Abstract

[Recommended for elementary school students in grades 1-2!] ・Great for summer vacation book reports! ・How can we remember our "precious memories"? ・Do you have an "irreplaceable friend"? -------------------------------------------- The third book in a heartwarming fairy tale series featuring best friends Funif the elephant and Wam the crocodile. The sun was setting behind the mountains. Funif and Wam were walking side by side. "Today was fun, wasn't it?" said Funif. "Hedgehog was very happy," said Wam. The two had gone to their friend Hedgehog's birthday party. It was a fun, fun birthday party with lots of friends. Funif suddenly thought, "I don't want to forget a single fun thing that happened today." Then Wham took out the small box that Hedgehog-kun had given him as a souvenir and said to Funif, "Let's put today's fun feelings in this box." "Huh? Put your feelings in a box?" -- As the two of them talked slowly, they truly felt the happiness of taking home memories not as "things," but as "feelings." In addition to the featured story "The Way Home," this work also includes "Garage Sale," "Funif's Long Nose," and "Tohmin Day."

Author’s Information

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture. Studied at the picture book workshop "Atosaki Juku". Her picture books include "Ru-kun's Bed" (Alice-kan), "Kou-kun and the Little Snowman" (Shogakukan), "Ramy the Frog" (BL Publishing), "See You Again in the Field" and "Song of the Moonlit Night" (Bunkeido), "The Day I Ride the Bus" (illustrated by nakaban/Ehonjuku Publishing), and "The Little Squirrel in the Picture" (illustrated by Kaori Tajima/Hakusensha). Her children's stories include "What Do You Like?" (Akane Shobo), "Funifu the Elephant and Wam-kun the Crocodile" and "Funifu Today and Funifu Tomorrow" (Kosei Publishing).