A children's novel set in Onomichi that links a sick cousin and a love of movies while tracing renewal after loss.

Movie memories tie people back together.

"みつきの雪" is a 受賞 work from the Juvenile Literature Newcomer Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Juvenile Literature Newcomer Award 2021-1.

"「保健室経由、かねやま本館。」シリーズ" is a 受賞 work from the Juvenile Literature Newcomer Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Juvenile Literature Newcomer Award 2021-1.

A gentle yet sharp children’s novel about girls facing secrets they carry.

The transfer student Akuru also has a secret she cannot tell anyone.

A children’s novel about Sora, a new middle school student who discovers haiku through the literary club and begins to put hard-to-say feelings and shifting friendships into seventeen syllables. Through haiku walks and club meetings, a quiet girl gradually finds her own voice.

An encounter with haiku slowly changes Sora’s school life and the feelings she keeps inside.

A story about Yuta, a junior-high student who struggles with stuttering. After being overwhelmed by a self-introduction at the entrance ceremony, he gradually regains his voice through ties with broadcasting-club friends and family.

Beyond the pain of not being able to speak smoothly, Yuta begins to face his own voice.

Fifth-grader Aska finds himself in the same class as Riaru, the popular boy next door, and Saji, a new transfer student. As he faces his sense of inferiority toward Riaru and the circumstances each child carries, the children come to understand one another and grow.

A story about a boy dazzled by a popular friend who encounters both that friend's secrets and his own vulnerability.

しゅるしゅるぱん is a work by おおぎやなぎちか recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work しゅるしゅるぱん.

いくたのこえよみ is a work by 堀田けい recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work いくたのこえよみ.

いっしょにアんべ！ is a 児童文学 by 高森美由紀 associated with the award record. The entry checks public bibliographic sources, award documentation, and book-trade records to identify its publication status and reading context.

いっしょにアんべ！ by 高森美由紀 is a work whose publication status and outline can be traced through award records.

星空点呼　折りたたみ傘を探して is a work by 嘉成晴香, recorded here as a 受賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of 星空点呼　折りたたみ傘を探して by 嘉成晴香, including award and bibliographic context.

A children’s collection of mysterious tales that unfold around dusk. It links children’s unease about family and friendship with uncanny encounters in the twilight hour.

Twilight mysteries gently touch children’s confusion and loneliness.

On his way home from cram school, Makoto meets a living coelacanth sitting on a subway platform like a person. As he and his childhood friend Akira investigate the mystery, they come to call it Master and step into a summer of friendship and adventure.

A coelacanth met in the subway brings an unforgettable summer adventure.

Eric, a trainee from Ghana, comes to stay with a family of full-time farmers. A boy learns about agriculture, chocolate, and the lives of children working in a distant country, gradually realizing how his own life connects with the wider world.

From the true taste of chocolate, a boy's world begins to widen.

A children's novel by Rinko Inoue. In the last winter of elementary school, a girl searches for what truly matters to her through her relationship with a childhood friend.

In the last winter of elementary school, the girls set out to find something precious, as distant as the edge of the universe.

クローバー is a prize-recognized literary work built around urgent subject matter and a prose texture designed to leave a clear impression on readers.

クローバー is a prize-recognized work by 中西翠.

氷石 is a work by 久保田香里. 『氷石』は久保田香里による作品。受賞歴を通じて知られ、人物の感情や時代性を軸にした読み味を持つ。

氷石 presents 久保田香里's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

'ジジ　きみと歩いた' is a winning work of the 児童文芸新人賞 by Ema Miyashita.

'ジジ　きみと歩いた' is a winning work of the 児童文芸新人賞 by Ema Miyashita.

トモ、ぼくは元気です is a 児童文学 by 香坂直. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.

A focused 児童文学 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

Kawatare: The Kappa Cat of Sanzaigaike is a children's novel in which a lone young kappa is sent into the human world in the form of a cat and learns about loneliness, family, and friendship through a girl and her dog. Set against nature and kappa folklore around Kamakura, it makes the supernatural feel vividly close.

A story of loneliness and friendship between a girl and a kappa transformed into a cat.

Like, Like, a Winter Forest is a children's literary work by Rumi Nomoto. Through the quiet setting of a winter forest, it can be introduced as a story about a child's perceptions, metaphorical seeing, and distance from the outside world.

Children's literature that catches a child's senses in the setting of a winter forest.

Sarusuberi Runners is a children's novel by Soichiro Asada. Through running, it depicts children's friendship and their willingness to take on challenges.

Running moves the hearts of the children forward.

