Abstract

Night has come to the children's room. Only Icchan is awake. Icchan is the only one who is awake, hiding in her bed and trying not to be
swallowed up by the pitch-dark night. The title story, "Night in Children's Room", “Tenshi-chan,” in which Icchan flies with an angel doll,
and “No Adults Allowed” in which Icchan and her sisters go to sea in a bunk-bed boat. Three exciting and funny stories about Icchan's night.

Author’s Information

Iku Dekune was born in Tokyo in 1969. She graduated from Musashino Art University. Her picture books include "Amefurashi" (Kaiseisha), which won the Grand Prix at the 19th Bratislava World Picture Book Illustration Exhibition; "Masha and the White Bird" (Kaiseisha), which won the Japan Picture Book Award Grand Prize; and "Mori no Otobukuro" (Nora Shoten), which won the Nippon Broadcasting Award at the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award. Her picture books include "Ofuro" (Gakken), "Penkiya" (Rironsha), and "Watashi no Oningyousan" (Kaiseisha). Her illustrations for books include "Grimm's Fairy Tales, Volumes 1 & 2," "Please Be Quiet, My Father is Taking a Nap: A Jewish Folktale," "The Phoenix and the Fox Lisika: A Czech Folktale" (all from Iwanami Shoten), and "Watashitachi no Boushi" (Froebel-kan). Her essay collections include "Twelve Months in the Czech Republic: Living in a Fairytale Land" (Rironsha). She lives in the Czech Republic.