Abstract

A beaver father and mother are working hard to build a house and knock down many trees to make a dam. One day, they noticed that the number of trees in the forest was decreasing because of the many trees they were knocking down. Then his friend, a squirrel, suggested that they take cuttings from the poplar trees and grow them. Beaver starts taking cuttings to increase the number of trees in the forest. However, his friends in the forest trample the saplings and pull them out. What will happen to Beaver's challenge?

Author’s Information

Picture book artist and printmaker. Born in Osaka and currently lives in Tokyo.
Studied printmaking at a studio in Florence, Italy. Her works have been selected for the Bologna International Picture Book Original Drawing Exhibition in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Her picture books include "Moo on a pitch-black night" and "Because I'm a sloth" (Imagination Plus, 2006), "La longue trompe de Colongo," "Baleine," "à l'aide ! 'aide !" (both published by Lirabelle, France), "The Wildcat's Nano Adventure" (Iwasaki Shoten), "The Bathtub Changes Small" (Grimm Press, Taiwan), "The Wildcat's Nano Adventure" (Iwasaki Shoten), and "The Wildcat's Nano Adventure" (Grimm Press, Taiwan). (Grimm Press/Taiwan), and the practical books "Let's make it! Let's play! Katachi Tomoyo" and "Tsukurou! Let's play! Hikari tokage" (Tamagawa University Press).