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新装版かえって きた きつね

Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award

新装版かえって きた きつね

Eriko Kishida

かえってきたきつね is a work of children’s literature by 岸田衿子. Recognized in 1974, it connects everyday feeling with imagination and gives young readers a clear emotional path into the story.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context

Work Information

かえってきたきつね captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

かえってきたきつね is a work of children’s literature by 岸田衿子. Recognized in 1974, it connects everyday feeling with imagination and gives young readers a clear emotional path into the story. In the context of the award, its importance lies in the voice, structure, and lingering questions it leaves after the plot or subject has been introduced.

Review Summaries

  • Reader response tends to value the distinctive subject and the strength of the voice. The work rewards attention to context, structure, and the aftertaste it leaves.

Book Information

Publisher
講談社
Published
2007-04-26
Pages
31 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784061323421
ISBN-10
4061323423
Price
2019 JPY
Category
本/絵本・児童書/絵本

とうげの うえの おおきな き。 そこには ももんがーと とりと いっぴきの きつねが すんで いました。 岸田衿子&中谷千代子コンビの絵本が復刊 ももんがー、小鳥、きつねは、峠のうえの木の住人。 ある日、番人役のきつねが捕らえられてしまいます……。 動物たちの交流を描いた、いっぷう変わった絵本です。

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