Booklist Another delightful adventure with the adorable twins Chirri and Chirra.
Smudgy colored-pencil illustrations are aglow with light and color, whimsically whisking readers along with the rosy-cheeked twins.
Kirkus Reviews This Japanese import is sweetly magical and perfectly in tune with children's acceptance of the fantastic. The twins are identical, with black pageboys, dot eyes, pudgy, rosy cheeks, and Mona Lisa smiles their delight in the wonders they encounter is pure, unquestioning, and totally infectious. In this Japanese import, the winsome, bike-riding twins from Chirri & Chirra in the Tall Grass (2017) are back for another gently surreal adventure. These delightful books are a welcome escape for young children from their anxieties. The exquisite art radiates joy and has a dreamy quality to it that reflects how children imagine their ideal world to be. She creates the illustrations in these books with colored pencils, pastels, and crayons, crafting them to give an old-world feel, a time of innocence and simplicity. Doi is known for her softly styled drawings on rich creamy paper. His translations have appeared in Monkey Business International, Granta, and Words Without Borders, among other publications.Chirri & Chirra is an utterly charming series of children's picture books.low on the angst scale and high on the charm meter. Since the earthquake of 2011 she has been active in recovery and shelter efforts for abandoned pets.ĭavid Boyd is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She lives in Chiba Prefecture and maintains a strong interest in environmental and animal welfare issues. Since then she has created many picture books featuring her delicate color-pencil drawings. She got her start in picture books by attending the Atosaki Juku Workshop, held at a Tokyo bookshop specializing in children’s books. This is the happy, lovely world of Chirri and Chirra, where they stumble on the most wonderful surprises.īorn in Tokyo, Japan, Kaya Doi graduated with a degree in design from Tokyo Zokei University. Naturally, they come upon sea treats, such as parfait à la conch and marine soda jelly topped with pearl cream. Oh! They are under the sea! They pedal through a maze of color and pass through an opening in the seaweed, into a scene of seashells of all colors and shapes. At the end of the tunnel, they see a light. On their sixth adventure, Chirri and Chirra bicycle beneath the waves, discovering the beauty of coral and the deliciousness of marine edibles.Ĭhirri and Chirra are pedaling along when they find a cave.
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