you can know where you are now. But
there might be more things a map can show.
Treasure maps, maps of your current feelings,
maps of the future. . . ? This is a new picturebook of maps packed with glimpses from
Shinsuke Yoshitake’s singular imagination.
Format257 × 205 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

Catalan, Chinese (complex),
Chinese (simplified), English(excl. USA and Canada),
Korean, Spanish, and Thai

Publication dateAwards978-4-89309-716-3
March 2023

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Rights sold▶ Forth Place, Tsutaya Picture Books Award in 2023
▶ Seventh Place, Moe Picture Books Award in 2023

5

Two Series 5,520,000 Copies
Sold in 12 Languages!

by the same author. . .

It Might Be an Apple

FormatA worldwide hit! Shinsuke Yoshitake’s firstimagination picture book.

ISBN

A boy comes home to find an apple on thetable—or is it? It might be a giant cherry, ora tiny planet that fell to earth, complete withhundreds of tiny aliens on the surface. Thisoriginal and fun picture book is packed with all
the possibilities a boy can imagine about what
an apple is—or could be.

Publication date257 × 205 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-562-6
April 2013

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified),

Czech, Dutch, English(excl. USA and Canada),
French, Korean, Spanish,
Swedish, and ThaiAwards▶ Grand Prize, Kindergarten Picture Book Prize in 2013
▶ First Place, Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Award in 2013
▶ Second Place, Libro Picture Book Award in 2013
▶ Third Place, Booksellers’ Picture Book Award in 2013
▶ Artwork Award, 61st Sankei Children’s Book Awardand many others!

Can I Build Another Me?

FormatThink about “What I am” in this second
imagination picture book.

ISBN

Kenta buys a robot to make it do all the things
he doesn’t like doing. The robot asks him manyquestions in order to become the perfect“Kenta.” As he thinks of how to answer the
robot’s questions, Kenta starts to wonder what
it means to be “Kenta” after all. He learns that,while it’s good to have a clone to do your chores,
it’s still hard work thinking about yourself!

Publication date257 × 205 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-591-6
September 2014

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified),
Czech, English (excl. USA
and Canada), Korean,
Spanish, Swedish, and
ThaiAwards▶ Grand Prize, Nagano Picture Book Award in 2015
▶ Second Place, Booksellers’ Picture Book Awardin 2014▶ 17th Atrapallibres Children Literature Prize’s
9 years’ children category in 2022

What Happens Next?

FormatA light-hearted way of imagining life after
death

ISBN

After Grandpa died, we found a notebook hewrote about what might happen after he dies.
Heaven, gods, graves . . . reading his notebook,somehow it all seems fun. But actually, Grandpa
might have been scared of dying, too. . .

Publication date257 × 205 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-617-3

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified),
Czech, English (excl. USA
and Canada), Korean,
Spanish, and Thai

6

Still Stuck

FormatMom and Dad are in stitches! What’s a kid to do?

ISBN

While getting ready for a bath one evening, a little boy gets stuck in his clothes. “It’s been a whilesince that happened,” he thinks. This unique andhumorous picture book shows a young boy’s
feelings of frustration, but also determination to
do things by himself, in a funny take on what life
would be like if you got stuck in your clothes, but
still kept on going. . .

175 × 220 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-609-8

Publication date
October 2015

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), Chinese(simplified), Finnish, French,
Italian, Korean, Spanish,Thai, and World English

Awards▶ Grand Prize, Booksellers’ Picture Book Award in 2015
▶ Grand Prize, This Book is Good! Picture Book Award in 2015
▶ Bologna Ragazzi Award 2017
▶ First Place, Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Award in 2016

Knead & Stretch

FormatA fun (and funny) way for young children to
discover the power of touch and skinship.

ISBN

175 × 220 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-637-1

Publication dateChildren and their parents can have fun playing
around with the rhythmical words and phrases
in this easy-to-read picture book from Shinsuke
Yoshitake. This picture book is designed to stimulate children’s imagination as they think about
what it feels like to knead, stretch, pummel,
pinch, poke, tickle, and more, at an age when
they are developing fine motor coordination.
Perfect for reading at bedtime!

Chinese (complex),
Chinese (simplified),
Korean, and Thai

Bed Head

FormatWhat is going on while I’m asleep!?

ISBN

October 2017

Rights sold

April 2016

Awards▶ Second Place, Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Award in 2016
▶ Second Place, Booksellers’ Picture Book Awardin Shizuoka in 2016
▶ Grand Prize, Book Award in Fall in Tottori in 2016
▶ Grand Prize, Booksellers’ Picture Book Award
in Kyushu in 2016

Why Do I Feel Like This?

FormatIsn’t it okay if there are people I don’t like?
I can think of lots of fun things to do withthis superpower feeling!

ISBN“I can’t help it if I don’t like something. It feels likea heavy downpour of rain. Ugh, there was this one
time . . . grrr!” What do you do if you are angry andfrustrated? This book offers a remedy straight fromthe mind of Shinsuke Yoshitake that both kids andgrown-ups can empathize with.

Humorous Picture Book Series

257 × 205 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-660-9

Publication date

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified),
English (excl. USA and
Canada), Korean, Spanish,and Thai

Maybe they pulled my pajamas up to show mybelly, or messed up my hair to make different
bed head styles! Imagining the work that they
do reveals a fun and happy world!
Awards▶ Second Place, Tsutaya Picture Books Award in 2020

175 × 220 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-675-3

Publication dateJuly 2020

Rights sold

Chinese (complex),
Chinese (simplified),
Korean, and Thai

June, 2019Awards▶ Second Place, Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Award in 2019

Shinsuke Yoshitake
Born in Kanagawa in 1973, Shinsuke Yoshitake creates inventively humorous andlively illustrations. His unique and sometimes surprising take on everyday life has
captured the imagination of readers everywhere. In addition to winning many
awards in Japan, his picture books have been translated.

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Mamiko Shiotani

This Series 150,000 Copies
Sold in 5 Languages!

しおたにまみこThe Story of an Egg
The noted picture book artist, Mamiko Shiotani
launched her first fairy tales fully illustrated in pencil!
One day an egg decides to wake up. Soon it begins to walk and talk. It befriends
a marshmallow and together they climb off the counter and begin to explore.
Includes three peculiar tales that will draw readers in with each new page.
Chapter 1: When I Wake Up
Chapter 2: The Walk
Chapter 3: The Rainy Day
Awards▶ Gold Medal, the 28th BIB 2021
▶ Grand Prize, the 27th Japanese Picture Books

Format

たまごがキッチンのだいから

おりるのは

けっこう

たいへん。 われるからね。

Award in 2022

210 × 148 mm, 48 pages▶ Second Place, Moe Picture Books Award in
2021

ISBN

▶ Second Place, Tsutaya Picture Books Award in

978-4-89309-683-8

2021▶ Silver Prize, Book House Café Award in 2022
▶ JBBY Prize in 2023

Publication dateFebruary 2021

だいから
でも、 まあ

わたしにはなんてことはないけどさ。

ゆかがおりると、へやのむこうまで

キッチンってひろがっていた。

せまかったんだなっておもったよ。

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212021/05/28 13:06

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified), French, and Korean

The Story of a Fig
The long-awaited second title in the series, following the young children’s
story The Story of an Egg, winner of the 28th BIB 2021 Gold Medal.
The story opens in the kitchen where Fig is telling a story. The friends get excitedabout Fig’s heart-pounding adventure story. But are Egg and Marshmallow the
only ones who can’t quite believe the tale. . .? This excellent story is a true adventure tale. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Chapter 1: How the adventure began
Chapter 2: The Orange’s Tear
Chapter 3: It happened in the kitchen
Format210 × 148 mm, 48 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-715-6

Awards▶ Nineth Place, Moe Picture Books Award in 2023
▶ Sixth Place, Tsutaya Picture Books Award in 2023
▶ Nineth Place, Kinokuniya Best Kids Award in2023

Publication dateFebruary 2023

Mamiko Shiotani

All rights available

Photo by
Yoshinori Kurosawa

8

Born in 1987 and currently resides in Tokyo. She graduated from Joshibi Universityof Art and Design’s Department of Design & Crafts. Her first picture book, The Ghost
in the Attic, received the Award of Excellence at the 15th Pinpoint Picture Book
Competition (2014). Her works aattract readers with intricate pencil drawings andunique views of the world. Her favorite way of eating eggs is by boiling them.

9tupera tupera

Underwear Series 1,100,000 Copies
Sold in 12 Languages!

ツペラツペラPolar Bear’s Underwear
To read this book, first take off its pants!
Polar Bear has lost his underwear.
With the help of his friend Mouse,
he goes looking for his missing pants,
but each pair they find belongs tosomeone else. Everyone seems tohave underwear except him—even
the book itself has a pair to wear!
Will Polar Bear ever find his missing
underwear?
Format297 × 180 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-547-3

Publication date
September 2012

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese(complex), Chinese(simplified), Dutch,
French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish,
Swedish, and World
EnglishAwards▶ Grand Prize Kindergarten Picture Book Prizein 2022▶ Grand Prix (PLJM) Le Prix du Livre Jeunesse
Marseille in 2014

▶ Third Place Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Awardin 2013▶ Grand Prize, Booksellers’ Picture Book Award

Mouse’s Underwear

in 2013and many others!

