かくれたことば

言葉図鑑 #8

by Taro Gomi

言葉は、おもてに言いあらわされた言葉通りの事柄を伝えるばかりではありません。その事柄について、話し手がどんな気持ちや考えをもっているかをも同時に伝えます。言葉を理解するとは、かくれた言葉をふくめて聞き分けることです。使い分けることです。それができるようになると、言葉はたまらなく楽しいものです。この本は、その楽しさを五味太郎流で味わわせてくれます。

Genres: Japanese Literature

36 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 1988

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.