Abstract

Kurio is a 10-year-old boy living in a town rich in nature. When his grandfather came to congratulate his younger brother on his first birthday
Kurio hears a story from his grandfather, who comes to congratulate his younger brother on his first birthday, about a giant fish like a lake turtleneck that he used to try to catch when he was a child.
He starts to think that he would like to catch that fish himself...?　

Firefly nights, playing catch with his best friend, scooping goldfish at a festival, climbing a mountain path with a fishing rod made of cut bamboo in his hand...
Climbing a mountain path with a fishing rod made of bamboo in his hand, the unforgettable sound of the tsukutsukuboushi (cicada) in his ear....
This is a fresh story that only a picture book artist can tell, depicting an entire summer of a boy
living in the midst of nature.
Many color illustrations.

Author’s Information

Born in Gifu, Japan in 1955. A naturalist artist who has developed his own unique world in a wide range of creative picture books and wildlife art. He has received numerous awards, including the Graphic Award at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair, the Gold Medal at the Bratislava World Picture Book Original Drawing Exhibition, and the Grand Prize at the Japan Picture Book Award.
His major picture books include "Yamame no Pink" series, "Haru no Yama wa Zawazawa," "Welcome to the Forest," "Blue Hermit Crab," "Yama no Ofuro," "Yakiimo no Hi" (all from Tokuma Shoten), "Hoshizora Camp," "Doronko! Doronko! (all from Kodansha), "Let's go fishing! (Rironsha), "Ishi no kimochi" "Kujira no berth" (all from Hisakata Child), "Yozora no hoshiwa" (Froebel-Kan), and many others. There are Yasunari Murakami Picture Book Galleries in Izu-kogen and Ishigaki Island. The "Yamame no Pink" series is a recommended book by the Japanese Committee for the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity.