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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 an illustrated work for young children by Akira Nakao. Listed with Nakayoshi yochien and Nikoniko Taro-chan as a Child Book publication, it was among the works recognized by the fourth Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award. It uses sheep to present the fun of pressing-together play.

An illustrated work for young children that uses sheep to portray the fun of pressing-together play.

children's illustrationyoung children's magazineanimalsplayChild Book