Noma Children's Literature Award
雪ぼっこ物語 (童心社・創作シリーズ)
A story of a girl from a poor tenant-farming family who endures harsh days supporting her family and is sustained by her encounter with a couple who make kokeshi dolls. Snow-country life and human tenderness are deeply etched.
Work Information
雪ぼっこ物語 reflects its age and human lives through the perspective of 生源寺美子.
While directly portraying the labor and responsibility placed on a child, the book carefully explores the meaning of making things and being supported by others. It is children’s literature with both quiet pain and warmth.
Review Summaries
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Readers tend to value the way the subject is approached and the calmness of the prose. The work is received less as a fast-moving narrative than as one to read carefully for its historical setting and inner lives.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 童心社
- Published
- 1977-02-20
- Pages
- 222 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784494019069
- ISBN-10
- 4494019062
- Price
- 74 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
第15回（1977年） 野間児童文芸賞 受賞