The Barber's Dilemma: And Other Stories from Manmaru Street - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 938314565X ISBN 13: 9789383145652

Publisher: Tara Books, 2018

Synopsis

Zany artist Koki Oguma loves to wander around his neighbourhood in Tokyo, watching people go about their business. Then he goes home with his head full of ideas, and starts to doodle. Sometimes his scribbles take on a life of their own, and he’s not sure what they’re meant to be. So he talks to them, to find out more, and see what they can be turned into.
One day, for example, one of his scribbles turned into a terrific beard. Koki started talking to the beard, and realized that it needed a barber. So he added a barber to his painting. A barber would have fun with this beard. Or would he be nervous? Hmm... read the story and find out!

About this title

About the Author:

Koki Oguma is an art teacher and illustrator based in Tokyo. A few years after completing a two-year art course in Tyuo Art School in Japan, he found himself drawn to children’s art. Now an art teacher, he introduces various art techniques to kindergarten children. This is his first book with Tara Books.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

A small stream runs behind our street. And there you can find Mr. Isoda, fishing. Once while he was sitting by the stream, he heard the sound of water flowing, and began to wonder: “Does the river speak a language? Can I learn it?” He listened carefully, and practised the sounds day after day. At first it didn’t go well, but he kept trying, until he sounded exactly like the stream. One day a shoal of fish entered his mouth, thinking that they were swimming upstream. Mr. lsoda didn’t mind at all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tara Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 938314565X
• ISBN 13: 9789383145652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 44
• Illustrator: Oguma Koki