Abstract

A heart-warming non-fiction picture book.
A picture book depicting the heart-to-heart exchange between a boy named Andrei, who became leukemia due to Chernobyl's radioactive contamination, and a young nurse from Japan, Yayoi, set against the backdrop of the beautiful nature of Belarus.
It is a book that I would like many people to read because of the current difficult world situation.
Readers cannot help but be moved by this work.

Author’s Information

Minoru Kamata/ born in 1948, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1974, became Director of Suwa Central Hospital in 1988, and Director Emeritus of the hospital since 2005. Since 1991, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, he has dispatched a team of doctors to Belarus to provide medical supplies in the area contaminated by radiation.
Norihisa Toujinbara/25 August 1950 - 6 July 2022 , a Japanese illustrator and art director.　He designed numerous books and posters.