Ishii, Honoka

My favorite picture book is Kuma no Gakko. This is the story of twelve bears which live in dormitory on the mountain. One of the twelve is a girl, and her name is Jackie. She is the youngest of them. She likes to play a prank, but she has a kindness like a mother.

This book’s picture was drawn by Nami Adachi. She is from Tachimi city in Gifu. Her works is drawing picture book, designing stuffed animal and clothes of stuffed animal. The elementary school that she attended is decorated with her art. There are twelve painted bears in the library and yard. In addition, the mother and child health handbook of Tachimi city is designed with Jackie. This book’s sentence was written by Hiroyuki Aihara. He is a picture book writer. In the wake of his daughter being born, he started writing the story. Kuma no Gakko is based on the nursery school that his daughter attended. He thought that children were very cute like teddy bears when he took his daughter to and from nursery.

I like this book because I often read it when I was a child. Also, the pictures of bears are very cute. I could know bear’s school life. My favorite part is when Jackie comforted her crying old brother bear. When I read this part, I thought that Jackie is nice. I like her very much still now.

Ishii, Honoka