Abstract

I'm fine just the way I am! A rapeseed-colored story that makes you realize what's important.

A touching story that will blow away the confusion in your heart when you're feeling down. A vivid and beautiful rapeseed field drawn by Yoshimura Megu. Learn in an easy-to-understand way how bees make honey.

Kurumi draws a picture of the beautiful rapeseed field she saw with her mother. But her teacher and friends don't understand her drawing. Depressed, Kurumi meets a beekeeper grandfather in a rapeseed field on her way home. The grandfather says to her, "Honey can only be made through the body of a bee, and Kurumi's drawing is a picture that only Kurumi can draw, as it was made through her body. Isn't that right?" A story set in a beautiful rapeseed field that will blow away the confusion in your heart and make you feel positive.

Author’s Information

Born in Ibaraki Prefecture. Lives in Miyagi Prefecture. Received the Muku Hatoju Children's Literature Award for "My Last Run with Him" (Poplar Publishing) (original story for the film "Yuzu no Ha Yurete"). Received the Children's Pen Award for Fairy Tales for "My Family's Disaster Diary" (Shinnihon Shuppansha). Works include "My Big Brother is a Sengoku Warlord!" (Kumon Publishing), "Tanabata no Tsuki" (Poplar Publishing), and "Ei-Ei-Oh! The Summer I Was an Ashigaru" (Shinnihon Shuppansha). Director of the Japan Association of Children's Literature Writers and member of the Japan Association of Children's Writers. / Born in Osaka Prefecture. Lives in Nagano Prefecture. Graduated from Otemae Women's University (now Otemae University). Former art teacher. Works include the "Eiko Kadono's Ako-chan Picture Book" series, such as "I Became a Cat," "Moufu-chan" and "Tomodachi" (both published by Shogakukan), "Yoru to Yoru" (Kyoiku Gageki), and "Tulips Saita" (Gakken). His illustration works include "Nekozeyama Zoo" (Kin no Hoshi Sha), "The Cat on the Upside Down" (Akane Shobo), and "The Dog's Lottery" (Iwasaki Shoten).