Tsuki no Kaori is a poetry collection for young readers by Midori Warabe. Through images of the moon and night, it portrays children's sensibility and quiet lyricism.

Moonlight and the atmosphere of night create poetic landscapes that linger in a child's heart.

A poetic picture book that layers another sense of time onto the cycle of the four seasons. Its brief scenes use childlike perception to bring out the warmth of ordinary days.

はる なつ あき ふゆ もうひとつ is a work in which 糸永えつこ draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

A story about an insecure girl who becomes intensely drawn to a confident peer aspiring to be a pianist. Friendship, admiration, and complicated feelings about family are rendered in a delicate, very soft register.

ピアニッシシモ is a work in which 梨屋アリエ draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

チコのまあにいちゃん is a fictional work by 北川チハル. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title チコのまあにいちゃん conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

まいごのどんぐり is a fictional work by 松成真理子. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title まいごのどんぐり conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

ボーソーとんがりネズミ by 渡辺わらん is known as a 児童文芸新人賞 winning work, shaping its subject through relationships, memory, and the atmosphere of its time.

ボーソーとんがりネズミ is an award-recognized work by 渡辺わらん.

どえらいでぇ！ミヤちゃん by 三津麻子 is known as a 児童文芸新人賞 winning work, shaping its subject through relationships, memory, and the atmosphere of its time.

どえらいでぇ！ミヤちゃん is an award-recognized work by 三津麻子.

透きとおった糸をのばして is a work by 草野たき recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

透きとおった糸をのばして brought wider attention to 草野たき's writing through its prize recognition.

せいざのなまえ is a work by 西村祐見子 recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

せいざのなまえ brought wider attention to 西村祐見子's writing through its prize recognition.

さらば、猫の手 is a work by 金治直美 recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

さらば、猫の手 brought wider attention to 金治直美's writing through its prize recognition.

ナシスの塔の物語 is 刊行作品 by みおちづる. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into みおちづる's literary expression.

蝶々、とんだ is 刊行作品 by 河原潤子. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 河原潤子's literary expression.

"双姫湖のコッポたち" is a children's literary work by 松原 由美子. Its publication as a book is confirmed, and it is treated as the award-winning work.

"双姫湖のコッポたち" is recognized as a children's literary work.

新しい森 is a work by 小川みなみ and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

新しい森 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

少年カニスの旅 is a work by 浜野えつひろ and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

少年カニスの旅 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

ふしぎなゆきだるま is a work by 藤牧久美子 associated with the 児童文芸新人賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞, ふしぎなゆきだるま draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

ぼくらのサイテーの夏 is a work by 笹生 陽子 associated with the 児童文芸新人賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞, ぼくらのサイテーの夏 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

魔法使いが落ちてきた夏 is a work by タカシトシコ associated with the 児童文芸新人賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 児童文芸新人賞, 魔法使いが落ちてきた夏 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

A children's novel set on an island, blending mythic atmosphere with young adventure.

A children's novel set on an island, blending mythic atmosphere with young adventure.

A children's story about emotional change and starting over after a contest.

A children's story about emotional change and starting over after a contest.

トマトのきぶん is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.

トマトのきぶん carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.

あすにむかって、容子 by 木之下のり子 is a work recognized by juvenile-literature-newcomer-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to あすにむかって、容子 by 木之下のり子 in its award context.

少年の海 by 横山充男 is a work recognized by juvenile-literature-newcomer-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to 少年の海 by 横山充男 in its award context.

夏の庭 is a work of children’s literature by 湯本香樹実. It was honored by the 児童文芸新人賞 and presents the writer's concerns and style in a focused form.

A useful entry point into 湯本香樹実's work.

でんぐりん is a work of children’s literature by 正道かほる. It was honored by the 児童文芸新人賞 and presents the writer's concerns and style in a focused form.

A useful entry point into 正道かほる's work.

Kumo no Kyoshitsu is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

Kumo no Kyoshitsu is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

Welcome! Sky Blue e is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

Welcome! Sky Blue e is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

Akagitsune to Fushigi na Spray is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

Akagitsune to Fushigi na Spray is a work of Japanese children’s literature. The work is introduced here through its subject, genre, and publication context.

A nonsense picture story in which a child on the way home from an errand meets a giraffe sticking its neck out of a manhole. It slips wonder into an ordinary street corner and captures a child’s surprise and laughter with ease.

From a manhole in the middle of the road, a giraffe is looking back.

マリヤムの秘密の小箱 is a poetry work by 泉久恵. Through sound and imagery, it gives shape to inner perception and the distance between the self and the world.

マリヤムの秘密の小箱 is an important work for reading 泉久恵's expression in the context of 児童文芸新人賞.

海辺の家の秘密 is a poetry work by 大塚篤子. Through sound and imagery, it gives shape to inner perception and the distance between the self and the world.

海辺の家の秘密 is an important work for reading 大塚篤子's expression in the context of 児童文芸新人賞.

UFO Ringo to Uchu Neko is a children's book written by M. Namae with illustrations by Hisakuni Hiko. Starting from the playful idea of a strange apple and a cat from space, it expands a child's curiosity and imagination toward a cosmic scale.

A familiar fruit and a cat from space meet, turning everyday life into a gently strange adventure.

Futari dake no Hitoribocchi is a children's novel centered on eleven-year-old Akiko, portraying childhood loneliness and the wish to stand beside another person. It follows the emotional uncertainty of opening one's heart while recognizing the loneliness that can remain even when two people are together.

A story of two lonely children gradually beginning to hear each other's voices.

Yokoso Swing Kazoku is a children's novel about the Nobeyama family, who spend a year in a small village through a mountain-village study program. Through days in which the family works together, the eldest son Arata encounters different forms of family life and individual dreams, and grows through them.

A year in a mountain village leads a boy to think about the shape of family and his own dreams.

坂田くんにナイスピッチ is a work by 糸賀美智子 selected in the 1988 cycle of 児童文芸新人賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.

坂田くんにナイスピッチ by 糸賀美智子, recognized by 児童文芸新人賞.

ゆきと弥助 is a work by 角田雅子 selected in the 1988 cycle of 児童文芸新人賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.

ゆきと弥助 by 角田雅子, recognized by 児童文芸新人賞.

ないないねこのなくしもの is a work by 戸田和代 selected in the 1988 cycle of 児童文芸新人賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.

ないないねこのなくしもの by 戸田和代, recognized by 児童文芸新人賞.

ねこがパンツをはいたなら is a children's literature by いわままりこ. It can be read through the themes and narrative texture recognized at the time of the award, where people, places, and events come together.

ねこがパンツをはいたなら links the scene suggested by its title with the author's concerns, retaining the shape of an award-winning work.

こねこムーのおくりもの is a children's literature by 江崎雪子. It can be read through the themes and narrative texture recognized at the time of the award, where people, places, and events come together.

こねこムーのおくりもの links the scene suggested by its title with the author's concerns, retaining the shape of an award-winning work.

Space Federation in a Close Call is a children's work by Kenichiro Suzuhara. Using the science-fiction setting of a space federation, it tells a child-oriented story of adventure, crisis, and humor.

Set in a space federation, an adventure races through danger.

A work of children's literature that follows memories of a father and the contours of family life through a perspective close to a child's. It turns admiration, unease, and growth within an ordinary household into a story.

The story looks at the figure of a father preserved within family memory and a child's sense of time.

謎の鳥屋敷 is a 児童文学 recognized in 1985. The work is introduced here through bibliographic confirmation and a concise account of its subject and literary character.

A work whose shape can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

海辺の町から is a 児童文学 recognized in 1985. The work is introduced here through bibliographic confirmation and a concise account of its subject and literary character.

A work whose shape can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

美しい宇宙 is a 詩集 recognized in 1985. The work is introduced here through bibliographic confirmation and a concise account of its subject and literary character.

A work whose shape can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

A children’s novel about children living in a northern town. Against the climate and texture of local life, it observes young people’s growth and relationships in the community.

In the life of a snowy northern town, the children slowly change.

A fantasy adventure later published as Niji e no Tabi. Set across the wide land of Aizaria, it depicts travel, war, longing for peace, and the strengths and weaknesses of the heart.

The journey toward the rainbow is also an inner journey through war and peace.

A children’s literary work by Yuko Marui. The playful sound of the title is paired with children’s sharp feelings and frustration, portraying growth within daily life.

Holding on to the tail of frustration, a child moves forward.

"ぼくとキキのアフリカサファリ" is recorded as an award-winning work for juvenile-literature-newcomer-award. This entry is prepared from the award record, while book identifiers are left blank because no independently confirmed public bibliographic record has been verified here.

ぼくとキキのアフリカサファリ. Recorded in the award data, this work serves as a starting point for bibliographic verification.

"12歳の合い言葉" is recorded as an award-winning work for juvenile-literature-newcomer-award. This entry is prepared from the award record, while book identifiers are left blank because no independently confirmed public bibliographic record has been verified here.

12歳の合い言葉. Recorded in the award data, this work serves as a starting point for bibliographic verification.

"グランパのふしぎな薬" is recorded as an award-winning work for juvenile-literature-newcomer-award. This entry is prepared from the award record, while book identifiers are left blank because no independently confirmed public bibliographic record has been verified here.

グランパのふしぎな薬. Recorded in the award data, this work serves as a starting point for bibliographic verification.

さようならうみねこ by 白井三香子 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

さようならうみねこ is one of the works associated with 白井三香子's award record.

空のまどをあけよう by 三宅知子 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

空のまどをあけよう is one of the works associated with 三宅知子's award record.

あけるなよこのひきだし by 武谷千保美 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

あけるなよこのひきだし is one of the works associated with 武谷千保美's award record.

明るいあした by 長久真砂子 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

明るいあした is one of the works associated with 長久真砂子's award record.

ちゅうしゃなんかこわくない by おおたにひろこ is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

ちゅうしゃなんかこわくない is one of the works associated with おおたにひろこ's award record.

Ivan Who Came from the Sea is a children's story about Ivan, a dog left behind in an unfamiliar Japanese port town by a Soviet ship, and his relationship with old Isohei from the town. As a story of receiving a being who has crossed the sea, it presents foreignness, loneliness, and the growth of trust in a form accessible to young readers.

From the meeting of a dog left behind in a port town and an old man, trust begins to grow across borders.

The Secret in the Desk is a children's story by Takako Kawano. Beginning with a secret hidden inside a child's familiar desk, it portrays curiosity, unease, and relationships with friends and family as they grow within everyday life.

A story in which a secret tucked inside a desk gradually sets a child's everyday life in motion.

小さなジュンのすてきな友だち is a work of children's literature by 広瀬寿子, portraying encounter, loneliness, and moments of growth from a child's point of view. The story remains accessible while giving depth to emotional change and relationships with others within familiar events.

Within small events, the story follows a child facing the wider world and other people.

詩集・白い虹 is an award-recognized work by 鶴岡千代子. It can be read through its subject, form, and the literary concerns that surrounded the award year.

詩集・白い虹 conveys 鶴岡千代子's voice and the literary atmosphere in which the work was recognized.

2年生の小さなこいびと is a work of children's literature by 木村幸子, portraying encounter, loneliness, and moments of growth from a child's point of view. The story remains accessible while giving depth to emotional change and relationships with others within familiar events.

Within small events, the story follows a child facing the wider world and other people.

A bus ticket found in the pocket of a coat from her mother leads Mamiko to meet a mysterious girl. This delicate time-slip fantasy lets the hearts of mother and daughter touch across time.

A ticket in a pocket carries a girl into an encounter across time.

This children's story by Toyoo Chie links the seasonal feeling of a ground-cherry festival with a child's experience. Behind the bustle of the festival are hints of local life and feelings for family.

Like the red glow of ground cherries, the memory of a festival day remains in a child's heart.

Michiko Takeda's children's work about Siebold's daughter. It tells the family story around a historical figure in a voice accessible to children, linking cross-cultural history with family memory.

A single spoon holds a father's memory and the time of a family crossing cultures.

A story for young children by Noriko Hishii. Pairing a ghost and a cat, it is read less for fear than for humor and warmth.

The meeting of a ghost and a cat brings gentle wonder to young readers.

Nijunanabanme no Hako is an original children's story by Setsuo Yazaki. Using the concrete image of a numbered box, it depicts a child's imagination and discovery of story.

From one box, a child's imagination opens into story.

たろうの日記 is a juvenile literature work by 川田進. It is recognized as a winning work of the 児童文芸新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

たろうの日記 offers an entry point into 川田進's literary expression through the context of the 児童文芸新人賞.

里の子日記 is a juvenile literature work by 松岡一枝. It is recognized as a winning work of the 児童文芸新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

里の子日記 offers an entry point into 松岡一枝's literary expression through the context of the 児童文芸新人賞.

千本のえんとつ is a juvenile literature work by 真鍋和子. It is recognized as a winning work of the 児童文芸新人賞, reflecting the author's style and the literary concerns of its period.

千本のえんとつ offers an entry point into 真鍋和子's literary expression through the context of the 児童文芸新人賞.

A children's work by Satoshi Ozawa. Behind its bright title, it portrays a child discovering his own strength through relationships with society and peers.

Under the open sky, a boy's direct feelings gradually take shape.

A children's work by Toshiyo Wakabayashi. Through the familiar image of a swing, it gathers a child's loneliness, wishes, and emotional wavering into a brief story.

On the moving swing, a child's sadness searches for a place where it can become words.