Kenju Park Forest

Books selected by the Japan Library Association

One day, Kenju started planting cedar seedlings. The villagers make fun of them. A man is trying to cut a tree. But Kenju never gave up. The forest that remained after Kenju's death grew beautifully, as if to prove who was truly worthy...

``A work that resonates with Kenji's question of what true happiness is.The story is colored by powerful yet simple drawings using watercolors and colored pencils.

[Profile]
Illustration: Hideo Ito
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1950.
He won the Shogakukan Picture Award for ``Summer of the Sea'' (Holp Publishing), the Japan Picture Book Award Grand Prize for ``Fighting Feelings'' (written by Aiko Shibata, Poplar Publishing), and the JBBY Award and IBBY Honor List Award for ``Ushio'' (Billiken Publishing).
Major works include ``Jizobon'', ``Sakana Fishing'' (all published by Fukuinkan Shoten), ``Secret Summer Festival Children's Sairen'' (Poplar Publishing), and ``Tsunami Tendenko Hashire, Ue e! ” (Written by Kazu Sashida, Poplar Publishing), “Hitahitadadondon” (Rintaro Uchida, Written by Kaiwa Publishing),
His works include ``Oushigekidan'' (written by Koji Suzuki, published by Iwasaki Shoten) and ``It's Good, Kaa-chan'' (written by Keisuke Nishimoto, published by Kodansha).

●Art materials used: watercolors, [some pigments] / paper: canvas

[Publication date] October 20, 2014