W11 Piki no Neko is a series of picture books created by Noboru Baba and published by Koguma Publishing.
WFair, then Partly Piggy is a picture book series written by Shiro Yadama. Some books were translated into English by Keith Holman. The book is about a boy named Noriyasu Hatakeyama who starts writing "tomorrow's" journal entries when he finds out the days start happening just the way he writes them.
WGauche the Cellist is a short story by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa. It is about Gauche, a struggling small-town cellist who is inspired by his interactions with anthropomorphized animals to gain insight into music. The story has been translated into English, Italian and Spanish, and was adapted into a critically acclaimed animated film in 1982 by Isao Takahata. It had previously been adapted to the screen several times.
WGon, the Little Fox is a Japanese children's story about the life of a little fox called Gon. The story is considered the masterpiece of Niimi Nankichi, also sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan.
WGuri and Gura is a Japanese series of children's books by writer Rieko Nakagawa and illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki. The protagonists are two anthropomorphic field mice, and the series began in 1963 with the first volume Guri and Gura. The series is published by Fukuinkan Shoten in Japan.
WMottainai Bāsan is the first book from the "Mottainai Grandma" series written by Japanese author Mariko Shinju. The book was published in 2004. The Japanese word mottainai means "wasteful".
WRinging Bell is a 1978 Japanese anime adventure-drama short film adaption of the storybook of the same name written by Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman. It is most notable by fans and critics as a family film which makes a sharp sudden turn into a dark and violent story that criticizes and reflects upon the theme of revenge and war. It is also recognized as one of the only Japanese shock films directed towards children and families.
WShin's Tricycle is a children's book by Tatsuharu Kodama , first published in Japanese in 1992 as Shin-chan no-san rin sha (伸ちゃんのさんりんしゃ) and in its English translation in 1995. It relates the true story of Shinichi Tetsutani (Shin), a three-year-old boy who was killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
WThe Strange Library is a novella for children by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. A version first appeared in 1983. There are several picture books based on this short story, the most recent versions of which were published in 2014.