Abstract

A new book in the popular picture book series "Nandeyanen" (Why?). On the way to a hot spring by train, one "Nandeyanen" event after another occurs! A side-splittingly hilarious story!

●A new book in the hugely popular "Nandeyanen" series
●Text by Tsubasa Suzuki, illustrations by Hiroe Aoki, a popular duo
●On a fun train trip, one funny thing after another happens!

The long-awaited new book in the "Nandeyanen" series, which originated from a popular children's song! The 7th book in the series, following "Nandeyanen", "Ofuro de Nandeyanen", "Yuuenchi de Nandeyanen", "Mahou de Nandeyanen", "Umi de Nandeyanen", and "Bikkurimasu de Nandeyanen". The family goes on a train trip to a hot spring. As soon as they get on the train, they have a bread-eating race! Instead of Mount Fuji, there's an old man!? One bizarre event after another occurs. Will they be able to reach the hot spring safely? This is the best book in the series, and it's the kind of book that makes you want to read it while exclaiming, "Nandeyanen!"

Author’s Information

Tsubasa Suzuki: After working at a nursery school and childcare support center, he became a children's songwriter. He conducts workshops for childcare workers, writes for childcare magazines, and performs children's songs at parent-child concerts, nursery schools, kindergartens, and childcare support centers. He has appeared on NHK's "Minna DE Domo-kun." He is a visiting professor in the Department of Childcare at Osaka University of Arts Junior College. His picture book work includes the "Nandeyanen" series, "Kaminari-don ga Yattekita," "Obake Mansion," and "Daijobu? Zuko" (Sekai Bunka Publishing), among many others.

Aoki Hiroe: After working for the Osaka illustrator group Spoon Kim Inc., she made her picture book debut in 2004 with "Papa to Boku" (Ehonkan). Her major works include "Shiba Inu no Chai" (illustrations by Hasegawa Yoshifumi/BL Publishing), "Bon-chan no Bonyasumi" (Kodansha), "Koko ni Iru" (Akatsuki Educational Books), and "Kikimimi Thomas" (original story by Katsura Jakki/Akane Shobo). He loves rakugo (traditional Japanese comic storytelling) so much that he has turned his home into a rakugo theater called "Tsugihagi-so." He is also a specially appointed professor in the Illustration Department of the Faculty of Design at his alma mater, Kyoto Seika University.