A children's novel focused on the Kisaragi brothers who live at an acupuncture clinic in a shopping street. It depicts a lively everyday life and small realizations. The award-winning work was published as Kisaragi Family Is Sunny Again Today.

From morning to night in the shopping street, the Kisaragi family's days are always a little lively.

A story in which a lost cat named Tora wanders through the forest and looks for the way home through encounters with crows and small creatures. It is an adventure shaped with gentleness.

Tora searches for the way home together with the creatures met deep in the forest.

A story in which Konomi, a fourth grader, comes to appreciate the importance of nature, animals, and family through her encounter with the mysterious landlady Zarame-san at the apartment building.

In an apartment that looks like a castella cake, secrets gradually come undone.

When a boy named Kaito Sakamoto transfers from Tokyo into Ryota's third-grade class, he looks almost exactly like Ryota. This short story traces the differences between the two boys and the wavering sense of inferiority a child can feel.

Meeting a lookalike transfer student slowly changes the way Ryota sees things.

A story in which Hisashi, a second-year middle school student, reconsiders the power of art while facing the loss carried by his art club adviser, Professor Shinohara, after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Can art be dispensed with? The story begins with that question.

A long-form work selected for the 30th Ogawa Mimei Literary Award. No book publication could be confirmed, and the publicly available information is limited to the award record.

The award record confirms only the title and the result.

A story in which Ko, a first-year middle school student, gradually reconsiders his relationships with others and his own outlook through encounters with a carpenter named Murata and a classmate named Itsuki.

A story of everyday life and growth that begins on a rooftop.

A long-form work selected for the 29th Ogawa Mimei Literary Award. No book publication could be confirmed, and the publicly available information is limited to the award record.

Only the award record is publicly available.

Joan of the Sha-Ki-Pesh Barbershop was later published as The Black Painter Who Gave Me Color: Joan of the Sha-Ki-Pesh Barbershop. Through a boy's encounter with a painter, it depicts changes in perception, color, and self-expression.

An encounter with a black-clad painter helps a boy recover the colors of the world.

Toshiko Kamiya's Toriron received the excellence prize at the 28th Ogawa Mimei Literary Award. The official winners list confirms title and author, but no book publication is listed or otherwise confirmed.

An unpublished prize work preserved in the records of a children's literature award.

This work is introduced as: 江戸時代の新潟港町を舞台に、廻船問屋の息子・寅吉が祭りの舞台で芝居に挑む児童向け時代小説。

A work centered on 港町の少年が、芝居を通して自分の力を試す。

This work is introduced as: 高田瞽女を題材に、雁木の町を歩いた女性たちの暮らしと芸を描く作品。

A work centered on 瞽女として歩く道に、感謝と芸の記憶が重なる。

供養絵－心寄り添い人－ is an award-recognized work by ちばるりこ. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.

No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.

瀬戸内少年記－海人とルソン－ is an award-recognized work by 土屋千鶴. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.

No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.

蝶のくれたプレゼント is an award-recognized work by 束田澄江. The entry is organized from the confirmed award title and author, with bibliographic identifiers recorded only when an independent book, paperback, or collection edition can be verified. Magazine or venue identifiers have not been reused.

蝶のくれたプレゼント is a work whose award record and publication status should be checked separately.

ぼくの父ちゃん is an award-recognized work by かみやとしこ. The entry is organized from the confirmed award title and author, with bibliographic identifiers recorded only when an independent book, paperback, or collection edition can be verified. Magazine or venue identifiers have not been reused.

ぼくの父ちゃん is a work whose award record and publication status should be checked separately.

四年ザシキワラシ組 is an award-recognized work by こうだゆうこ. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

四年ザシキワラシ組, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

野生の力がのりうつる is an award-recognized work by 中村淳. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

野生の力がのりうつる, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

停車場通りのものがたり－みんな、生きた。昭和10年オムニバス－ is an award-recognized work by 江森葉子. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

停車場通りのものがたり－みんな、生きた。昭和10年オムニバス－, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

夏休みの音色 is an award-recognized work by 水都. Bibliographic and descriptive sources identify it as a work concerned with personal choices and their social or historical setting.

夏休みの音色, read through its award history and bibliographic record.

