A children's novel set around a stone quarry near Kumamoto, portraying people's lives and children's experiences during the Pacific War. Through encounters with adults and other children, the boy gradually learns what it means to work, study, and live.

At a wartime quarry, children come to know both the hardness of life and the warmth of people.

A Mitsumasa Anno picture collection depicting wildflowers and little people playing near them. Botanical observation overlaps with fairy-tale imagination, conveying the delight of finding small stories within quiet nature.

In the shade of wildflowers, a tiny world of little people quietly comes alive.