Songs of Childhood: A Collection of Stories and Pictures

An astonishing and memorable collection of stunning illustrations and 45 bite-size stories from one of Japan’s great 20th-century artists

Consisting of 45 stories, each just a paragraph long, with one illustration per story, this collection of Songs from Childhood beautifully highlights how the most ordinary scenes, landscapes, and objects from daily life become infused with the imaginary and surreal through a child’s eyes. Lingering in these pages, an adult might remember the wonder of chil...