ななこ姉ちゃんのふるさと by 宮崎貞夫 is recorded as the work attached to this award entry. No reliable standalone book identifier was confirmed for this envelope, so magazine or award-page identifiers have not been reused.

A concise profile of ななこ姉ちゃんのふるさと by 宮崎貞夫, including award and bibliographic context.

でこぼこ凸凹あいうえお by 別司芳子 is recorded as the work attached to this award entry. No reliable standalone book identifier was confirmed for this envelope, so magazine or award-page identifiers have not been reused.

A concise profile of でこぼこ凸凹あいうえお by 別司芳子, including award and bibliographic context.

ママギャング is an award-winning work by 井岡道子 recognized by the 小川未明文学賞. The bibliographic identifiers were checked at the work level from the title and author information.

ママギャング by 井岡道子 was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

天の網 is an award-winning work by うのはらかい recognized by the 小川未明文学賞. The bibliographic identifiers were checked at the work level from the title and author information.

天の網 by うのはらかい was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

影なし山のりん is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for 影なし山のりん is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

黒い子ネコと魔女おじさん is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for 黒い子ネコと魔女おじさん is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

春一番 is recorded as a 2013 award-winning work. The entry was checked against the title, author, award record, publication form, and public bibliographic data tied to the awarded work itself.

Bibliographic and work information for 春一番 is organized without substituting magazine identifiers.

When the goldfish kept by Class 6-2 falls ill, Nakai, one of the animal-care monitors, is blamed and goes to throw it away. Later, Hazuki, another monitor, finds something shining on the trunk of a hackberry tree in the schoolyard. In a troubled classroom, the goldfish becomes the start of a connection between the two children.

A sick goldfish and a tree in the schoolyard create a small secret in a troubled classroom.

This work is recorded as an excellence-award title in the twenty-first Ogawa Mimei Literature Award. NDL's children's literature award list presents Kusuguri no Ki and Shimekoroshi no Ki by the same author, with publisher and call-number fields left blank.

A children's literature work recorded for an Ogawa Mimei Literature Award excellence prize, with no confirmed standalone edition.

This children's literature work is recorded as an excellence-award title in the twenty-first Ogawa Mimei Literature Award. Public lists confirm the title and author, but do not provide a publisher or call number.

An Ogawa Mimei Literature Award excellence-prize work recorded under a title that evokes a grandfather and flowers.

パンプキン・ロード is a 児童文学 by 森島いずみ. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

パンプキン・ロード presents 森島いずみ's work in the form of 児童文学.

けやき is a 児童文学 by 山中真理子. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

けやき presents 山中真理子's work in the form of 児童文学.

アユミといっしょに is a 児童文学 by 大澤桃代. The work is recorded as an award-recognized title and presents its subject through the images suggested by the title, the author's concerns, and the movement of memory or feeling.

アユミといっしょに presents 大澤桃代's work in the form of 児童文学.

Rental Robot begins when fourth grader Kenta finds a shop that rents robots and brings home a robot younger brother. His wish for a sibling comes true, but he also meets jealousy, restraint, and the responsibility of becoming an older brother.

Life with a robot brother teaches Kenta affection for family and the ache of growing up.

Hadashi de Jump is a children’s story whose title suggests stepping into the world with one’s own body. The image of jumping barefoot carries courage, hesitation overcome, and a direct moment of growth.

The energy of a barefoot jump becomes the courage to take one step forward.

Umi o Koete Amigo is a children’s story with a bright title that suggests reaching someone beyond the sea. It evokes children widening friendship and understanding through encounters with different places and cultures.

Like a heart reaching beyond the sea, the story opens toward friendship and encounter.

“アンモナイトの森で” is a 2009 award-winning work by 市川洋介. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“アンモナイトの森で” is an important work in the record of 市川洋介’s award recognition.

“アオダイショウの日々” is a 2009 award-winning work by 森川成美. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“アオダイショウの日々” is an important work in the record of 森川成美’s award recognition.

“ぼくらの宝島” is a 2009 award-winning work by 白川みこと. Bibliographic identifiers are limited to editions that can be confirmed as a standalone book, paperback, or collection, and identifiers for magazine issues are not used.

“ぼくらの宝島” is an important work in the record of 白川みこと’s award recognition.

