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Yukiko Ninomiya

にのみや ゆきこ

Ninomiya Yukiko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955-01-01 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Career

Occupations
children's story writer, translator, picture book author
Active Years
1984-
Nominations
Mainichi Shimbun Reader's Award nominee ('Kuma-kun')

Education

Osaka Prefectural Kōtsu High School
Period: 1971-1974
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: Japan
Kyoto University
Faculty of Letters
Period: 1974-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: Japan

Awards

Japan Picture Book Award — Translation Picture Book Prize
1995
Work: Somebody Catch That!
Organization: Japan Picture Book Award committee
Result: 受賞
Akai Tori (Red Bird) Literary Prize
2000
Work: The Porcupine 'Purupuru' series
Organization: Akai Tori Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (recommended)
2002
Work: Mr. Mushanokoujigawa's Nose and Friendship
Category: 推薦
Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Result: 受賞（推薦）
49th Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
Work: Christmas With You (translation)
Organization: Sankei Shimbun
Result: 受賞
IBBY Honour List / Recommended
2005
Work: Kirai (I Hate It)
Organization: IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)
Result: 選定
Japan Picture Book Award — Grand Prize
2011
Work: On Top of a Very, Very Big Pudding
Category: 大賞
Organization: Japan Picture Book Award committee
Result: 受賞
Japan Picture Book Award
2012
Work: Hechima no He-taro
Organization: Japan Picture Book Award committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

On Top of a Very, Very Big Pudding

2010 picture book

A picture book depicting playful events on top of a very large pudding. Noted for its rhythmic prose and humor.

humorimaginationfriendship

Hechima no He-taro

2011 picture book

A humorous children's story noted as one of the Japan Picture Book Award winners.

humoreveryday wonder

Mr. Mushanokoujigawa's Nose and Friendship

2001 children's story

Through episodes about a nose, the book explores friendship and humor. Illustrated by Ryoji Arai.

friendshipbody and identity

Purupuru the Hedgehog (series)

1999 children's literature

A series illustrated by Hiroshi Abe, depicting adventures and daily life of small animals with humor.

animalsadventurefriendship

Bibliography

  • Ice Cream Pretend? (2003)
  • On Top of a Very, Very Big Pudding (2010)
  • Hechima no He-taro (2011)
  • Mr. Mushanokoujigawa's Nose and Friendship (2001)
  • Purupuru the Hedgehog series (1999)

Translations by Author

  • Somebody Catch That! (translation, 1995)
  • Komodo! (translation, 1994)
  • Somebody Catch That! (by Peter Armour, translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
rhythmic prosehumorous narrationaccessible style for children
Recurring Motifs
animalsfriendshipfood and small everyday surprises

Legacy

A children's author and translator known for rhythmic, humorous prose. She has produced numerous picture books and children's stories and has received several national picture-book and children's literature awards.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (authority/metadata)
  • VIAF (authority identifier)

Trivia

  • Legal name is Yukiko Kawashima.
  • Not to be confused with singer 'Ninomiya Yukiko'.
  • Her husband is the writer Makoto Kawashima.