The newly released follow-up title to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Polar Bear’s Underwear, which was translated into 11
languages! You can pull the underpants down and read this one, too!
The long-awaited second picture book that you can read after taking off its
underpants! This time, Mouse has lost his underpants! Where can they be?
Mouse goes to look for them withhelp from Polar Bear. Could thesebe Mouse’s underpants? What about
these? Where could they be?
Awards▶ Eighth Place, Kinokuniya Best Kids Award in
2023

Format220 × 130 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-710-1

Publication dateAugust 2022

Rights sold

Chinese (complex),
Italian, and Koreantupera tupera
Tatsuya Kameyama and Atsuko Nakagawa, the artists better known as the creative
unit tupera tupera, began as picture book authors and illustrators. Along with picture
books, they engage in many other kinds of creative projects, including craft workshops
and stage production art. Their distinctive style, with its superb design and extraordinary color sense, has captured the imagination of readers around the world.
Photo by Ryumon Kagioka

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by the same authors. . .

tupera tupera

Baby
An adorable round picture book!
My baby, my baby, my super cute baby! Such a wonderful smileyface. Shall we play with a ball? How about a tambourine? Oh no,
don’t cry! You must be hungry. . . With this adorable round picture
book, anyone can have fun playing with—and even nurse—Baby.
Format 195 × 200 mm(round), 22 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-616-6

Rights soldFrench, German, Italian,
Spanish, and World English,

Publication date
March 2016

Trees Lined Up

FormatAn accordion collage picture book of trees.

ISBN

Publication date

Swim Fish, Swim!

FormatHere come the fishermen. Swim fish, swim! Here comes a
big fish. Swim fish, swim! Unfold this gorgeous collage to see
all the fishes swimming.

A happy find-the-hearts picture book.
Hearts are here, there, everywhere! In a girl’s bow or a pig’s
nose, a crab’s hand or a rooster’s comb. Small hearts, bighearts, so many hearts to find inside!

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Format170 × 155 mm,
24 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-579-4

Publication date
January 2014

All rights available.

978-4-89309-506-0

Unfold this picture book to see 14 beautiful collages of seasonal trees. Then turn it around to see the forest at night.

An accordion collage picture book of ocean life.

Happy Heart Book

280 × 125 mm,
26 pages

Stripe Island
Beautifully crafted, colorful collages.
Everything in Stripe Island is full of stripes! And now everyone’s getting ready for the annual Stripe Show-off Contest.

February 2011

All rights available

280 × 125 mm,
26 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-507-7

Publication dateFebruary 2011

All rights available

Format272 × 215 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-380-6

Publication date
April 2006

Rights soldEnglish (excl. Canada
and USA)

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Ryoji Arai

荒井良二

A Journey Throughthe Sounds of the Seasons
From an homage to the American comic Peanuts comesa picture book that explores new frontiers for a celebrated
children’s picture book author.

Let the Show Begin!

30th

Beautiful pictures and rhythmic phrases.
A book to read to your child before bedtime.

ANNIVERSARY

Out of the darkness, someone appears onstage andshouts Let the show begin! The curtain rises and the performance begins. “I played the mandolin really well.” The
next time the curtain goes up, a new story begins.

“My ears sometimes travel far, far away.… First, I can hear the happysound of a bird’s song … spring has now begun!”
From spring to summer, from fall to winter, and then into springagain—this original picture book, drawn in comic book frames andillustrations, celebrates the blessings of the four seasons.

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

187 × 257 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-080-5

January 1994

Format257 × 205 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-704-0

Publication date
March 2022

All rights available

Ryoji Arai

Photo byMasako Nagano

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Ryoji Arai was born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan in 1956. In 1999, Arai won
the Special Award at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair, and, in
2005, became the first Japanese author to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Throughout his celebrated career, Arai has won numerous otherawards for his picture books, which have won him acclaim both in Japan andinternationally.

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ち りょうがら治 療プランを考える。

Noritake Suzuki

鈴木のりたけJob Pathways
獣 医 師 this time in comic-book
A new series, following the Workplaces readers,format showing that there isn’t just one fixed pathway to a job!

There are many twists and turns on a pathway
to finding a job: difficulties, worries, failures.
We also meet people and hear things thatchange our lives. . . The stories in this book arevarious real-life personal histories, spanningfrom childhood to finding a job, told frameby-frame in a comic-book format. Sixteen
full-color pages and 176 black-and-white pages
combine for a total of 192 pages to read!
やってくるのはイヌとネコのほかにも、ウサギ、トリ、モルモット、トカゲ、カメ

獣医師

ち しき

やカエルまでさまざま。たくさんの生き物の知 識が必要になる。

ち しきさんの生き物の知 識が必要になる。

しゅじゅつ

こっ せつ

ま すい

麻 酔をして、細い足に金 属のピンをムスターの整 形 手 術。

入れて、骨を固定する。

ぎ じゅつISBN ⁄ publication date

Volume 1:
978-4-89309-714-9 / January 2023
Volume 2:
978-4-89309-722-4 / September 2023

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), and Chinese (simplified)

Volume 2:
Veterinarian, Orchestra Member,Community Revitalization Team Member

Volume 1:
Baker, Bullet Train Driver, Researcher

きん ぞく

午後からは手 術。今日は骨 折したハ
せい けい しゅじゅつ

210 × 148 mm, 192 pages(color 16 pages), soft cover

Chapter 1:
Chapter 1:
How I Became a Baker
How I Became a Veterinarian
Chapter 2:
Chapter 2:
How I Became a Bullet Train Driver
How I Became an Orchestra Member
せん ぱい
れん らく
Chapter 3:
学生時代の先 輩や、学会で知りあった先生たちと連絡をとりあって、勉強しな
Chapter 3:
How
I
Becamea
Researcher
ち りょう
がら治 療プランを考える。
How I Became a Community Revitalization
Team Member

New
Title

ほかにも、ウサギ、トリ、モルモット、トカゲ、カメFormatすく

ほね

自分が学んだことや、身につけた技 術で生き物たちの命を救う。いまから始ま
じゅう い

し

るのは、わたしがそんな「獣医師」になるまでのお話。
獣医師

学生時代の先 輩や、学会で知りあった先生たちと連 絡をとりあって、勉強しな
7
せん ぱい

れん らく

ち りょう

がら治 療プランを考える。
やってくるのはイヌとネコのほかにも、ウサギ、トリ、モルモット、トカゲ、カメ
ち しき

やカエルまでさまざま。たくさんの生き物の知識が必要になる。

せん ぱい

れん らく

学生時代の先 輩や、学会で知りあった先生たちと連 絡をとりあって、勉強しな
ち りょう

がら治 療プランを考える。

つ

折したハ

ま すい

きん ぞく

しん さつ

麻 酔をして、細い足に金 属のピンを４時から午後の診察。フトアゴヒゲトカゲ、ハリネズミ、フロリダアカハラガメ。

入れて、骨を固定する。

ほかで診 察を断られた生き物も多い。なんとか助けてあげたい！

ほね

しん さつ

ことわ

しゅじゅつ

ぎ じゅつ

こっ せつ

ま すい

きん ぞく

午後からは手 術。今日は骨 折したハ

麻 酔をして、細い足に金 属のピンをムスターの整 形手術。

入れて、骨を固定する。

すく

せい けい しゅじゅつほね

自分が学んだことや、身につけた技 術で生き物たちの命を救う。いまから始ま
じゅう い

し

るのは、わたしがそんな「獣医 師」になるまでのお話。

6

しん さつ

４時から午後の診察。フトアゴヒゲトカゲ、ハリネズミ、フロリダアカハラガメ。
しん さつ

ことわ

ほかで診 察を断られた生き物も多い。なんとか助けてあげたい！

7

6

An except from Volume 1: Baker
16

ぎ じゅつ

すく

自分が学んだことや、身につけた技 術で生き物たちの命を救う。いまから始ま
じゅう い

し

るのは、わたしがそんな「獣医 師」になるまでのお話。
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An except from Volume 2: Veterinarian17

This Series 410,000 Copies
Sold in 4 Languages!

by the same author. . .

The Workplaces Series

Noritake Suzuki

A huge collection of workplaces—now as picture books!
Format175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

Workplaces 4

Workplaces 1
shinkansen (bullet train)
driver, patissier, hairdresser, sushi chef, automobile mechanic, wooden
toy maker, leather craftsman, dentist, and graphic
designerpyrotechnist, flight attendant, Japanese sweets
craftsman, aquarium
keeper, scientist, special
effects make-up artist, kindergarten teacher, baker,
and seafood processing
employee

Workplaces 5:
Tokyo Skytree

Workplaces 2
baseball player, manga
artist, fashion designer,
animal doctor, archaeologist, bookseller,
tofu maker, florist, andastronautarchitect, ironworker,
foreman and workers,
lighting designer, PR officer, elevator constructor,
local people, and crane
operatorFormatISBN

175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

978-4-89309-610-4

ISBN

Publication date978-4-89309-604-3

November 2015

Publication date

Rights soldKoreanJune 2015

Eat Your Words

Through pictures and word play, children and grownups alike will get hooked on this picture book!
The Food asks the questions! Can you answer them all?
Featuring word play such as:
Puns: kyu kyu kyuri no kyukyusha
Palindromes: na ga imo omoi ga na
Tongue Twisters: kabuga buri kaburi

Ketchup Man

Perfect for anyone looking for the place they belong.
Meet Ketchup Man. When you push on his body, ketchup
oozes out. But what’s the point of Ketchup Man? Where
does he belong? He wonders this himself. One day, hefinds a restaurant specializing in fried potatoes andthinks he’s found his calling. He works there very hardmaking fries. But then one day, Dr. Tomato turns up. . .

FormatFormatISBN

ISBN

Publication datePublication date

All rights available.

All rights available.

195 × 175 mm, 22 pages

Workplaces 3

Workplaces 6

firefighter, rice farmer,
Buddhist monk, actress,
newspaper reporter,
passenger boat captain,
carpenter, nurse, andteacherhorse groom, professionalsoccer player, paleontologist, programmer,
explorer, orchestra musician, food researcher,doctor, and glass blower

288 × 224 mm, Workplaces 1 to 4, 6: 40 pages, 5: 48 pages

ISBN ⁄ publication date

1: 978-4-89309-461-2 / March 2009
2: 978-4-89309-489-6 / January 2010
3: 978-4-89309-509-1 / January 2011
4: 978-4-89309-583-1 / May 2014
5: 978-4-89309-542-8 / April 2012
6: 978-4-89309-670-8 / February 2020

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), and Chinese (simplified)18

978-4-89309-638-8

978-4-89309-646-3

November 2017

June 2018

The Museum

The Wedding

A Put on Your Forehead Picture Book
From the bride and musicians, a sushi chef and . . . analien?! Transform yourself into a wedding guest to joinin the celebration just by turning the pages and putting
the book on your head. You’ve never been to a wedding
quite like this!