空と大地と虹色イルカ is an award-winning work by ながすみつき. Published as a standalone book, it follows its characters' choices and the atmosphere surrounding them through the subject and voice recognized by the prize.

空と大地と虹色イルカ is a work by ながすみつき recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

七日七夜の朝に is a 2008 award-winning work by 森夏月. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

七日七夜の朝に is a work by 森夏月 recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

ティダピルマ is a 2008 award-winning work by Morio Mizuki. Centered on the subject suggested by its title, it can be introduced as a literary work that follows shifts in character and scene.

ティダピルマ is a work by Morio Mizuki recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

ヘア・スタイリストのなみだ is an award-winning work by 山下奈美. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

ヘア・スタイリストのなみだ is an award-winning work in which 山下奈美 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

ひらけ、空! is an award-winning work by 岩田千里. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

ひらけ、空! is an award-winning work in which 岩田千里 depicts human choices and the weight of time.

とべ、ネージュ! is an award-winning work by 白川みこと. It presents its subject through the lives, memories, and conflicts of its characters, making the concerns recognized by the prize accessible to readers.

とべ、ネージュ! is an award-winning work in which 白川みこと depicts human choices and the weight of time.

A children’s novel centered on boys who meet a stray dog named Jiji. Through the experience of caring for the dog, it portrays friendship and the children’s complicated home lives.

Days spent with the stray dog Jiji gradually change the boys’ hearts.

アイ・アム・アンクル is a 小川未明文学賞の優秀賞作品 by 山下奈美. It is treated as an individual prize work, while no standalone book or paperback publication is identifiable.

アイ・アム・アンクル is known as a prize-recognized work.

ニイハオ！ ミンミン is a 小川未明文学賞の優秀賞作品 by 森島いずみ. It is treated as an individual prize work, while no standalone book or paperback publication is identifiable.

ニイハオ！ ミンミン is known as a prize-recognized work.

Published under the revised title Blow-Through Blue Sky, this children’s novel follows fifth grader Makoto and the residents of an aging apartment building as they face eviction, confront their different circumstances, and gradually begin to connect.

The blue sky visible through the old building’s open shaft becomes a small sign of hope for residents under pressure.

This work is confirmed as an excellence-prize title of the Ogawa Mimei Literary Award. Public winner lists identify the title and author, but no publication as a standalone book, paperback, or collection could be confirmed.

A children’s literary work recorded in the award list, with no confirmed book publication.

This work is confirmed as an excellence-prize title of the Ogawa Mimei Literary Award. Public materials record the title and author, but no book publication could be confirmed.

A children’s literary work preserved in award lists, with publication information unconfirmed.

A children’s novel in which children grow through conflict and friendship during a mountain-village stay. The prize work was revised and published as Three Children at a Mountain Village Study Stay.

夏への帰り道 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

A warm story about a man at a dead end who decides to try writing fiction. It is confirmed as an Ogawa Mimei Literary Award work and was published by Shogakukan.

君だけの物語 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

A children’s story that uses morning as a frame for a child’s perception and emotional change. The award history is confirmed, but no stand-alone edition could be verified.

ぼくの『朝』 follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

Behind the bright title, in which a girl tells herself she may be very lucky, this children's novel depicts instability in family and school life. Later published as Arukidasu Natsu, it portrays a child taking a first step amid difficulty.

Behind the wish to believe she is lucky, a girl begins walking into her own summer.

This lively children's story follows little Mameta as he faces the world with the cry of a sumo bout. Rather than mocking smallness or weakness, it presents them as the ground for a courageous challenge.

Little Mameta's shout makes the courage to challenge grow larger.

Blue Monkey is a children's literary work by Anzu Yuki. It was selected for an excellence prize in the Ogawa Mimei Literary Award and is listed as a prizewinning submitted work without a later book publication note.

A prizewinning work of children's literature with no confirmed standalone book edition.

ど・ん・ま・い is a work by 青山季市. It is associated with the 小川未明文学賞.

ど・ん・ま・い by 青山季市.

ナナとおはなしのたね is a work by 小山内こころ. It is associated with the 小川未明文学賞.

ナナとおはなしのたね by 小山内こころ.

カエルのなみだ is a work by 吉木智. It is associated with the 小川未明文学賞.

