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 bundle fistfuls of twigs.
One morning, when the cat was about to go to work, a little bird stopped at the window,
A little bird stopped at the window.
"I have a favor to ask you. Can you please share some of the twigs you have there?"
Seeing that the little bird was about to cry, the cat　
The cat decided to give her one twig a day.
The two closely interact with each other in their different environments,
The work beautifully and dramatically spins the cycle of daily life, symbiosis, and the process 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).