Format195 × 175 mm, 22 pages

Awards▶ Third Place, I Love This Picture Book! National Picture Book

Travel through time at the Museum with thisnew Put on Your Forehead Picture Book!
Transform yourself into characters from the Museum inthis second title in the Put on Your Forehead picture bookseries. From Triceratops horns to a Victorian lady’s hat,
Cleopatra’s crown to a samurai helmet, have fun trying
on different disguises from famous people and places
throughout world history.

Award in 2010▶ Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Social Security Council,

Noritake Suzuki

and many others!

Born in Shizuoka in 1975. Before becoming a graphic designer and picturebook author, Noritake Suzuki worked as a bullet train driver. His representative
works, Workplaces series won many awards in Japan. He also travels around
Japan conducting fun and engaging workshops for children.

Recommended Child Welfare Cultural Asset▶ Third Place, Moe Picture Book Award in 2009▶ Shogakukan Children’s Publisher Culture Prize in 2013

Photo by Yoshinori Kurosawa

19Jun Suzuki

鈴木純

Our Friend Clover

New
Title
うえ

み

「 上 から見 ると…… 」

An observational picture book about clover by a photographer
who loves plants. It will change the way you look at familiar
plants!
When you talk to your friends, you look each other in the eye andlisten to what the other is saying. The more you know about yourfriends, the more you like them and the more you want to know
about them. It’s the same when plants are your friends. First, youlower your face to the same level as the clover and get closer. Paying
attention with your five senses creates surprises. This sense of wonderis the first step in discovering the beauty of the world around you!

Format257 × 205 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

うえ

978-4-89309-729-3

み「 上 から見 ると…… 」

Publication date
March 2024

All rights available「こうなるの！」「こうなるの！」Jun Suzuki

わあー、きれいだなあ。
「まるごとあげるから、バラバラにして、ならべてみる？」
こんなにきれいにさいたのに、いいの？ では、えんりょなく……
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Jun Suzuki is a plant observer and plant
ecology photographer. He was born inTokyo in 1986. A self-styled observer, Suzuki
believes that anyone can achieve the samejoy and value by paying attention to ordinary plants. While memorizing 180 speciesof trees at Tokyo University of Agriculture,
the fact that each leaf had its own uniquecharacter made an impact on him, andmade familiar scenery seem completely
new. Ever since then, Suzuki began spending his days observing plants (most often
crawling around on the ground!). His books
include So That’s How They Live: The World of
Nearby Plants (Raichosha), and An Observational Guide to a Child (Anonima Studio) an
essay about his 4-year-old daughter growing up and collaborating and appearing on
NHK’s program Darwin has come!

しばらくすると、めで芽 が 出 てきたよ。
ちゃ いろ

茶 色くなったたねが
あたまについたまま。
でおっ、みつばが出 てきた。

たね がとれるとはで葉 っぱが出 てきたよ。

わあー、きれいだなあ。
でつぎに出 てきたのはははつぎの葉 っぱも
みつば だ。
これならもう、

こんな 葉 っぱ。

シロツメクサだってあれ？ きみたちって、

すぐにわかる。

みつばじゃなかったっけ ?

「まるごとあげるから、バラバラにして、ならべてみる？」
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こんなにきれいにさいたのに、いいの？ では、えんりょなく……

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Mutsumi Ishii

Aiko Fukawa

石井睦美

布川愛子

A New Coat for WinterFormat

The long-awaited third title in the Seasonal
Clothes series, A New Coat for Winter.

ISBN

230 × 195 mm,
32 pages
978-4-89309-711-8“My mother’s coat, which is full of memories, has
become my coat!” It’s a quiet, snowy morning.
Mother takes Saki, who wants to hurry up and gooutside, up to the attic. Opening a large trunk, shesees Mother’s red coat. Saki tries it on, but it’s too big.
“Let’s take it to Miss Miko to have her fix it for you.”
And off they go. . .

Publication date
October 2022

All rights available

A New Dress for Spring
How would you make a dress that expresses all
the colors and sensations of springtime?

FormatSaki the Bunny is heading for a seamstress’s workshop in the forest to make a new dress for springtime. But what kind of pattern, collar, and buttons
should a new dress for spring have? Join Saki as she
explores the colors, flowers, scents, and sounds ofspring to make a dress that’s perfect for a fresh, newseason.

ISBN

A New Sweater for Autumn

FormatAfter A New Dress for Spring comes the second title in this series. Keeping warm in theseautumn styles will be fun!

230 × 195 mm,
32 pages
978-4-89309-641-8

Publication dateFebruary 2018

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), Korean

230 × 195 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-663-0

Publication date

September 2019
In the spring, Miko the seamstress knitted Squirrel a
Rights soldnew sweater. But now that autumn is here, Squirrel
Chinese (complex), Koreanfinds that it’s too small for her! She’ll have to ask
Miko to re-knit her a larger one. This is the second
picture book in a charming series about the changing seasons and the joy of making (and re-making)
New MATCHING
special clothes.
Title
CLOTHESFOR SUMMER

Aiko Fukawa
An illustrator whose work appears
in advertisements, magazines. Her
original line of stationery, decorative items and other merchandise iswinning her fans both in Japan and
PHOTO : Sayuki Inoue around the world.

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Mutsumi Ishii
A picture book author known forher beautiful, heartwarming words,
Mutsu­mi Ishii also translates children’s literature and picture books,
and has written several novels.

Summer Title
coming soonin May!

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Tomomi Hikatsu

樋勝朋巳

The Tiny Little Boy
Tap tap. See the tiny little boy who has come to thetiny little window. The boy is always at the window.
Sometimes with a tiny trumpet, a tiny fish . . . a tinygift. Sometimes he gets up to mischief! Everyone
has a tiny little child in their hearts.

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

210 × 200 mm, 24 pages
978-4-89309-708-8

ed

A gentle, adorable picture bookfrom a copperplate engraver.

selec
t

THE
BRAW
AMAZINGBOOKSHELF
BOLOGNARAGAZZI
AWARD
2023

September 2022

Award

▶ The Braw Amazhing Bookshef of Bologna RagazziAward 2023 selected

My Hairstyle
Drawn in copperplate prints, a hairstyle picture bookthat considers individuality.
What makes each of us an individual, and what makes us attractive?
For me, my hairstyle makes it so I can be myself. When I take off myhat, what kind of hair do I have? Are you surprised? I really like thishairstyle. Want to know why I got this hairstyle? Go ahead and ask!

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

210 × 200 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-692-0

June 2021

Tomomi Hikatsu
Graduated from Tama Art University. She won an award at the 1998 Bologna International Book Fair’s Illustration Exhibition. Her first picture book, Today is Maracas Day, won
the grand prize for the 19th Japan Picture Book Award. Her copperplate prints are popular for expressing the subtleties of emotions with a sense of humor. Other than her usual
creative works, she has been running children’s sculpture classes for over 20 years.

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Yumiko Ota Tomomi © Nishikawa

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

190 × 190 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-701-9

おおたゆみこにしかわ©ともみ

Rin Saito

UkimaruMari Kuno

斉藤倫

I Saw You Looking at Me!

Put it on, Put it on, Let’s Go!

Short, catchy sentences and bold,colorful illustrations pique children’s curiosity.

A new kind of picture book featuring a crazy-mixed-up
world to have fun exploring.

When we go for a walk with a child, we wander here and flutter
there. Getting to where we’re going is not so easy while we’re busy
picking up acorns and pebbles or chasing pigeons; kids want toinvestigate—and make friends with—everything they see! In thispicture book, spend the day with a little girl and all the interestingtreasures she spots on her walk.

In this picture book, a girl with long hair becomes, on the next page,a girl whose braids have butterflies that dance in the air. Following
each incantation of “Nose nose sēno! Put it on, put it on, let’s go!”turn the page to discover something amazing! A girl’s ribbons turninto butterflies! With each turn of the page, secret magical discoveries are revealed, each one building upon the one before. It’s fun to
imagine what secrets might be waiting as you read the rhythmicallines and turn to the next page.

January 2022

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

246 × 224 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-705-7

Let’s play together!

April 2022

Sure!の せの せTurn the page to discoversomething amazing!

せお めかしした ね

Rin Saito
Yumiko Ota

Tomomi © Nishikawa
Born in Osaka, Yumiko Ota is a copywriter who
normally works on advertising copy. This is her
first picture book. Ota wrote the tender words inthis picture book based on the many things Ota’s
three-year-old son encounters on their walks
together and his way of seeing the world.

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うきまる くのまり

Born in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan,
Nishikawa graduated from the Vantan Design Institutein 2011 and joined 10inc. in August the same year.
Nishikawa was awarded the Grand Prix at the 19thGraphic “1_WALL” Grand Prix in 2018, the JAGDA New
Designer Award in 2020, and was a Tokyo ADC Winnerfor 2020–21. This is her first picture book.

Born in 1969, Rin Saito is a poetand winner of the 48th Japan
Juvenile Literature Award for
Newcomers and the 64th
Shogakukan Children’s Publishing Culture Award. Saito’s major
picture books include The Lighthouse (Todai, illustrated by Koike Amiigo, published by Fukuinkan­
shoten) and numerous others.

Ukimaru

Born in Yokohama, Japan,
Ukimaru is a graduate
in Design from Nihon
University College of Art
whose work ranges fromadvertising and productdesign, to creating film and picture books.
There’re two picture books collaborated
with Rin Saito.

の！ で めくったらおそとは てんきMari Kuno

Kunomari is an illustrator and graduate of
Nagoya University ofArts & Sciences, Department of Design, who
also trained at MJ Illustrations. Kunomari’s work focuses mainly
on advertising, books and merchandise;
this is the illustrator’s first picture book.

