A collection combining folktale-like narration with the sensibility of modern children's literature. Through grounded voices and small events, children encounter the world's strangeness and pain.

Stories scented with earth open the world through a child's gaze.

天の車 is a 児童文学作品 by 上種ミスズ. It reflects the literary and publishing climate around its award year, with the person, place, or incident suggested by the title forming the center of the work.

天の車 conveys the force of its subject and the author's perspective as an award-winning work.