A children's novel in which shy Rio is drawn into strange events after finding an old mirror in a mansion.

A magical month begins, helping her learn to like the self she once disliked.

朝顔のハガキ is an award-winning work that examines memory, social pressure, and the ways people try to understand themselves and others through its central situation.

朝顔のハガキ considers the relationship between individual lives and the society around them through the shape of an award-winning work.

A children's novel about Tatsuko, a fifth-grade girl living with her grandmother, who has dementia, and growing as she accepts changes in her family life. Through her search for moments when her grandmother's memory connects, the story depicts care, family bonds, and loss from a child's point of view.

A girl facing her grandmother's fading memory searches for words that can reconnect it.

Junko Oya's Grandpa to Bokura no Takarasagashi: Durinville no Nakama-tachi is a children's novel about Junya, raised in Australia, who finds support through Jason and Jason's grandfather. A treasure hunt opens a story of friendship and belonging.

A treasure hunt helps children find friendship and a place to belong.

ゆくぞ、やるぞ、てつじだぞ！ is an award-winning work that examines memory, social pressure, and the ways people try to understand themselves and others through its central situation.

ゆくぞ、やるぞ、てつじだぞ！ considers the relationship between individual lives and the society around them through the shape of an award-winning work.

ガラスのベーゴマ is an award-winning work that examines memory, social pressure, and the ways people try to understand themselves and others through its central situation.

ガラスのベーゴマ considers the relationship between individual lives and the society around them through the shape of an award-winning work.

言葉屋 is an award-recognized work by 久米絵美里. It can be read as a literary work shaped by its characters' choices and their relationship with society and time.

言葉屋 is a work by 久米絵美里 that continues to draw attention through its award history.

星空点呼～折りたたみ傘を探して～ is an award-recognized 児童文学 by 嘉成晴香. Public bibliographic records and award information frame it as a work concerned with personal choice, memory, and the pressure of its social or historical setting.

星空点呼～折りたたみ傘を探して～ looks at the relationship between individual lives and their times through the shape of an award-winning work.

When Ritsuki, a piano student of Haruto's aunt, arrives, Haruto and his younger brother Mikinori find themselves joining her bus-stamp rally. As they travel around town, the children gradually come to understand one another.

A stamp rally around town leads the three children toward a new friendship.

いつでもだれかの味方です～大江ノ木小応援部 is a 児童文学 by 田中直子. A children’s novel set around an elementary school cheering club, where children learn what it means to stand on someone’s side. It depicts both the difficulty and warmth of encouragement.

いつでもだれかの味方です～大江ノ木小応援部 builds its world around children’s literature.

A children's story that follows a child's point of view and portrays emotional growth through everyday encounters and small incidents. Humor and familiar scenes convey both the difficulty and pleasure of understanding others.

A children's story that follows a child's point of view and portrays emotional growth through everyday encounters and small incidents.