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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 52 (2003)

Children's literaturePicture booksNonfiction

Winners

3 people
Yoshiharu Imaizumi いまいずみ よしはる award

This biography portrays Ernest Thompson Seton, known for his animal stories, through his life as a naturalist. With many illustrations, it follows his powers of observation, concern for conservation, and work in bringing stories to children.

Through his gaze toward animals, the human appeal of Seton comes into focus.

367 pages
biographynaturalistanimalsconservation
Nahoko Uehashi うえはし なほこ award

A volume in the Moribito series, this story is set in the kingdom of Rota and follows Asra, a girl feared as a bringer of disaster, and Balsa's effort to protect her. Across the two parts, faith, politics, and ethnic memory intersect.

Is she a child of god or of calamity? The journey to protect a girl shakes an ancient promise of the kingdom.

290 pages
fantasyMoribito seriesfaithcross-cultural worlds
Mori Eto もり えと award

This coming-of-age novel follows boys at a diving club on the verge of closure after they are challenged to produce an Olympic competitor. In the instant of a dive, it concentrates effort, jealousy, friendship, and growth.

In the instant from the platform to the water, the boys' hesitation and resolve converge.

679 pages
coming of agesportsdivinggrowth