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Children's picture book by Kiyo Tanaka

The Little One (くろいの, Kuroino, "The Black Thing") is a children's picture book by Kiyo Tanaka (田中清代 Tanaka Kiyo), published in 2018 by Kaiseisha [ja]. David Boyd wrote the English translation, published in 2021 by Enchanted Lion Books.

The book involves a little girl who sees a creature and goes on an adventure with it, before meeting her father at the end of the book.

It was published in French, as La petite chose noire, with translation by Alice Hureau.

Reception

The book and its author won the "Purple Island Award", of Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours 2019. It also won the Japan Picture Book Award [ja] 25th edition Grand Prize, and the Shogakukan Children's Book Publishing Culture Award [ja].

Kirkus Reviews stated that for the most part the work is "poignant and engrossing narrative" although it argued the aspect of her going into a closet at the creature's request "gives serious pause".

Kimberly Olson Fakih of School Library Journal stated that the art style illustrates "a timeless quality."

Masao Higashi [ja] (東雅夫 Higashi Masao) of Asahi Shimbun gave a positive review, praising the "fine copper engraving technique".

References

  1. "くろいの". Saitama Prefectural Library. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. ^ "The Little One". Kirkus Reviews. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. "Notice bibliographique". French National Library. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. "【日本人作家が初受賞】世界的な絵本イラストレーションのコンクール「ナミコンクール」で、田中清代の絵本『くろいの』がパープルアイランド賞を受賞！". Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 2019-01-09.
  5. "Nami Concours 2019 Winners". Nami Concours. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  6. "『くろいの』（田中清代 作）が第25回日本絵本賞大賞を受賞！" (in Japanese). Kaiseisha. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  7. "日本絵本賞過去の受賞作品" (in Japanese). School Library Association. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  8. "第68回『小学館児童出版文化賞』最終選考結果のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
    "第68回小学館児童出版文化賞" (in Japanese). International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library. 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  9. Fakih, Kimberly Olson (2022-01-07). "The Little One". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  10. Higashi, Masao (2018-12-14). "眺めたくなる影の領域　アンソロジスト・東雅夫". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese).

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