Book of the Month: August 2017

While it’s at the height of summer in Japan, sadly summer seems over here in UK. (Sniff.) End of summer … More

Book of the Month: July 2017

Summer has finally arrived in London (well, more or less…) so it would have been nice to share a sunny … More

This morning I woke up to shocking news about the terrorist attack that had happened last night at London Bridge … More

Yesterday (5th of May) was 端午の節句 (tango no sekku), a day to wish and cerebrate healthy growth of boys, in … More

This month I would like to share a poignant picture book I found at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair – … More

Living abroad, I often miss and feel nostalgic about Japanese traditions. In Japan, the 3rd of March is a … More

Every month I write about one of my favourite inspiring picture/children’s books from my bookshelves because they are so wonderful … More

It must be hard to guess my age simply by looking at my bookshelves. They certainly do NOT look like … More

As I wrote in the previous post, I’ve been illustrating scenes with food from children’s book classics to build up … More

I started this ‘Food from Books’ project for my portfolio. On making a portfolio, many illustrators and publishers in children’s book … More