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Atsuko Sagara

Heisuke Kitazawa

相良敦子

北澤平祐

Akiko Ayai

アヤ井アキコ

Going Going Found!

When The Bear Climbed
A Tall Pine TreeIf you keep going without worrying, you’ll never be lost!
A new take on the lost child picture book.

It’s so much fun imagining things we can’t see with ourown eyes! That’s because no one can prove it’s not really
happening!

“My Mommy and Daddy got lost!” Moa came to have fun at theamusement park. While she was enjoying the butterflies in her
tummy from one of the rides, her Mommy and Daddy disappeared!
While she waits for her missing parents, Moa takes a ride on the steam
train and the pleasure boats, helps a lost dolphin, and keeps going,
going, going until finally she finds. . .?
FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

271 × 216 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-689-0

In the middle of the night, a hungry Bear wakes up and lets out aterrible roar! “Yum yum yummy. I want to eat more!” The Big Bearis crazy about mountain grapes and, little by little, climbs up a pinetree, but the pine tree, unable to hold the bear’s weight, flings the
Big Bear up into the night sky like a spring!

May 2021

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

271 × 216 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-691-3

ところが 、ひろいうみを
おうちなんかいけどもAugust 2021

いけども

みえてきません。

「やっぱり あっちかも！」これじゃ もあちゃんまで
まいごになってしまいそうです。

Atsuko Sagara
A screenwriter and author born in Tokyo, she had
experience as a production staff working on-site for
TV programs and won the NHK Creative Radio Drama
Script Writing Incentive Award has been writing
mainly for TV programs, and also for a wide variety offields including radio programs, movies, stage, novels,and picture books.

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Heisuke Kitazawa
He lived in the United States for 16 years since
he was 10 years old and started working as anillustrator after returning to Japan. He worked
on illustrations for a wide variety of subjects
including cover art for books, product packaging(Francais, Afternoon Tea, Kao, etc.), and Sanrio
greeting cards.

Akiko Ayai
She was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1967. After graduating from university andworking for a printing company, Ayai studied silk screen printing at art school andbegan making picture books. Ayai won the Grand Prize at the 24th Japan PictureBook Award for Moles are Amazing [Mogura wa sugoi] (Alice-kan).

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Gomi Taro

五味太郎

The Rakugaki Books Series
Doodling is where art begins!
In his bestselling rakugaki books series, Gomi Taro invites
children into the magical world of doodling. These large-format volumes offer budding artists the perfect starting place
to scribble, color and paint, inspiring them to experiment asthey create their very own art works. Once children catchthe doodle bug, they’ll never want to stop doodling!

The Happy Time
Rakugaki Book

The Sad Time
Rakugaki Book

Make happy doodles in this bright pinkbook. It will make you even happier!

When you’re sad, doodle in this blue bookand watch the blues disappear.

Format 127 × 132 mm, 288 pages

Format 127 × 132 mm, 288 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-496-4

ISBN 978-4-89309-497-1

Publication date August 2010

Publication date August 2010

Rights sold S panish, World English

Rights sold S panish, World English

Format 297 × 210 mm, 368 pages
ISBN Book I: 978-4-89309-019-5

Book II: 978-4-89309-048-5

Publication date

Book I: February 1990 Book II: April 1992

Rights sold

Rakugaki Book I

Rakugaki Book II

Catalan, Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified), Dutch,
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,
Korean, Portuguese (ex. Brazil), Spanish, Swedish, and World
EnglishWrite with a 6B Pencil

A collection of 37 essays and 48 photographsfrom a legend of the picture book world.
Using a 6B pencil to draw pictures, sketches and also for writing,
Gomi Taro has produced an essay & photo collection, taking 6B pencil to paper with his characteristic light touch.

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

205 × 165 mm, 160 pages February 2022
978-4-89309-703-3
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Contents:• Distant Sound• Kabuki• Music & Pictures• Buson• Body• Camera• Conflict• Oboes or Giacometti• Thelonius Monk
• Pencil Sharpener• Vintage• Pictures, and then• Sleep
Words• Highway at Night • Becoming Boring• Radios & Computers
and more…

The Boring Time
Rakugaki Book

The Happy Time
Rakugaki Book

Draw bored faces, bored shoes, and all of asudden, you’re not bored anymore!

Make happy doodles in this bright pinkbook. It will make you even happier!

Format 127 × 132 mm, 288 pages

Format 127 × 132 mm, 288 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-498-8

ISBN 978-4-89309-499-5

Publication date August 2010

Publication date August 2010

Rights sold S panish, World English

Rights sold S panish, World English

Gomi Taro
Born in Tokyo in 1945, Gomi Taro worked as an industrial and editorial designer
before becoming a picture book author. He has since released more than 350 titles,
including more than 100 titles that have been translated and published in over 20
countries.

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by the same authors. . .

Gomi Taro

Doodle with Gomi Taro

Doodle Anytime

Gomi Taro’s first bilingual doodle book in
Japanese and English.

Enjoy the four seasons as you doodle every
day of the year.

Format 220 × 220 mm, 168 pages

Format 200 × 210 mm, 376 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-308-0

ISBN 978-4-89309-406-3

Publication date November 2003

Publication date January 2007

Rights sold Catalan, French, Hebrew, Italian, andRights sold F rench, Italian, and World English,

SpanishRakugaki Daughter & Friends
Format 127 × 264 mm, 288 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-505-3
Publication date September 2011
All rights available.

Doodling Workbook 1-2-3
One cake, two puppies. . . Let’s add, subtract
and learn numbers while doodling!
Format 210 × 297 mm, 240 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-451-3

Questions

Greetings

Shopping

Gomi Taro presents an interactive
picture book that answers uniquequestions.

Greetings are the first step to communication. Explore greetings invarious situations.

A fun picture book to teach thevalue of money through shopping
for everyday things.

Format 225 × 240 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-491-9
Publication date February 2010

Format 225 × 240 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-492-6
Publication date March 2010

Format 225 × 240 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-493-3
Publication date A pril 2010

All rights available.

All rights available.

All rights available.

There It Is

Lined UpHow Do You Do?

Where’d It come from? Watch out
for It! I caught It! Babies will lovefinding It.

Line up, divide up, line
up again. A baby picture book withbright colors and a simple rhythm.

A beautiful and colorful picturebook focusing on greetings andrelationships.

Format 165 × 165 mm, 22 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-569-5
Publication date June 2013

Format 165 × 165 mm, 22 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-570-1
Publication date June 2013

Format 293 × 207 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-484-1
Publication date J anuary 2010

All rights available.

All rights available.

All rights available.

Publication date December 2008
Rights sold D utch, Italian, and World English

Postcard Doodle Book
Format 148 × 105 mm, 64 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-059-1
Publication date November 1992
Rights sold D utch, French, Italian, and World English
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Picture Book Workshop

Healthy Brain & Smart Body

How to create a picture book, featuring many photographs.

Gomi Taro answers 50 universal questions
asked by children.

Format 195 × 148 mm, 192 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-348-6
Publication date February 2005
Rights sold Chinese (simplified)

Format 195 × 148 mm, 192 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-395-0
Publication date July 2006
Rights sold Korean
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Noriko Kudoh

1,200,000 Copies
Sold in
5 Languages!

工藤ノリコ

Penguin Brothers’ Trip to the Sky

Penguin Brothers Series

Format 182 × 210 mm, 32 pages

An adventure trip of penguin brothers

ISBN 978-4-89309-552-7

Three penguins go on a trip by train, boat, airplane, and bus.
They get their lunch boxes and their souvenirs. So much fun and adventure!

Publication date October 2012
Rights sold C hinese (complex), Chinese (simplified), Korea, andThai「みなさま、
まっしろやまがPenguin Brothers’ Train Trip

みえてまいりました」

Format 182 × 210 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-413-1
Publication date May 2007
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「やれやれ

よかった、

まにあった」

C

Penguin Brothers’ Bus Trip

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

「おいしいねえ！

K

モグモグモグ」

Format 182 × 210 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-594-7
Publication date January 2015
Rights sold C hinese (complex), Chinese (simplified), Korea, and Thai

Penguin Brothers’ Boat Trip

「おねえちゃん、
あめ

たべたい」

「こんな
ボタンが

ところに
あるぞ」

ピンポーン
「はい、つぎのもりのみはらしだいていしゃいたします」

Format 182 × 210 mm, 32 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-522-0
Publication date June 2011
Rights sold Chinese (complex), Chinese (simplified), Korea, and Thai

「あっ、ペンちゃん「わあーい！」

ボタン

おしちゃった！」Noriko Kudoh

Born in Kanagawa in 1970. A picture book author and manga cartoonist wholoves to travel. She was enthralled with the jungle and has visited the Islandof Borneo so many times. She has a same number of siblings as the penguins
are portrayed in her Penguin Brothers series.

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Akiko Miyakoshi

みやこしあきこPiano Recital

Whose Are These?

A story of dealing with stage fright and discovering courage in
unexpected places.

A picture book that prompts conversations ask parents andchildren turn each page.

Today is Momo’s first piano recital. She is very nervous as she waits backstage
for her turn to perform. But when a little mouse invites her to see her own
piano recital, Momo finds there’s no need to worry.

A rose, a spray bottle, gloves, a flower pot, hand cream and an apron, too!
“Whose are these?” Turn the page to find . . . a florist! Then try to find the clothes
and tools from the earlier pages in the illustration.

Format220 × 220 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-559-6

Format270 × 185 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

Publication date
May 2013

All rights available
でかけるときは いつでも いっしょ。
「きょうは なにして あそぼうか」

978-4-89309-541-1

Publication date
April 2012

Rights sold

My Journey

Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish, and World English

The lithograph picture book about a journey.
For the owner of this little hotel, every day is the same. Guests comefrom around the world, telling stories of faraway places and sending him
postcards once they return home. The owner longs to make his own
journey, meeting friends and exploring new places along the way. Will heever be able to leave his little hotel? In beautiful lithographs printed by
the author herself, Akiko Miyakoshi’s latest picture book explores longing
and discovering the courage to travel into the unknown.