カエルのなみだ by 吉木智.

目をつぶれば、きつねの世界 is a work by 津島節子. It was selected for the 小川未明文学賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 津島節子 recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

Oh!父さん is a work by 梅原賢二. It was selected for the 小川未明文学賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by 梅原賢二 recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

風・吹いた! is a work by あんずゆき. It was selected for the 小川未明文学賞 in 2001 and was recognized within the literary culture of its time.

A work by あんずゆき recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

2000 is an award-recognized work by the author, centered on the concerns suggested by its title and the texture of its people and time.

2000 is a work remembered through its award recognition.

おけちゅう is a work by 江美樹男. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

おけちゅう uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

レールの向こうの町から is a work by 高森千穂. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

レールの向こうの町から uses 町 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

瞳に星が宿る時 is a work by 池田美代子. It presents its subject through a focused literary frame, drawing out the emotional and social tensions suggested by the Japanese description.

瞳に星が宿る時 uses 希望 as an entry point into human feeling and the atmosphere of its time.

あいつさがし is a work by 中尾三十里. Recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.

A work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, showing 中尾三十里's distinctive voice.

はるかなる隣人 is a work by 石田はじめ. Recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.

A work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, showing 石田はじめ's distinctive voice.

ロトルの森 is a work by まごころのりお. Recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, it reflects the author's concerns and the literary context around the work.

A work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞, showing まごころのりお's distinctive voice.

風の鳴る夜 is a work by 北岡克子 that was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

風の鳴る夜, a work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

トラブル昆虫記 is a work by 梅原賢二 that was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

トラブル昆虫記, a work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

フシギ稲荷 is a work by 伊藤遊 that was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

フシギ稲荷, a work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

アルビダの木 is a work by 安達省吾 associated with the 小川未明文学賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title アルビダの木, the work foregrounds 安達省吾's engagement with its subject.

スージーさんとテケテンテン is a work by 遠藤みえ子 associated with the 小川未明文学賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title スージーさんとテケテンテン, the work foregrounds 遠藤みえ子's engagement with its subject.

三日おくれの新学期 is a work by 文月飛鳥 associated with the 小川未明文学賞. It can be read as a work that follows its subject through people, time, place, and memory.

Under the title 三日おくれの新学期, the work foregrounds 文月飛鳥's engagement with its subject.

A children's story that uses a child's view of fish and water to explore imagination, empathy, and the feeling of being alive.

さかなのきもち uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human emotion.

A children's work that turns a child's wishes and anxieties into a call to God, portraying loneliness and hope between reality and imagination.

神サマ、出テオイデ uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human emotion.

A children's story centered on a teacher and cross-cultural encounters, following the hesitation and warmth that arise in a place of learning.

アレックス先生によろしく uses 児童文学 as an entry point into human emotion.

A children’s book about the migration of sea turtles. Through the sea, travel, and the cycle of life, it encourages curiosity about nature and adventure.

ウミガメ回遊記 is an award-winning work that concentrates 山下勇’s style and central concerns.

A children’s story about family ties. Through a gift passed from father to child, it portrays memory, growth, and affection with warmth.

父さんの贈り物 is an award-winning work that concentrates 鈴木由美’s style and central concerns.

A children’s work set around a sea without dolphins. It links environmental change with human life and asks how people should face nature.

イルカのいない海 is an award-winning work that concentrates 佐々木真水’s style and central concerns.

Ojiisan no Suberidai is a children's story by Shoko Hama. Ryota looks at the slide left behind after the old man has disappeared and begins to feel himself within a larger continuity of life, like the rings of a long-lived tree.

The memory held in a slide leads a boy into a larger current of life.

Panyaki Konkuru is a children's story included in Akira Ogura's Tremos no Panya. When a similar bakery opens in front of Porto's shop, a baker proud of his repeated contest victories, rivalry and unease set the story in motion.

A new shop appearing before the town's best bakery unsettles a craftsman's heart.

Majo no Ko Mocchi is a fantasy children's book by Yuka Inoue. Raised by a great owl, Mocchi rides the legendary bird Pyoruru to a desert oasis, where she encounters both the happiness and fear found in the human world.

A girl called a witch's child touches human happiness and loneliness in an oasis village.