Abstract

On their way home from school, a boy and a girl are having a verbal argument. Their exchange of insults escalates, and their conversation goes off on a tangent... From the bottom of the ocean to the edge of space, where will this fight go?! A picture book that stimulates the imagination. ■From the editor: This picture book was created by a writer and illustrator who are close friends, while they were arguing. It conveys the message that "being able to fight again and again is better than being friends forever." By reading this book together, two people can experience "fighting and making up." Following "Something Scarier Than That," where the argument escalates as they talk about what they're scared of, this is the second installment of an imaginative "adventure of imagination." ■From the blurb: How far will their feelings go? Are friends people who never fight? Or people who can fight again and again? ■What is "reading together" with picture books?... By reading picture books together with someone, you can share your feelings and enjoy the story many times more. ■You can listen to the audio of the two authors "reading together" on the "Kosei Publishing Picture Book & Children's Book Channel" (YouTube).

Author’s Information

Rie Muranaka was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. She is a children's literature author. She continues to read picture books to people of all ages, from 0 to 100, in all kinds of places. Her works include "Char Siu no Tsuki" (illustrated by Makiko Sato / Komine Shoten, Japan Children's Literature Association Award), "Kokun" (illustrated by Eriko Ishikawa / Doshinsha, JBBY Award), "Arara no Hatake" (illustrated by Eriko Ishikawa / Kaiseisha, Tsubota Joji Literary Award), "Usagi ni Natta Hi" (illustrated by Akiko Shirato / Sekai Bunka Publishing), and "Sore Yori Kowai" (co-authored with Kumiko Kondo / Kosei Publishing), among many others. Her co-authored works include "Tachiaina Hoikui Dakara 'Koguma' ni Iru" (Mizuno Usagi Books). In 2024, she received the Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award. / Kumiko Kondo was born in Osaka Prefecture. After working in the planning department of a confectionery company, she became a picture book author. Her works include "Kamakirikko," "Nonikki -No Nikki-," "Tane Ippai Warattane" (all from Alice-kan), "Mori e Zorozoro" (written by Kiyoko Murata), "Hajimemashite" (both from Kaiseisha), the "Mushi Hotel" series (text by Kawai Tsukasa Kinekawa), "Kunugi no Ki Ippon" (both from BL Publishing), "Mayoiga" (original story by Kunio Yanagida, text by Natsuhiko Kyogoku/Shiobunsha), "Kanashimi no Bouken" (selected for the 2022 White Ravens/Poplar Publishing), and "Sore yori Kowai" (co-written with Rie Muranaka/Kosei Publishing), among many others. In 2024, she opened "Kondo Kumiko's Little Picture Book Museum" in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture.