Juvenile Literature Newcomer Award じどうぶんげいしんじんしょう
Edition 33 (2004)
Original fairy talesNovelsNon-fictionPoetryChildren's songs
Winners
2 peopleA 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.
30 pages
seasonspoetrypicture book
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.
189 pages
friendshipmusicadolescence