Makiko Cried is a children's novel that portrays a child's pain and the instability of home and school life. The direct emotion in the title leads readers toward the social and family issues behind a child's tears.

A children's novel that begins with a crying child and asks what loneliness and adult responsibility mean during growing up.

Yamanba is a picture book that gives a folk-tale subject powerful visual form. It layers fear and familiarity toward a mountain-dwelling figure and conveys the force of oral storytelling to children.

A picture book that brings the roughness and warmth of folklore vividly onto the page.