Akiko Miyakoshi
Born in Saitama in
1982. After winning grand prize atthe “Nissan Children’s Storybook
and Picture Book”
while at university,
she made her a debut as a picturebook artist. Her picture book, The
Way Home in the Night has received
Bologna Ragazzi Award, The New
York Times / New York Public Library,
Winner.

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このホテルを はじめて

Format271 × 216 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

いったい どのくらいになるだろう?
ちいさいけれど いごこちのいい
ぼくの じまんのホテルさ。

まいにち せかいじゅうからいろいろな おきゃくさんが やってくる。

978-4-89309-647-0

Publication dateNovember 2018

Rights soldFrench, and World English

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Yoshifumi Hasegawa

長谷川義史

Sushi-Go-Round

A Puppy’s Pilgrimage

Enjoy a fun and delicious sushi day out
with the characters in one funny family!

A funny tale of adventure and doggy devotion.
In the Edo Period, hundreds of thousands of people from across Japan made thegreat pilgrimage to Ise Shrine. This is the story of a puppy’s progress on its way
to most powerful shrine to pray in his master’s place. The puppy sets out alone
through mountains and valleys. Will he ever make it there and back again?

Let’s go out for sushi! Have fun choosing different kinds of sushi from theSushi-Go-Round as you enjoy a delicious sushi with one funny family: Father,
Mother, Sister, and Brother. Watch out for Dad’s signs! And don’t miss yourfavorite dishes as the plates pass by on the Sushi-Go-Round!

くびにつけてもろて、

おもいきって くいのないようにな」

あとは おいせまいりのひとにくっついていったら ええのやて。

おかあさんが いった。

おいせさんの ひしゃくを「さあ そろそろ フィニッシュに もっていくわよ」「いちばん むずかしいところだぞ。
おとうさんが いった。

Format

250 × 205 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-535-0

FormatPublication date

Text

271 × 210 mm
32 pages plus
double gatefold

March 2012

Rights sold

Chinese (complex)

Hiroe Aoki
All rights available

ISBN

978-4-89309-656-2

Publication dateAwardsFebruary 2019

▶ Bibakarasu Prize, Kenbuchi Ehon no Sato Award

Mr. Reindeer

Peace Is Wonderful

Playing word games with animals

A message of peace from Okinawa

Mr. Reindeer starts playing the word game, and here comes Mr. Boar! Mr. Zebra
and Mr. Baboon are also coming along! The Animal word game picture book.

What would a peaceful world look like? Cats smiling, tummies full of food,everyone living together happily. . . This poem, written by a 6-year-old childfrom Okinawa, Japan, offers readers hope for a more peaceful world. Beautiful illustrations by Yoshifumi Hasegawa bring a child’s vision of peace to life.
Awards▶ First Place, Moe PictureBook Sellers’ Award▶ Second Place, Libro

Format297 × 214 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-587-9

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Publication dateJune 2014

text

Yuki Asato
All rights available.

Picture Book Award▶ Children Book Special
Prize, Okinawa Times
Publishing Culture Award▶ Special Prize, Kindergarten Picture Book Award▶ Bibakarasu Prize, Kenbuchi Ehon no Sato Award

FormatPublication date

190 × 190 mm,
32 pages

ISBN

February 2006

All rights available

978-4-89309-379-0

Yoshifumi Hasegawa
Born in Osaka in 1961. He has
published over 120 picture books.
With his distinctive brushstrokes
and humorous style, he is known forpresenting important social issue ina thoughtful way.

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Hirotaka Nakagawa 100%Orange   

30th

ANNIVERSARY

中川ひろたか 100%ORANGE

The Happy Baby Book Series
Explore the world with your happy baby!
With the Happy Baby Book Series, young children can learn about
the world around them along with Happy Cup, Happy Spoon, andHappy Socks, or make a Happy Bus with a row of chairs, turn a box
into a Happy Boat, or draw a Happy House with just one stroke.
Charming and fun for happy babies and their parents.

My Happy BoatMy Happy Bus

My Happy House

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-334-9

ISBN 978-4-89309-333-2

ISBN 978-4-89309-332-5

Publication date September 2004

Publication date September 2004

Publication date September 2004

Rights sold C hinese (complex), andRights sold C hinese (complex), andRights sold C hinese (complex), andFrenchFrenchFrenchHirotaka Nakagawa
Born in Saitama prefecture in
1954. His world of stories ispopular for rhythmical and lifting themes. He is also an active
singer and songwriter.

Happy Spoon

Happy Socks

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

Format 160 × 160 mm, 26 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-300-4

ISBN 978-4-89309-301-1

ISBN 978-4-89309-302-8

Publication date August 2003

Publication date August 2003

Publication date August 2003

Rights sold C hinese (complex), andRights sold C hinese (complex), andRights sold C hinese (complex), andFrench40

Happy Cup

French

100%Orange
A duo formed by Kenji Oikawa
and Mayuko Takeuchi. Theirexpertise covers a wide range,
including the creation of picture books, illustrations, manga,
and anime production.

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Yoshitaka Okada

岡田よしたかHumor Picture Books Series
Waa the Chikuwa
Longing to see and do so many new things, where will Waa
end up?
Waa the Chikuwa is really laid back. Although Waa wants to go
somewhere in a hurry, there are so many distractions and detours
here and there. Taking naps, looking at the koinobori flying, trying
on makizushi’s clothes. . . Can Waa make it to his destination safely
by nightfall? A nonsensical humorous picture book that grows on
you more each time you read it.
FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

175 × 220 mm, 28 pages
978-4-89309-528-2

October 2011

Oodle the Noodle

Weed the Seaweed

Format 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

Format 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-550-3

ISBN 978-4-89309-561-9

Publication date August 2012

Publication date March 2013

All rights available

All rights available

We Are the
Umaimon Fryers!
Format 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-613-5
Publication date February 2016
All rights available

Awards▶ Grand Prize, Kindergarten Picture Book
Award in 2013

▶ Second Place, This Book is Good! PictureAwardsBook Award in 2013

▶ Third Place, Shizuoka Bookseller’s Children▶ Grand Prize, Kindergarten Picture Book Award in 2012
▶ Grand Prize, Libro Picture Book Award in 2012
▶ Fifth Place, This Book is Good! Picture Book Award in 2012と そこへ

New Book Award in 2012

「おいら くちぶえ じょうずなんだぜ」「お ーい！ ちくわくん いっしょに あそぼうよ」と マカロニ。

スパゲティーと マカロニの「そんなもん ぼくも とくいですわ」

きょうだいが やってきました。

ふたりで ピュウピュウ。

Sakurako the Sakura
Mochi

Mo san the Sweet
PotatoFormat 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

Format 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-655-5

ISBN 978-4-89309-700-2

Publication date January 2019

Publication date

All rights available

All rights available

The Giant Fish
Format 256 × 188 mm, 28 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-576-3
Publication date November 2013
All rights available

Yoshitaka Okada

He is an artist and picture book author born in Osaka in 1956. His
books have been quite popular for their bizarre stories and meaningful drawings, and have gained favor among children and adults
alike. He currently resides in Nara.

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Hiroshi Kagakui

かがくいひろし9,500,000
Copies Sold

Daruma-san Series

Daruma-san Boad Book Series

Meet the adorable hit character.

The long-awaited Daruma-san series board book is now available!
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand so you can take Daruma-san anywhere!

Rolling here, there and everywhere, Daruma-san has captured the hearts of millions ofbabies as a first book, making them laugh with every turn of the page. Meet Daruma-san’sfriends, or see what Daruma-san wants to show us next.

Format 1 20 × 120 mm,

20 pages, board bookISBN 978-4-89309-725-5
ISBN 978-4-89309-726-2
ISBN 978-4-89309-727-9
Publication date
December, 2023

All rights available

Small, light,
hard, and strong

Daruma-san

Daruma-san’s. . .

Format 175 × 175 mm, 20 pages

Format 175 × 175 mm, 20 pages

ISBN 978-4-89309-431-5

ISBN 978-4-89309-447-6

Publication date January 2008

Publication date August 2008

Rights sold Chinese (simplified)

Rights sold Chinese (simplified)AwardsTogether with
Daruma-san
Format 175 × 175 mm, 20 pages
ISBN 978-4-89309-452-0

Original Book
Board Book

18 cm

12 cm

Keeping Warm
Format 175 × 220 mm, 28 pages

Publication date January 2009ISBN 978-4-89309-470-4

Rights sold Chinese (simplified)▶ First Place, Merry-go-round’s
Best Picture Book Award in2008▶ Fourth Place, Moe PictureBook Sellers’ Award in 2008
▶ Second Place, This Book is
Good! Picture Book Awardin 2008▶ Second Place, I Love This
Book! National Picture Book
Award in 2008

Easy for evenbabies to flip over

おされて

ぎゅー

おされて

ぎゅー

ぎゅー

ぎゅー

Publication date May 2009
ぎゅー

All rights available.

おされてUnder the Covers
Format 175 × 175 mm, 24 pages
こ～ ろころISBN 978-4-89309-483-4
Publication date October 2009
All rights available.

Hiroshi Kagakui

Born in Tokyo in 1955. After teaching at a special education school, he debuted
as a picture book author. His works gained tremendous popularity for their
themes based on a child’s perspective, heartwarming illustrations, and wordplay that mimics the rhythms of children’s songs. He passed away in 2009.

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Atsuko Mugita

Shinako Moriyama

麦田あつこ

森山標子

Naomi Takayama Yoichi Nagano

高山なおみ

長野陽一

Sleep, Sleepy Bunny

Making Miso Soup

A baby’s bedtime as experienced in the life of rabbits
is envisioned

The second title in this recipe picture book series,
Japanese soul soup—Miso Soup!

