Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award
草の芽は青い (講談社青い鳥文庫)
"Haru o Yobu Koe" won the Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award and was retitled Kusa no Me wa Aoi for publication. It follows a girl's growth and carefully portrays a child's changing feelings amid family life, school, and relocation.
Work Information
An important early novel by Haruko Shogenji, later known under the title Kusa no Me wa Aoi.
The award title was "Haru o Yobu Koe," and the work was later published by Kodansha as Kusa no Me wa Aoi. The ISBN for the Aoi Tori Bunko edition is confirmed, and records for the earlier series edition and newspaper indexes also show its circulation.
Review Summaries
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A critical guide values the work for its portrait of a child growing while facing harsh realities, a central quality of Shogenji's fiction. The book invites a reading that connects everyday detail with a child's inner life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 講談社
- Published
- 1981-03-01
- Pages
- 245 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784061470620
- ISBN-10
- 4061470620
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
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