Black Locusts is a children's nonfiction book by Minoru Yajima, drawing on his long experience of keeping and exhibiting insects in zoos. Starting with the question of why grasshoppers can change from green to black, it introduces their lives through encounters with and observation of insects.

Why does a green grasshopper turn black?

The Shogakukan Art Book series introduces children to great paintings through picture books. This award recognizes the series as a whole, for which Masako Yūki wrote and structured the books, rather than a single volume.