Mother Bunny thinks Baby Bunny has finally fallen asleep, until thebaby’s little eyes pop open once again and Baby Bunny begins to cry.
Mother Bunny gently pats and soothes Baby Bunny back to sleep,and falls softly into her own world of dreams. . . These illustrations
tenderly show the warmth and happiness in everyday life that will
be familiar to anyone who has cared for a child.

Start out by making dashi soup stock by boiling kelp and dried sardines. The dashi stock is what soaks into the whole body. Once themiso is added to the stock, you’ll have delicious miso soup. Sliceup some abura-age fried tofu, and add a dollop of fresh tofu with aspoon. This soup warms the body and soul.

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

151 × 151 mm, 20 pages
978-4-89309-684-5

March 2021

おあじみ

FormatPublication date

おいしいぞ。

ISBN

All rights available

こんぶと

210 × 200 mm, 24 pages

Hop, Little Bunny

おあじみ

978-4-89309-678-4

November 2020

にぼしを

だしてから

A mischievous Little Bunny, like a little ball of energy,
hops and plays happily with Mother Bunny
Little Bunny hops a bit, unsteadily at first, like a child who is justlearning to walk, but then, letting go of Mother Bunny’s hand, looks
back at her proudly, takes a few more steps . . . and then gets away!
The charming illustrations in this picture book tenderly capture both
Mother Bunny’s warm, loving feelings as she watches Little Bunnyhop about here and there and then wraps her baby in a big hug.
FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

151 × 151 mm, 20 pages
978-4-89309-685-2

Making Onigiri
The simplest onigiri recipe picture book for ages 5 and up.
Onigiri are the number one ally of kids who need a packed lunch
away from home and for busy parents too. All you need is rice, salt
and water to make great onigiri. The cooking process is explained
through photographs and very simple sentences, making this bookideal for kids cooking for the first time.

March 2021

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

210 × 200 mm, 24 pages

January 2020

978-4-89309-667-8

Atsuko Mugita
Atsuko Mugita is a children’s book editor (and motherof one child) who now lives in Tokyo. After working
as an editor at Bronze Publishing, Mugita became afreelance editor. She has edited numerous picture
books, including the bestselling Daruma-san series by
Hiroshi Kagakui, which has sold over a million copies.
This is her first picture book as an author.

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Shinako Moriyama
Originally from Kobe and now based in Fukushima,
Shinako Moriyama began drawing rabbits, which she
loves, after thinking about how to express herself andamuse people with her illustrations. Rather than creating stylized rabbits, her rabbit illustrations present
these gentle creatures as they appear in nature in astyle that is gaining popularity around the world.

Naomi Takayama
Born in Shizuoka in 1958 and lives in Kobe.
As a writer and chef, she publshied numerous books, including Ryori = Takayama Naomi(Little More), Tabemono no Kukumo (Heibonsha) and many others. More recently, she has
been actively creating picture books such as
Domorudodakku (Bronze Shinsha) and others.

Yoichi Nagano
Photographer. He was born in Osaka, Japan in 1968
and was raised in Fukushima Prefecture. Shima no
Hohoemi (Foil) is his portrait collection of teenagers
living on Japan’s islands.His food photography iscollected in Nagano Yoichi no Oishii Portraits (HeHe).
He is also active in producing photography for magazines, advertisements, and even commercials.

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Chihiro Ishizu

Nahoko Shono

石津ちひろ

庄野ナホコ

Chihiro Ishizu

Chiaki Okada

A Magical Happy Halloween

If you love to dance, it’s okay not to be perfect! A story to encourage
anyone who dreams of accomplishing something difficult.

This magical happy Halloween gives a child the courage tocome out of their shell.

Meow the cat has begun taking ballet lessons. She wants to be just like thelittle girl Mai and dreams of being in the same ballet class. When Meow’s
dream comes true, she cannot believe how fun the class is! But when she tries
to do a pirouette, she finds that she can’t spin around very well . . . and anyway,spinning around is scary! That is, until she takes Madame Bear’s ballet class onenight. . .

Minori is getting her costume ready for the costume parade put
on by the neighborhood kids’ club Halloween party. On the day ofthe parade, Minori puts on her costume and joins the parade withher cousin Akito who lives across the street. But when it’s time
to shout “Trick or treat!” Akito is too shy to shout. So what does
Minori do?

252 × 190 mm,
32 pages

ISBN

Publication date

FormatPublication date

All rights availableISBN

All rights available

271 × 216 mm, 32 pages

March 2020

978-4-89309-676-0

978-4-89309-671-5

まいばん、

ミイさんは

ひとりで

岡田千晶

Ballet Class

Format

それから

石津ちひろ

ミイさんが

ねむりに

ぬいぐるみのクマがAugust 2020

ついたころ、
うごきだしました。

ひがくれると、まずは〈 ハッピー・ハロウィンの うた 〉を うたいます。

おきにいりの か そうしてドアが やさしく ひらい たら

か ぼちゃランタン てに もてば

こえを そろえて さけぶん だ

ふしぎな せかい が ひろがるよ「トリック オア トリート

ゆうきを だして ドアを たたこう

おかし くれ なきゃ い たずらするぞ」

トトン トントン トトン トン

まほうの ハッピー・ハロウィン

れんしゅうしています。
ところが、やってもやってもうまくいきません。
おまけに、まわるのが
そこで

すこし

こわくなってきました。

ミイさんは、おつきさまに「じょうずにてがみをかいたのです。

まわれますように」

Chihiro Ishizu
She is a picture book author, poet andtranslator who has won numerous
awards, including the Ragazzi Awardat the Bologna International Children’sBook Fair for the picture book, A Journey of Riddles.

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さあ、いよいよ ハロウィンまつりの はじまりです！

Nahoko Shono
She is an illustrator and picture book author whose
drawings of polar bears for magazines and book covers
have won her many fans. Her illustrations are known
for their uniquely humorous way of portraying animalgestures and expressions and for their overwhelming
power and beauty.

Chihiro Ishizu
She is a picture book author, poet andtranslator who has won numerous awards,
including the Ragazzi Award at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair forthe picture book, A Journey of Riddles.

Chiaki Okada
Born in Osaka. She creates picture books with
her unique style of intricately expressing lightand shadow. She won an award at the 2010
Bologna International Book Fair’s Illustration
Exhibition.

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Tamiko Yagi

やぎたみこ

Shigokun

死後くん

Flip ’n’ Flap, Mix ’n’ Mismatch

Ponchi Uta

A picture book for playing with words and pictureswith each turn of the page.

Ponchi Uta? What’s that?
A wild and wonderful nursery rhyme
without any rhyme or reason!

Everyone loves tendon, katsudon and kitsune udon. Kappamaki, oni-onigiri . . . wait, what did you say?! Turning the top
and bottom halves of each page lets you make new andfunny combinations! Try to make all 231 pairings!

This is a picture book collection featuring 15 Ponchi Uta, made-up
silly songs born out of nursery rhymes that mix together Japaneseand Western styles, past and future times, plus a bit of this andthat. This musical picture book will have you humming along as
you read, and will draw you into the wonderful world brought tolife through the unique illustration style. These songs will leave
you wanting more puns, rapping rhythms and wordplay. Create
your own rhythm as you read and sing along!

Format195 × 175 mm, 22 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-687-6

Publication date
April 2021

FormatPublication dateISBN

All rights available

220 × 220 mm, 32 pages

All rights available

978-4-89309-693-7

かつ

てんぷら

どん

どん

Tamiko Yagi
She was born in Himeji, Hyogo prefecture and graduated fromMusashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design. Afterlearning about picture books while working as an illustrator she
debuted with her work Kutan (Kodansha). She continues creating“picture books for children that adults can also enjoy with them.”

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September 2021

Shigokun
Born in 1977, Shigokun (whose real name is Hideyuki Nagai) is a Tokyo-based illustrator whose work appears in magazines, books, NHK programs, and manga. This is thefirst picture book featuring both words and illustrations by Shigokun.

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KakatoRyu Okubo

KAKATO オオクボリュウ

Sota Koike

Mainichi Tanoshii:
Jump, Swing, Rap, SingOn Our Days Off
On days off, we can do whatever we like all day long!
This is a day to spend relaxing to our heart’s content.

“Yo yo taiyo san san ohayo
ohayo san san taiyo yo yo”
Play with word rhythms from morning ’til night!

“What do you do on your days off?” Alarm Clock wants to sleep inuntil the afternoon, Coin Bank wants to go on a spending spree
and buy anything he wants. . . This humorous picture book shows
how various everyday things around us spend their days off. These
objects appear in softly rendered paintings that gently calm theheart and mind just by looking at them, making this a good book tohave for days that you just want to relax.

Everything’s fun when there’s rhythm and rhyme, especially whenwords help keep tempo and time. And lines that zig this way andsuddenly that can make crazy fun drawings and shapes and—what’sthat?! A new kind of rap book, through pictures and lines, brings a
new kind of fun from breakfast to bedtime!

Format220 × 220 mm,
32 pages

ISBN

Publication date

FormatAugust 2019

210 × 195 mm,
32 pages

All rights available

ISBN

978-4-89309-661-6

小池壮太

Publication date
October 2019

All rights available

978-4-89309-664-7

すみ のひは がまんしないですきなもの いっぱ い かっち うの。

Kakato (Rap duo Roy Tamaki and Chinza Dopeness)
The Rap duo creates music for a wide range ofaudiences. With a focus on live performances,
they develop educational television programs,
teach rap workshops for children, and havecomposed numerous pieces in collaboration withother musicians.

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Ryu Okubo
Active in the fields of illustration and animation, Ryu Okubo works with musicians
on music videos and artwork, animations
for educational television programs, aswell as magazine and book covers.

Sota Koike
Born in Tokyo in 1977, Sota Koike is a Kyoto-based
painter focusing on still life and landscape paintings
with a serene, gentle touch. In recent years, Koike has
broadened his field by also creating picture books.

