The picture book is delightful and airy, inviting children into a world built just for them. This is a translation from the Japanese original, and it works very well. The day ends with the girls joining in a forest concert as everyone sings together. They bicycle farther on and as the sun is setting come to a forest hotel where they find a room and beds just the right size for them. They play in the water, nap under a tree. The girls choose their sandwiches and eat them near a pond.
Then they are off again into the forest and they find a bakery with bread and jam of all kinds. They order cups of acorn coffee and clover blossom tea. They arrive at the forest cafe where there are tables just right for creatures and people of any size. His translations have appeared in Monkey Business International, Granta, and Words Without Borders, among other publications.Chirri and Chirra are two little girls who wake up early and head out into the forest together on their bicycles. Since the earthquake of 2011 she has been active in recovery and shelter efforts for abandoned pets.ĭavid Boyd is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She lives in Chiba Prefecture and maintains a strong interest in environmental and animal welfare issues. Since then she has created many picture books featuring her delicate color-pencil drawings. She got her start in picture books by attending the Atosaki Juku Workshop, held at a Tokyo bookshop specializing in children’s books. This is the happy, lovely world of Chirri and Chirra, where they stumble on the most wonderful surprises.īorn in Tokyo, Japan, Kaya Doi graduated with a degree in design from Tokyo Zokei University. Naturally, they come upon sea treats, such as parfait à la conch and marine soda jelly topped with pearl cream. Oh! They are under the sea! They pedal through a maze of color and pass through an opening in the seaweed, into a scene of seashells of all colors and shapes. At the end of the tunnel, they see a light. On their sixth adventure, Chirri and Chirra bicycle beneath the waves, discovering the beauty of coral and the deliciousness of marine edibles.Ĭhirri and Chirra are pedaling along when they find a cave.
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