Traditional Chinese edition of Chika hyakkaidate no ie. Ku received an invitation to a party hosted by a person who lives 100 floors underground. "One Hundredth floor underground?" he wonders. "Ok, I will go!" to check out the unbelievable place. Author Iwai Toshio is the Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California and the youngest recipient of Japan's Modern Arts Award in 1985 while he was still a student. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Toshio Iwai is an award-winning interactive media and installation artist who has created exhibits for San Francisco's Exploratorium. He is also the creator of Tenori-on in the Museum of Modern Art and Electroplankton, a Nintendo game. He is the author and illustrator of bestselling books in Japan.
I think this was actually the second time I read this book, but the first in which I read this particular version. In my school's library, they had this book and several others in this unwieldy jumbo size--seriously like three feet tall. It's really ungainly and a pain to read, but I wanted to give it a shot, so I did. The book is about this girl who is invited to a party, and to get to the party, she has to go deep underground through 100 levels. Every ten levels she meets another kind of animal group that is dwelling at that level. It's very cute and charming and fun to read--other than the size!
This is a Japanese book but we read it in Chinese version. In this book there are not too many words but full of bizarre imagination and the detailed drawing.
The main character heard a sound inviting her to a party then she started her journal all the way down to the 100 floors under the ground! Under the ground, there are different animals live in every ten floors. And those animals are doing different activities in each floor.
I like the exquisite drawing style, and always enjoy reading it with my daughter. You can understand the book easily without understanding Chinese. For kids it's very easy for them to discover all the details in each floor and it's a good book for counting too! Highly recommend.