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Shogakukan Children Publishing Culture Award しょうがくかんじどうしゅっぱんぶんかしょう

Edition 4 (1955)

Children's literaturePicture booksNonfiction

Winners

2 people
鶴田知也 award

Hattara wa Waga Kokyo is a work of children's literature by Tomoya Tsuruta. Written by an author long concerned with Ainu history and northern places, it turns the feeling of homeland and the memories of people living on the land into a story accessible to young readers.

A story for children that portrays memories inscribed in a northern land through the search for home.

children's literaturehomelandnorthern landscapesmemories around the Ainurural literaturepostwar children's literature
中尾彰 award

Hitsujisan to oshikura is a young children's illustrated work by Akira Nakao published in Child Book and recognized with Nakayoshi yochien and Nikoniko Taro-chan by the Shogakukan children's award. Its gentle line and familiar animal imagery present a playful scene for young readers.

An illustrated young children's work by Akira Nakao that uses sheep to convey the fun of pressing-together play.

children's illustrationyoung children's magazineanimalsplayChild Book