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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 32 (1983)

Children's literaturePicture booksNonfiction

Winners

3 people
Kimiko Aman あまんきみこ award

A story of Chi-chan, a girl separated from her family in an air raid, showing how war takes ordinary life and life itself. The game of sending shadows into the sky becomes memory and prayer.

ちいちゃんのかげおくり is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 記憶.

48 pages
warfamilymemory
Toshi Maruki まるき しゅん award

A picture book that conveys the voices of Minamata’s sea and the people who lived with it through powerful images and words. It presents the pain of pollution in a form children can receive.

みなまた海のこえ is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 公害.

200 pages
水俣病picture bookpollution
Iri Maruki まるき いり award

A jointly created picture book that conveys the voices of Minamata’s sea and the people who lived with it. It presents the pain of pollution in a form children can receive.

みなまた海のこえ is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 記憶.

200 pages
水俣病collaborationmemory