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Published in April 2024
Selling Points
・An onomatopoeic picture book that’s fun to read aloud.
・Speed lines and unique characters create dynamism on the page.
・The debut picture book from neo-manga artist Yuichi Yokoyama.
What’s that sound? What’s going to happen? This is a new kind of onomatopoeic picture book!
brrrrrrRRRRRMMM... I hear something coming closer. What could it be? An apple? The Earth?! What’s going to happen? From the neo-manga artist Yuichi Yokoyama comes a new kind of onomatopoeic picture book to read aloud together with kids.
Author/Illustrator
Yuichi Yokoyama is a graduate of the Painting Department of Musashino Art University. Since 2000, he has broadened his activities to create manga that can “draw time,” using lines with a sense of speed and and onomatopoeia, the flow of time drawn seamlessly, and unique characters that have come to be called “neomanga,” which has attracted attention in Japan. Yokoyama’s major works include “Nyu doboku” (“New Engineering”), “Travel,” “NIWA,” “Baby Boom,” and “Sekai chizu noma” (“The Room of the World Map” all from East Press, “Outdoor” from Kodansha, “Room” from Harmonica Books, “PLAZA” from 888 Books. Many of his works have been published in France, the United States, Italy, Spain and elsewhere to great acclaim.
Published in April 2024
Selling Points
・An onomatopoeic picture book that’s fun to read aloud.
・Speed lines and unique characters create dynamism on the page.
・The debut picture book from neo-manga artist Yuichi Yokoyama.
What’s that sound? What’s going to happen? This is a new kind of onomatopoeic picture book!
brrrrrrRRRRRMMM... I hear something coming closer. What could it be? An apple? The Earth?! What’s going to happen? From the neo-manga artist Yuichi Yokoyama comes a new kind of onomatopoeic picture book to read aloud together with kids.
Author/Illustrator
Yuichi Yokoyama is a graduate of the Painting Department of Musashino Art University. Since 2000, he has broadened his activities to create manga that can “draw time,” using lines with a sense of speed and and onomatopoeia, the flow of time drawn seamlessly, and unique characters that have come to be called “neomanga,” which has attracted attention in Japan. Yokoyama’s major works include “Nyu doboku” (“New Engineering”), “Travel,” “NIWA,” “Baby Boom,” and “Sekai chizu noma” (“The Room of the World Map” all from East Press, “Outdoor” from Kodansha, “Room” from Harmonica Books, “PLAZA” from 888 Books. Many of his works have been published in France, the United States, Italy, Spain and elsewhere to great acclaim.
- Size：162×162mm
- Pages：36Pages（Full Color）
- Binding：Hardbound
- Publisher：PIE International
- Language：Japanese
- ISBN：978-4-7562-5869-4 Ｃ8793
- Author：Yuichi Yokoyama
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