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Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award こうだんしゃじどうぶんがくしんじんしょう

Edition 29 (1988)

Children's literature

Winners

3 people
白阪実世子 しらさか みよこ honorable mention

ふしぎなともだち ジャック・クローバー by 白阪実世子 is a work for young readers that stays close to wonder, growth, and everyday feeling. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

ふしぎなともだち ジャック・クローバー layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

237 pages
growthencounterimaginationeveryday life
しんどうぎんこ しんどう ぎんこ honorable mention

ぼくがイルカにのった少年になる日まで by しんどうぎんこ is a work for young readers that stays close to wonder, growth, and everyday feeling. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

ぼくがイルカにのった少年になる日まで layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

181 pages
growthencounterimaginationeveryday life
近藤尚子 こんどう なおこ honorable mention

ぼくの屋上にカンガルーがやってきた。 by 近藤尚子 is a work for young readers that stays close to wonder, growth, and everyday feeling. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

ぼくの屋上にカンガルーがやってきた。 layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

156 pages
growthencounterimaginationeveryday life