Warm and touching poem picture book
A picture book that parents and children will want to look back on when they grow up
Mom, why is the river smiling? Because the sun is tickling it.
Why does the mother river never stop for a moment?
That's because his mother, the sea, has been waiting for him to come home.
The little rabbit grew up.
The day to leave home has arrived.
Children are like trickling rivers.
Keep running and pursuing,
Eventually, I still want to return to the embrace of my mother, the ocean.
◆ This was originally a poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa titled "The River".
◆ The picture is elegant and the artistic conception is profound, presenting the tranquility, beauty and flow of family affection in the poem.
＊With phonetic notation
About the Author
Tanikawa Shuntaro/Author
A poet, born in Tokyo, Japan in 1931. His debut poetry collection, "Two Billion Light Years of Loneliness" (cooperative), received high praise for its refreshing sensibility. In addition to writing poetry, he is also active in translation, scriptwriting, picture book creation and other fields. His translation of "Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes" (Soseisha) won the Japan Translation Culture Award, and his poetry collection "Tencent's Map" (Shueisha) won the Yomiuri Literature Award.
Etsuko Nakamura/Illustrator
Born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. His picture book works include "Thank You, Grandpa Owl" (Educational Picture Play) and "What It's Like to Become a Mom" (PHP Institute), and his illustrations include "Big Sarah" (Tokuma Shoten), "The Bakery Owner of Rose Village" (Kodansha), and "The Magician of the Sea" (Akane Shobo).