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Hiroshi Abe

Shuntaro Tanikawa

あべ弘士

The Bear and the Boy

Noritake

谷川俊太郎

Noritake

Peace and War

谷川俊太郎（たにかわしゅんたろう）

A classic Ainu tale about the magnificence of life.

A picture book with simple, clear illustrations to help
children think about peace

1931年東京生まれ。詩人。21歳で第一詩集『二十億光年の孤独』を刊行。以来数々の賞を受賞し、幅広く活躍す（長新太・絵）『あな』
る日本を代表する詩人。絵本『ひとり』（和田誠・絵／共に福音館書店）、（元永定正・『もこもこもこ』（レオ・レオニ／好学社）
絵／文研出版）、翻訳絵本『スイミー』

Among the Ainu, Japan’s indigenous people, bears are revered as gods.
In this story, a bear cub and an Ainu boy are nursed by the boy’s mother,just like real brothers. When the bear cub is big enough, he will be sacrificed to the gods in the Iyomante ceremony, his spirit sent up to theheavens. But on the night before the ceremony, the bear cub disappears. . .
Their extraordinary story continues in this splendidly illustrated picturebook of the classic Ainu tale.
FormatPublication dateAwardsMay 2018▶ Grand Prize, Hokkaido PictureISBN

All rights available▶ Picture Book Prize, Children Pen

280 × 228 mm, 41 pages
978-4-89309-631-9など、長年にわたり読み継がれている。近著に『バウムISBN978-4-89309-657-9（ナナロク社）などがある。
クーヘン』

C8771 ¥0000E

www.tanikawashuntaro.com/

定価：本体0000円＋税

What is the difference between “Me at peace” and “Me at war”?
Each spread presents a side-by-side comparison of the same people, things, and places shows the stark differences—and surprisingsimilarities—between times of peace and war. The black and white
illustrations highlight in a clear and simple way how things lookcompletely different when war comes—and remind us that we
remain human in spite of our differences.

Noritake（のりたけ）

1978年兵庫県生まれ。イラストレーター。モノクロームのドローイングを中心に、広告、書籍、雑誌、ファッショ
ン、プロダクト制作など国内外で活躍。デザイン、ディレ

クション、作家活動もおこなう。近著に『秘密基地の作り（尾方孝弘・文／飛鳥新社）、（関谷英里子・『えいごのもと』方』（岡本仁・
文／NHK出版）、『MORE THAN YESTERDAY』
文／私家版）などがある。

www.noritake.org

Book Award in 2018
Award in 2018

Format185 × 185 mm, 32 pages

へいわのハハISBN

せんそうのハハ

978-4-89309-657-9

Publication date
March 2019

Rights sold

Chinese (complex)Awards▶ First Place, Merry-go-round’s Best PictureBook Award in 2019

▶ Silver Prize, Book House Café Award in 2020
▶ Fifth Place, Moe Picture Book Sellers’ Awardin 2019▶ Ninth Place, I Love This Book! National

へいわとせんそう_本文.indd 8-9

Picture Book Award in 20202019/01/16 13:35

へいわのぎょうれつ

せんそうのぎょうれつ

By comparing
two sides, we cansee more clearly.
6

7

へいわとせんそう_本文.indd 14-15

Hiroshi Abe

Shuntaro Tanikawa
Born in Hokkaido in 1948, Hiroshi Abe worked at
the Asahikawa Zoo for 25 years before becoming a
picture book author. From his time as a zookeeper,
he gained deep familiarity with the animals, andlooking at the truth about the animal’s everyday
lives became the origins of his picture books.

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Born in Tokyo in 1931. He is a poet
who, at age 21, published his firstpoem Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude.
Since then he has won many awards
and has become one of Japan’s mostactive and prominent poets.

2019/01/16 13:35

Noritake
Born in Hyogo in 1978. Focusing on
monochrome drawings, he createsworks for advertisements, books,
magazines, fashion, product merchandise, and more, and is also active asa designer and director.

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Komako Sakai

酒井 駒子

Ayuko Uegaki

植垣歩子

Alligale Works at the
Department StoreThe Velveteen Rabbit
A magical story of how toys become real.

The story of an alligator whose stomach is bigger than his wallet!

One Christmas Eve, a boy is given a velveteen rabbit, which soon becomes his
beloved companion. But when the time comes to say goodbye, the rabbit discovers
the true power of the boy’s love for him.

It’s the 100th anniversary of a famous department store, and Alligale hascome for a celebration. But after he orders too much at the food court, hehas to work in the store to pay the bill.

Awards▶ Moe Best Picture Book in 2007
▶ Best Picture Book Nationwide

FormatPublication date

ISBN

Rights sold271 × 216 mm, 32 pages

in 2007

978-4-89309-557-2

Format271 × 216 mm, 36 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-408-7

Publication date
April 2007

January 2013

Chinese (complex)

Rights soldCatalan, Chinese (complex), French, Italian,
Korean, Spanish, and World English

original text

Margery Williams Bianco

Abridged Text
Komako Sakai

Hina & the Lost Kitten
A story about taking in a small creature.
A tiny kitten turns up on Hina’s doorstep one day. “It’s a real living thing, isn’tit?” she says to her mother. This beautifully illustrated and eagerly anticipated picture book from Komako Sakai explores a young child’s feelings ofattachment—and also her worries about loss and separation—as she learns tocare for her new pet.

「ステーキ

Format271 × 216 mm,
32 pagesISBN

978-4-89309-611-1

Publication dateNovember 2015

text

アリゲールはLEE

おまけに

ほねつきハムに

カニサラダ！

ちゅうもんしたケーキをローストチキン

それから……」
りょうりをまるまる 2 こ

ぺろりと

パフェに

たいらげました。

プリンにコーヒーを 3 ばい。

Rights soldFrench, and World English

Komako Sakai
Born in 1966, Komako Sakai madeher debut as a picture book illustrator in 1998 after graduating from
University of the Arts. Her magnifi­
cent paintings have beena highly
acclaimed internationally.

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ロブスター

さかなのフライと

Ayuko Uegaki
She was born in Kanagawa in 1978, and graduated from Wako University
and majored in Japanese art in the Department of Art. She received
the Award of Excellence at the 3rd Pinpoint Picture Book Competition(2002). After graduating, she became a picture book author, and herworks are known for their gentle and warm expressions.

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Ayuko Akiyama

mirocomachiko

秋山あゆ子

Princess Bee Story 1: Busy Helper Bee

TetsuzoPrincess Bee is a tomboyish princess who lives in Honeycomb Castle. One
day, she’s in a hurry and she breaks her favorite honey jar. So she flies outof the castle for the first time in her life. . . Enjoy the world of the honeybees illustrated in detail along with Princess Bee in this first story in Ayuko
Akiyama’s Princess Bee series.

Filled with love, the author launched her cat’s picture book for all
cat lovers.
Tetsuzo is my cat. In the spring, he chases flower petals, and in the summer,
he sleeps in the sink. But on my eighth winter with Tetsuzo, he starts togrow smaller and smaller. . .
Awards▶ Kodansha Publishing Culture Prize: Picture Book Award

Format185 × 250 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

ミロコマチコ

べったら べたべた ごろごろ ごろん。

in 2014「おやまあ なんて おおきな だんごだい！

「これは ゆかいじゃ」

おみやげに ひとつ あげるから、 はきりばちの ふくろものやで

みつひめは、 おおよろこびで どんどこ

つつんで もらおう」

だんごを こしらえた。

978-4-89309-439-1

FormatPublication date
May 2008

271 × 216 mm,
32 pages

All rights available

ISBN

Publication date
September 2013

Rights sold978-4-89309-575-6

Chinese (complex), and Korean

ねこまみれ帳̲カバ.pdf 1 2018/02/26 16:54

My Cat Diaries

Princess Bee Story 2:
Boom Boom Summer Festival

Essays by the author on life with her three cats.
“Somehow, I’ve become physically unable to live without cats. I think I’ll live withthem until I die, a life where I’m covered in cats.” This is the first illustrated manga
essay by mirocomachiko, presenting a colorful account of life with her three cats,
Tetsuzo, Soto, and Bo.

Tomboyish Princess Bee is taken to the summer festival by Old Grandpa
Bee. There are so many things for Princess Bee to enjoy! Oden, yakisoba,
shaved ice. . . But then, just before the fireworks are about to begin, it starts
to rain. . . The second title in the series.

Format185 × 250 mm, 32 pages

ピカピカッ ザーッISBN

978-4-89309-490-2

FormatPublication dateJuly 2010

210 × 148 mm,
192 pages

All rights available

ISBN

Publication date
December 2016

Rights sold978-4-89309-623-4

Chinese (complex), and Korean

mirocomachiko
Ayuko Akiyama
She was born in Tokyo in 1964. She debuted in the monthly manga Garo
(Seirindo) in 1992. She released many works that depict the world ofinsects through mangas and picture books. She loves insects and visiting
old traditional Japanese houses.

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She is an artist and picture book author bornin Osaka in 1981. She received many picturebook awards and literary awards within Japanand abroad. Her second exhibit Ikimono wa
Watashi no Kagami is currently touring art
museums throughout Japan. She resides inAmami Oshima Island.

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Mimi Hachikai

Chiho Makino

蜂飼耳

牧野千穂

Yasuhiro Suzuki

鈴木康広

Floaty Kitty

My Cat Nyanta

Tonight, Ebio, the kitty experienced something unforgettable. . .

An a-mew-sing picture book debut

On Ebio’s birthday, a swim ring arrived from Grandpa. But this wasn’t just an ordinary life ring. On the long-awaited night of the full moon, when Ebio inflates theswim ring, the ring takes Ebio flying up into the air pulled by the moon.

Nyanta the cat can change shape. His smiling face appears in everyday things:
pajamas, doughnuts, anywhere you can imagine. Full of charming pictures andhiss-terical feline word-play.

