Abstract

Another story from "The Cat and the Little Bird," winner of the Japan Picture Book Award and the Picture Book Grand Prize for Parents and Children--the long-awaited sequel!

◆The long-awaited sequel to "The Cat and the Little Bird," winner of the Japan Picture Book Award!
◆Author Hiroshi Tateno and illustrator Mami Nakano team up again. A gem of a fantasy presented with overwhelming scale and beautiful, detailed illustrations.
◆A blue bird searching for a magnolia branch and a cat born without the ability to smell. Hearts communicating, lives connected--what future will blossom beyond? This work, a counterpart to the previous work "The Cat and the Little Bird," is told from the bird's perspective, and the world expands more richly through the two works.

With overwhelming scale and beautiful, detailed illustrations, it warmly depicts hearts communicating, lives connected—and the future that blossoms beyond.

Author’s Information

Hiroshi Tateno was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1968. He is a painter and picture book author. From a young age, he studied under Chikabo Kumada. He won the Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for "Tsuchihanmyo" (Kaiseisha) and the Japan Picture Book Award for "Neko to Kotori" (Sekaibunkasha) and "Donguri" (Komine Shoten). His picture books include "Shidemushi," "Gifucho," and "Garoamushi" (Kaiseisha), "Unkomushi wo Oe" (Fukuinkan Shoten), and the "3biki no Amagaeru" series (Sekaibunkasha), and his novels include "Solo Numa no Monogatari" (Iwanami Shoten).

Mami Nakano was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1984. She is a painter and illustrator. She graduated from Musashino Art University. After working at a design office, she began working as an illustrator and studied painting under Hiroshi Tateno. She made her debut as a picture book author with "Midori no Gake no Furu Ie" (Sekaibunkasha). She won the Japan Picture Book Award for "Neko to Kotori" (The Cat and the Little Bird). She illustrated "Shirokuro no Ikimono" (Black and White Creatures) in volume 4 and "Saru no Kao" (Monkey Face) in volume 6 of the "Ikimono Zukushi Mono Zukushi" series (Fukuinkan Shoten).