≪A New Picture Book Guide by a New Author!!≫

Please try to recall your favorite picture book.
What memories come flooding back?
Memories with family, exciting moments, fears, sadness...
Now that you are an adult, you may notice things you didn't before.

Fifty-seven picture book enthusiasts and senior readers will share their special episodes that you might also relate to.
Now, let's return once more to the world of picture books.

【Contents】

◎Family Memories
Eiko Kadono (Children's story author) 『Where is Wallace?』
Masako Shimizu (Children's literature scholar and translator) 『Marshal MacArthur』
Akira Sue (Editor, essayist) 『Rob and Puta's Picture Book of Counting』
Seizo Tajima (Picture book artist) 『The Talking Tree』
Neko Tabo (Manga artist) 『Various Days』
Yoshio Tsujiyama (Owner of the bookstore "Title") 『Mochi Mochi Tree』
Toshifumi Fujiwara (Agricultural history researcher) 『The Three Keys of Gold』
Atsushi Horibe (Owner of the bookstore "Seiko-sha") 『King's Restaurant』
Michihiro Hori (Manga artist) 『Who's Not Sleeping?』

◎Excitement
Harumin Asao (Illustrator, essayist) 『The Doll Coppelia』
Chie Kato (Poet, novelist) 『Express "North Pole"』
Hiroyuki Sugita (Illustrator, picture book creator) 『The History of Life』
Keiko Sena (Picture book artist) 『Toy Box』
Masakatsu Takagi (Musician, video artist) 『I Also』
Yui Tanizaki (Writer) 『The Secret Staircase』
Rumi Nakumura (Illustrator) 『Pink Giraffe』
Naoko Naguai (Book designer) 『Little Uncle's Black』
Mirei Hattori (Writer, poet, editor) 『Daruma-chan and Kaminari-chan』
Lemon Haruna (Manga artist) 『The Crow's Bakery』
Naoko Higashina (Haiku poet) 『Daruma-chan and Tengu-chan』
Nemu Yumemi (Dempagumi.inc, idol) 『Cookies at Little Bear's House』

◎Scary!
Aya Shonen (Essayist) 『Mokera Mokera』
Koji Suzuki (Picture book artist) 『The Tale of the Aging Crocodile』
Sunetaka Takeda (Writer) 『Half-Day Village』
Hikaru Fujii (English literature scholar) 『Jigoku no Sobe』

◎Sadness…
Kumiko Hashi (Picture book artist) 『Gentle Lion』
Keiichi Sogabe (Musician) 『Sad Book』
Yuki Fumizuki (Poet) 『God's Jester』
Mari Yamazaki (Manga artist) 『Little Uncle』

◎Realizations as an Adult
Mami Amemiya (Essayist) 『Cinderella』
Kazuyoshi Iino (Picture book artist) 『Mojamoja Peter』
Hideko Ise (Picture book artist) 『Through the Window』
Ren Inazumi (Non-fiction writer) 『Uncle Scarley's Workers』
Kazuko Uemoto (Photographer) 『14 Cold Winters of the Mice』
Shigeo Goto (Editor, Creative Director) 『Doronko Harry』
Kikuko Tsumura (Writer) 『Dreams in Salzburg』
Saho Terao (Singer-songwriter, essayist) 『Unruly Ralph』
Aruno Nagashima (Writer) 『Pink Giraffe』
Taro Hirano (Photographer) 『Hasegawa-kun, I Don't Like You』
Mariko Yamauchi (Writer) 『The Little House』
Naoko Yamasaki (Writer) 『Good Night, Francis』
Madoka Yamasaki (Columnist) 『The Land of Doors』

◎Adventure
Junko Uchizawa (Illustrator, reportage writer, book designer) 『I Want a Big Tree』
Shintaro Uchinuma (Book coordinator) 『The Hole』
Masahiko Kishi (Sociologist) 『Come On! Robots』
Erika Kobayashi (Manga artist, writer) 『Troublemaker's Hamburger』
Hitomi Sawada (Writer) 『Mitten Ukrainian Folktale』
Naoko Takagi (Illustrator) 『The House That Flew Away』
Kaori Nishiki (Writer) 『The Legend of Sally Jones』
Eto Mori (Writer) 『Piggy's Shopping』

◎What!?
Ayako Ishiguro (Painter) 『Doro Bou Gakko』
Yusuke Kakihata (Explorer, non-fiction writer) 『The Pied Piper of Hamelin』
Mineko Nomachi (Essayist, illustrator) 『Goro Goro Nyan』
Ryosuke Hashiguchi (Film director) 『Whale: The Mighty Sea Giants』
Mimi Hachigai (Poet) 『Harold's Mysterious Adventure』
Atsuhiro Yoshida (Writer) 『Picture Book John-Lennon Sense』
Motoyuki Shibata (Translator, American literature scholar) 『I haven't read any picture books』