Awards▶ Second Place, Moe Picture

「えびお！
めを

Format

250 × 250 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-523-7

Publication date

えびお！」どこからかあけるとのっているのはBook Sellers’ Award in 2011
▶ Second Place, I Love This Book!
National Picture Book Awardin 2012▶ Nippon Broadcast Award,
Sankei Children PublishingAward in 2012

にこにこ

すぐそばを
なんと

こえが

べつの

しました。

うきわが

とんでいます。

おじいちゃんではありませんか。

わらっています。

FormatPublication date

190 × 190 mm,
36 pages

July 2011「よくきたね。 ちゃんと

ここで

あえて

てがみを

よめたんだね。

よかった」「びっくりしたよ！

おじいちゃん」

October 2016

All rights available.

ISBN

978-4-89309-622-7

All rights available.

Falling Snow

The Apple & the Kendama

One wish in exchange for a favorite toy. . .
Fu-chan, the bunny went to the end of the road in the middle of the forest,
which only appears on snowy days. There, she found a great snow cloud that
puffed itself up and blew out beautiful snow. Fū-chan wants the snow cloud tomake beautiful snow for her little sister who is ill, and offers her favorite toythat her father had given her in exchange. . .

FormatPublication date

ISBN

Rights sold271 × 216 mm, 32 pages

The apple and the kendama go well together. You might be wondering why,
but there are very good reasons. Expand your world and discover a new
way of seeing things by exploring the extraordinary relationship between
an apple and a kendama, a traditional Japanese wooden toy. This is the longawaited picture book from the popular illustrator Yasuhiro Suzuki.

October 2013978-4-89309-574-9

FormatGermany▶ Special Prize, Kindergarten Picture Book Award

ゆきがふる。 ゆきがふる。
ふわ ふわ しん しん ふりつもる。

in 2013

まっしろな てのひらでせかいを やさしく つつみこむ。

Mimi Hachikai
She is a poet and author born in
Kanagawa in 1974. Her works cover awide variety of fields, including collections of poetry, novels, children’s literature, and translated picture books.

Publication date257 × 205 mm,
32 pagesAwards60

Discover the surprising connections between somethingas ordinary as an apple and a child’s toy

Chiho Makino
She is an artist born in Fukuoka in 1965.
Her pastel artworks are characterized bytheir distinct emphasis on profoundness
and can be seen on the cover art of books
and as illustrations in books.

ISBN

October 2017

All rights available.

978-4-89309-629-6

Yasuhiro Suzuki
Born in Shizuoka in 1979, Yasuhiro Suzuki began his
career working in digital design at a University ofTokyo research lab. His award-­winning design works
show the playful heart inside everyday things.

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Masako Ahn

アンマサコ

Minori Nishihara

西原みのり

The Birthday Cake

The Fallen Leaf Market

A delicious adventure in the world of sweets

A picture book full of autumn!

Ai is taken away to Cake Castle, where she eats lots ofcakes and tarts. She could stay here forever, but she
has to find one more candle for her birthday cakebecause today is her 5th birthday.

Riding on Acorn the Horse, Satchan comes across a wonderfully mysterious
place called The Ochiba Ichiba Fallen Leaf Market. Satchan has a wonderfultime taking in the feasts of delicious fruit made by the trees, skirts made offallen leaves, rows of fallen leaf fish all lined up, and more at this lively market! Suddenly, out of the blue, a large fox appears! What will happen when
he puts a leaf on his head?

Format271 × 216 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-630-2

Publication date
May 2017

All rights available.

FormatPublication date

ISBN

Rights sold228 × 228 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-525-1

August 2011

Chinese (simplified)

さかなが ずらーり！ ここは おちばの うおいちば。

Masako Ahn
Born in 1975, she is a multimedia artist, sculptor andpicture book author. Her other picture books are Soratobu densha (The Flying Train) and the photo-illustrated
Tappu-kun no yume (Tappu’s Dream) from Kodansha.

62「すごーい！」さっちゃんは おどろきました。そこへ……

Minori Nishihara
She was born in Fukuoka in 1983, and graduated from Kyushu Sangyo
University’s Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Design. She
debuted after receiving the Award of Excellence at the 6th Pinpoint
Picture Book Competition. She also works as an instructor for children’s
art classes while working on her picture books.

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Yukiko Tanemura

ISBN

April 2019

A Treasured Gift

Tsubame the Ninja 1

Sometimes it’s not easy for young children to say sorry after an argumentwith their friends. This is the story of agirl who learns how to make up and getalong with her friends from a surprisevisitor.

A picture book featuring everyone’s favorite ninja world.

Hana had a quarrel with her friend and camehome crying. Whenever she was sad, sheclimbed into her mother’s closet. This time,
when she climbed in, she found a child she
didn’t know there! Her name was Yuriko,
the same as Hana’s mother. Yuriko had also just fought with a friend. After
sharing their feelings, even strong ones like fear, anger and frustration, thetwo girls realize that they really like their friends after all.

All rights available

山本孝

Tsubame is an elementary school kid training to become a ninja. When he comeshome from school, he goes to practice with his younger brothers Karasu andKokamo. Tomorrow is
the big Ninja Tournament at last! What will
happen in the matchagainst Tsubame’s rival
Gamanoshin?
FormatPublication date

ISBN

Rights sold272 × 210 mm, 32 pages
978-4-89309-433-9

かくれんぼだって だいじなしゅぎょう。
ひみつのしかけや からくりをたくみにつかって みをかくす。

257 × 195 mm,
32 pages

市川真由美「もーいーかい？」Publication date

Mayumi Ichikawa Takashi Yamamoto「むっふっふ。みつけてみよ！」

Format種村有希子

February 2008
English978-4-89309-659-3

ゆりこちゃんは ちょっとかんがえると しゃべりはじめました。

Tsubame the Ninja 2: The First Mission

はなちゃんも まけずに いいました。

A picture book about ninja in the present day
Tsubame the ninja and his little brothers must deliver a scroll with an important
secret. It’s their first mission, so they’re a little nervous as they start from Tokyoand head west to Odawara, Shizuoka, Nagoya and beyond. Along the way, they arechased by their rivals, the Three Frog Brothers.
ゆっくりでいいよって いつも まっていてくれるよ」

まもりとおした まきものをふところからだし てわたすと、
じじうえは さっとひらいて よみあげた。
まる「つばめ丸、がまのしん。
おぬしらは はつにんむを やりとげたゆえ、〝かけだしにんじゃ〟と みとめる。おめでとう！」「あんちゃんは わたしが くつ はくの おそくても、いっしょに たのしんで やってくれるし」

なんと、そういうことだったのか……！
まる
つばめ丸と がまのしん、
おもわず いっしょに にがわらい。
「でも、かけだしだって……」「にんじゃは にんじゃ！」
こんどは いっしょに むしゃぶるい。

「あのね、 かなこちゃんは、 あたしのすきな ぼうけんごっこもFormat272 × 210 mm, 32 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-626-5「いつも バンソーコ もっていて、 けがすると すぐくれるの」「よつばのクローバー みつけるのも、 とってもじょうずで すごいんだよ」

Publication dateFebruary 2017

All rights available

Yukiko Tanemura
She was born in Hokkaido in 1983, and graduate of the Tama Art University’s Faculty of Art and Design, where she studied painting. She won
the Kodansha New Picture Book Author Award, making her picture bookdebut with her winning book Kii no ie de (“At Kii’s House”).

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Mayumi Ichikawa

Takashi Yamamoto

Born in 1974, she is a storybook
writer and is also active as adesigner. She is the mother of one
child who likes song parodies.

Born in 1972, he is a picture bookauthor whose picture books aboutghosts, monsters, squadron heroes,
and things that appeal to boys are
popular.

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Kenichi Okumura

Matti Pikkujamsa

おくむらけんいち

マッティ・ピックヤムサ

Yuko Ohnari

おーなり由子Eye to Eye, You and I

Because the Baby Smiles

The fun begins when you make eye contact with a child. . .

Find reassurance from the baby’s smile.

When we meet, eye to eye, I smile. When I look at you, my heart warms. . . Make eye
contact with a child, just like the animals do with their babies in this colorful picture
book, and let the communication begin. Musical lines and brilliant illustrations bringthe connection between parent and child to life.

New parents have many things they worry about, but when the baby
smiles, they find the confidence they need to raise their child. This picture book shows how babies help us remember to look at all the fun we
can have together in spite of all the worries.

Format165 × 165 mm, 20 pages

FormatISBN

198 × 226 mm, 48 pages

978-4-89309-607-4

Publication dateISBN

めとめが あったらSeptember 2015

978-4-89309-590-9

Publication date

All rights available.

October 2014

Rights sold

Chinese (complex), and Korea

Copycat Families
A brilliant picture book from Scandinavia!
When Mama & Papa Lion say “ROAR!” Baby Lion replies “roar!” as best she can. With
this charming picture book, readers can have fun mimicking various animal sounds—
just like the animal babies do! The bold Scandinavian illustration style and brightcolors will certainly appeal to young or babies children and parents alike.
Formatおかあさんがおとうさんも165 × 165 mm, 20 pages

ISBN

978-4-89309-608-1

Publication date
January 2016

All rights available.

Kenichi Okumura
Kenichi Okumura is a songwriterand father of one. His work
includes songs for NHK’s Minnano uta programme and theme
songs for various films. He wasborn in 1980 in Japan.

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Matti Pikkujamsa
Born in Finland in 1979, Matti Pikkujamsa is a Finnish
illustrator and picture book author. In 2013, he won theprestigious Rudolf Koivu Award for Children’s Literature.
Pikkujamsa’s textile designs for leading brands such as
Kauniste and Marimekko have gained much attention
recently. He currently lives and works in Helsinki.

Yuko Ohnari
She is a picture book artist and manga cartoonist who also
writes essays and lyrics for children’s songs. She wrote many
books including Kofuku na Shitsumon and Hiragana Reki (bothpublished by Shinchosha). Her translation works include
Petit Amour (Kodansha) and Big Brother (Asunaro Shobo).

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