13 August 2014

Christmas in August!

It's August and still very hot in Japan but I've already got my Christmas present!  Guess what arrived today!



わたしのはじめての絵本作品の見本が家に届きました!
レイチェル・カーソンの「センス・オブ・ワンダー」と、マツに止まるイスカの群れにインスピレーションを得て作った、森に出かけクリスマスを探すお話です。
昨年のボローニャ・チルドレンズ・ブックフェアに持ち込み、運良くスイスのAtlantis社の編集者の目にとまり出版契約を結ぶことができました。あと数日後の8月19日に発売予定だそうです。日本のアマゾンでも取り扱ってくれています。



I can not help smiling with my first published picture book in my own hand. It is printed very beautifully!
The book is about a girl and her mother going for a walk in the winter woods and looking for traces of Christmas.


I started developing the idea in early 2012 after watching a flock of crossbills on a conifer.  The scene somehow reminded me of my favorite book, "The Sense of Wonder" by Rachel Carson.   And with the great help of my illustrator friends, Rosemary, Ruchi and my mother, I created a rough dummy book, which I brought to last year's Bologna Children's Book Fair.   And it was very luckily picked up by a lovely editor, Seraina from the Atlantis verlag!  I really enjoyed working on this book because exchanging thoughts and ideas with Seraina was such a fun.  Thank you so much all for your support.  Without you, I would never have made such a beautiful book! 


◆◇◆ Weihnachtsspuren im Winterwald (Looking for Christmas)◆◇◆
by Narisa Togo, translated into German by Seraina Staub.
publisher: Atlantis verlag
The book will be out on the 19th August (at least in Switzerland). It's in German but you can find it here on Amazon uk!

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous13/8/14 22:15

    やったー!おめでとうございます。早速注文しようっと。今年のクリスマスプレゼントは、皆これだなー。Aoi

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    1. Aoiさん、ありがとうございます! 「はじめのいっっっぽ!」っていう気分です。

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  2. おめでとうございます!
    予約しちゃった♪
    届くのがとっても楽しみです♪

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  3. まみさん、
    どうもありがとうございます。今回、いろんな方からコメントやメッセージをいただき、本当にたくさんの方が応援してくださっているんだなぁと改めて実感し、大感謝でしたー

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  4. おめでとうございます!やったね!

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    1. ヒヨ吉さん、
      ありがとうございます!

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