Abstract

Thinking of each other and coming together - a gem of a picture book that will touch the hearts of children and adults alike.

The cat's job is to tie up twigs of magnolia kobus. One morning, when the cat was about to get to work, a little bird stopped at the window. ''I have a favor to ask. Could you give me some of the twigs you have there?'' Seeing the little bird that was about to burst into tears, the cat decided to give it one twig a day. This is a beautiful and dramatic work that depicts these two who live in different environments yet interact closely, their daily activities, coexistence, and the cycle of life.

Author’s Information

Hiroshi Tateno / Writer
He was born in 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture and was a picture book artist and biological artist. He studied under Chikabo Kumada since childhood. 2017 he won the Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for "Tsuchihanmyou" (Kaiseisha). His picture books include "Shidemushi," "Gifucho," and "Garoamushi" (Kaiseisha), "Amagaeru no kakurenbo" and "Amagaeru no boken" (picture/ Haruko Kawashima Sekai Bunka Sha), and his reading book "Solonuma no Monogatari" (Iwanami Shoten).

Mami Nakano/Picture
She was born in 1984 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a designer, she became an illustrator. She studied under Hiroshi Tateno in 2017. She studied miniature painting using watercolor and the way of drawing for expression. She debuted as a picture book author with "Midori-no-gake no Furui Ie" (Sekaibunka Sha). She is in charge of drawing "Shirokuro no ikimono" in volume 4 and "Saruno no kao" in volume 6 of the "Ikimono zukushi monozukushi" series (Fukuinkan Shoten).