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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 35 (1986)

Children's literaturePicture booksNonfiction

Winners

2 people
Mado Michio まど みちお award

A poetry collection for young readers by Michio Mado. It looks at animals, tools, and nature in nimble rhythms, opening small everyday wonders through language children can enjoy aloud.

A children’s poetry collection where the pleasure of speaking the words aloud gently changes how the world is seen.

116 pages
children's poetrywordplaynaturechildlike perception
Shuichi Ono おの しゅういち award

A picture book pairing Soji Momota’s poem with Shuichi Ono’s illustrations. Through the viewpoint of an elm tree, it quietly traces the growth of Sapporo and conveys a sense of place, memory, and nature to children.

A picture book in which an elm tree watches the time of a town and the lives around it.

picture bookSapporonaturememory of place