るるるるる

音と文字の本

by Taro Gomi

飛行機のエンジン音を「る」の音で表し、大空のゆうゆうたる飛行から、思いがけない雲や飛行機群との遭遇をユーモアで描きます。

Genres: Japanese Literature

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 1991

About the author

Taro Gomi (五味太郎) is a major children’s illustrator and writer. He has more than 400 book titles to his credit. His work has been widely translated into 15 other languages.


Tarō was born in Tokyo and he graduated from ID department, Kuwazawa Design Institute. His readers range from babies to adults, with an equal number of fans overseas. His work has been appreciated considerably with both domestic and international honours such as the Sankei Jido Shuppan Bunka Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair Award among others.


Along with authoring children's books, he is well-known in the fields of Stationery design, clothing design, production of young children's animated videos, CD-ROMs, essays etc.


His popular books published in English include Everyone Poops, Santa Through the Window, Where's the Fish?, My Friends and The Crocodile and the Dentist.

Reviews

[Sari Griffiths · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very simple story only told by the sound it makes. Perfect for babies before they start speaking. Lovely bright colours and you can be pretty creative with the way you read (or make noises!).