This children's book by Shun Kikuchi carries a child's curiosity and sense of adventure even in its title. With interest in nature and living creatures as an entry point, it portrays a young mind trying to test the unknown.

The question of whether a flying fish can perch in a tree leads a child's curiosity into story.

An early work by Takako Hino, this children's story, as its title suggests, deals with a child's heart placed between darkness and light. It can be read as a quiet tracing of feelings that seek support amid difficulty.

It depicts light entering darkness through the wavering of a child's heart.

This poetry collection by Shigeru Wada uses the bodily feeling of leaning against a tree to consider the distance between nature and the human heart. Quiet metaphors carry feelings of growth, solitude, and the need for support.

From the feeling of entrusting the body to a tree rises a lyric sense of solitude and support.