A children's literary work centered on a boy's journey, suggesting growth and encounters through travel. As a first-prize work in the inaugural Kodansha children's literature newcomer award, it signaled a new writer in longer fiction for children.

The time of travel gradually changes a boy's heart.

A folktale-like children's novel in which Taro journeys north to find his mother, who has become a dragon. Beyond poverty and harsh nature, his love for his mother joins with the power to help others.

The search for his mother leads Taro into a story of saving village and nature.

A work of children's literature by Mori Kazuo. Under the title Kinto Gin no Michi (The Road of Gold and Silver), it received an honorable mention in the first Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award.

Kinto Gin no Michi (The Road of Gold and Silver), a children's work by Mori Kazuo.

A children's novel in which young people confront poverty, adult values, and the social strains of postwar Japan while learning to see the world for themselves. Hisashi Yamanaka's direct child-centered viewpoint brings out both the mood of the era and the realities of family and community.

Through a child's eyes, the story depicts postwar contradictions and the strength to live through them.