Miki's First Errand

漢聲精選世界最佳兒童圖畫書．心理成長類 #1

by Yoriko Tsutsui

Five-year-old Miki is entrusted by Mom to run her first errand alone — to go to the shop to buy milk. Miki succeeds despite what are, to her, enormous challenges.

Genres: Picture Books, Japanese Literature, Childrens

31 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1977

Reviews

[Eric Hinkle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Akiko Hayashi's most beloved book is just as wondrous and heartwarming as the cover indicates.

Entitled Miki's First Errand in the English edition, it's an adventure tale about Miki out to get a carton of milk for her mom. It's truly lovely stuff.

[ツバキ · Rating 5 out of 5]

小時候讀過的繪本中印象最深刻的就是這本，尤其是這個綠色的封面。
因為很想重讀一次，就買了原文版。

其實內容只有模糊的印象，所以這次重讀發現有些地方跟我記憶中的不一樣，像是我完全不記得主角中間有碰到朋友，也不記得有一個戴墨鏡的大叔先過來買東西，還有本來記得媽媽後來有來迎接主角，但是實際上卻只是在下坡等她而已。不過我對圖倒是記得滿清楚的，經過這麼多年重看還是覺得圖畫的很漂亮，很喜歡林明子這種溫柔的筆觸。

讀完還想起小時候在閱讀的時候，一直很困惑嬰兒的牛奶可以隨便喝在雜貨店買的牛奶嗎XDD

[Shoryudo · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book when I was young!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know if I consider this book amazing, but it is really cute. It is about a Japanese girl who goes to buy milk for her mom. It shows an old-fashioned Japan, not a modern one.