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Akai Tori Literary Award あかいとりぶんがくしょう

Edition 5 (1975)

Children's literature

Winners

2 people
Miyoko Matsutani まつたに みよこ award

Momo-chan and Akane-chan is a children's story in the Momo-chan series, depicting the birth of younger sister Akane and changes within the family. It overlays fantasy onto children's daily life while also facing separation and shifts in parent-child relationships.

A children's work that layers family change and small fantasy onto the daily lives of young sisters.

189 pages
early childhood fictionsistersfamily changefantasy
Sato Yoshimi さとう よしみ award

The Collected Works of Yoshimi Sato gathers the work of the children's song poet Yoshimi Sato. It brings together poems that value children's language, song, and everyday feeling, showing the place of children's songs within juvenile literature.

A collected edition that conveys the richness of children's language and song through a children's song poet's work.

children's songschildren's literaturecollected workschildren's language