Abstract

If you read it from the front, you'll enjoy the story of Polar Bear's bakery, and if you read it from the back, you'll enjoy the story of Cat's shopping. On the middle page, Polar Bear and Cat meet. Polar Bear starts baking all kinds of animal bread early in the morning. Not only are they all cute, but they also look delicious. The kitchen utensils around him also support Polar Bear's bread-making. Cat, holding cute cat paw tongs and a Polar Bear tray, excitedly selects bread. The book is written from an angle that makes it seem as if the reader is experiencing it themselves, so it is a picture book that can be enjoyed as if you were a baker or shopping.

Author’s Information

Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School. Using animals as a motif, she continues to present Japanese paintings and create picture books. Her picture books include the "Delicious Forest" series, such as "Lemon-chan," "Fish Cat?" (PHP Institute), the "Witch" series, "Duck A-chan A-I-U-E-O" (Happy Owl), the "Sweets" series, such as "Happy Buta," the "Cloud Country" series, and "Cake-chan," as well as "Going on a Field Trip to the Bread Kindergarten" and "Tekka-kun" (Kyoiku Gageki), "Bento" and "Animal Bakery" (Hikari no Kuni), "Where Are the Goats?," (written by Sutou Asae/Kumon Publishing), "Ding Dong! We're Coming Next" (written by Gomi Hiromi/Kotsu Shimbunsha), and "The Vegetable Pool Opens" (written by Karita Sumiko/Kodansha). "The Witch's Broom" won the 4th Kindergarten Picture Book Grand Prize, and "Lunch Box" won the Papa Mama Award at the 9th MOE Picture Book Store Grand Prize 2016.