#Akiko Miyakoshi

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Akiko Miyakoshi

Reading, 2009

みやこしあきこ

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Akiko Miyakoshi (@miyakoshi_akiko)

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I Dream of a Journey, by Akiko Miyakoshi, 2020.

[kajiizuno]

グループ展に参加します。 🦛 POPOTAME ✖️PRNT🧢 「왔다리-갔다리 in Seoul /ワッタリカッタリ in ソウル」です。 僕も2月中頃ソウルにカッタリする予定です✈️

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・・・ PRNT 전시 공지 - POPOTAME x PRNT 「왔다리-갔다리 in Seoul」

[전시소개] PRNT 2월 전시는 도쿄의 독립서점 포포타무와 공동기획한 「왔다리- 갔다리 in Seoul」 입니다. 「왔다리-갔다리」는 PRNT와 포포타무의 교류전시 이름으로, 2024년 도쿄의 포포타무에서 선정한 10명의 작가님들이 서울에 위치한 PRNT 갤러리에서 첫번째 전시를 진행합니다. 겨울의 끝자락, 정성 가득한 작품을 감상하며 따뜻한 봄의 기운을 느껴 보시기 바랍니다.

February‘s exhibition, Wattari-Kattari in Seoul, is co-organized by Popotame, an independent bookstore in Tokyo. Ten artists selected by Popotame will be featured in a group exhibition at the PRNT Gallery. As winter comes to a close, I hope you can experience the warm spirit of spring while appreciating these sincere works.

[참여작가] Dake Maiko @maiko_dake lkegami Yoriyuki yoriyukiii lzuno Kaji @kaji_izuno Kataoka Meriyasu @kataokameriyasu Kitazawa Heisuke Kita lnori @inorii MISSISSIPPI @mississippi.kyoto Miyakoshi Akiko @miyakoshi_akiko Tamagawa Sakura @tamasakuu Yokoyama Yu @yokoyamaanata

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Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi. Kids Can Press, 2024, c2022. 9781525313035 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Animal fiction What did you like about the book? Three short chapters show Little Shrew’s quiet life, from rising, breakfast, taking a train to his job at the Exchange, lunch with his coworker, Tom, and then home to a quiet evening.…

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Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi. Kids Can Press, 2024, c2022. 9781525313035 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Animal fiction What did you like about the book? Three short chapters show Little Shrew’s quiet life, from rising, breakfast, taking a train to his job at the Exchange, lunch with his coworker, Tom, and then home to a quiet evening.…

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Akiko Miyakoshi

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Art by Akiko Miyakoshi, from The Storm

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Kikko and the Pie-box,  The Tea Party in the Woods    -  Akiko Miyakoshi

Japanese,b.1982-

Charcoal, pencil, and acrylic gouache

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The Way Home in the Night

by Akiko Miyakoshi

Call # PZ7 .M69957 Wa 2017

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Beautiful palette that screams classic, but feels updated. It has so much depth and shade. This quiet story of a yearning bear is lovely, but won’t be interesting for everyone. 

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Akiko Miyakoshi

The Tea Party in the Woods

みやこしあきこ『もりのおくのおちゃかいへ』

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I Dream of a Journey by Akiko Miyakoshi. Translation by Cathy Hirano. Kids Can Press, 2020. 9781525304781. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781525304781?partnerid=34778&p_bt

A hotelkeeper has never been anywhere but his little town. At night he dreams of traveling to the faraway places his guests have told him of, and of visiting them.

Miyakoshi's drawings are amazing, particularly the contrast between the black and white drawings of the hotelkeeper's reality and the stunning colors in his dreams. Every page of this quiet book is a wow.

Listen written by Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Paula Wiseman, 2021. 9781534461895. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781534461895?partnerid=34778&p_bt

This book encourages kids to listen past the noise (particularly the overwhelming noise of a city) to hear individual sounds, to think about sound words, and to be kind. A quiet and lovely book, despite the cacophony it describes. My favorite two-page spread is about rain.

Amara and the Bats by Emma Reynolds. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9781534469013. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781534469013?partnerid=34778&p_bt

Amara loves bats! And she collects bat facts. But after her family moves, there aren't any bats in the nearby park. So she starts a Save the Bats campaign to make the park bat friendly again.

Worth nothing: there are bat faces on the front endpapers! Plus several pages of bat facts at the end.

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book ask! 2, 17, 19

(I just stumbled across your blog right now and I remember how happy it would make me when people actually asked from these lists!! hope u have an amazing day!) 💕💕💕

hehe thank you so much for your kind message 💗 and for sending this ask!!

2. top 5 books of all time?

hmmm matilda by roald dahl, yotsuba by kiyohiko azuma (fave vol is vol 3), night sky with exit wounds by ocean vuong, deaf republic by ilya kaminsky.... and maybe top book of 2021 was my year abroad by chang rae lee :)

17. top 5 children’s books?

other than yotsuba by kiyohiko azuma and matilda / the bfg by roald dahl...

like literally anything by jacqueline wilson, the way home in the night by akiko miyakoshi, you are here by oliver jeffers, love you forever by robert munsch, where the sidewalk ends by shel silverstein, le petit prince by antoine saint exupery

19. most disliked popular books?

another one i thought of - midnight library by matt haig!

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just wondering, what art supplies do you typically use? and i want to be a children's book illustrator too❣️ margaret wise brown's books illustrated by clement hurd are a huge inspiration to me! do you have any children's books you find inspiring?

Margaret Wise Brown Books are great! The Runaway Bunny is so sweet. I really love Small in the City by Sydney Smith and anything by Akiko Miyakoshi! Their stories are so quiet but intense. I’m also inspired by the humor and fun colors in Taro Gomi’s books. These days I’ve been using acrylic paints, caran d’ache crayons, and sometimes colored pencils--all layered on top of each other. But there wouldn’t be anything to see if I didn’t start with a regular pencil to sketch and plan! Picture making is so rewarding, best of luck to you. ♡

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I Dream of a Journey by Akiko Miyakoshi

Akiko Miyakoshi’s I Dream of a Journey is a lovely story with beautiful illustrations. I enjoyed the gentle pace but I would have liked a bit more substance to the story. While children will enjoy the pretty drawings and cute animal characters, I believe the book has a greater appeal to adults because of its nostalgic sentiments and melancholic tone.

Our protagonist is a lonely hotelkeeper who runs a small hotel. People from all over the world come to visit his hotel. Many visitors even become his friends. However, he has never left his little town. At night, he dreams of traveling the world. He imagines going to visit the friends and guests who have stayed at his hotel over the years. Will the hotelkeeper stick to his usual routine? Or will he step out of his comfort zone and go see the world?

Miyakoshi’s soft and lovely illustrations are my favourite part of this book. They are so well-done and pretty! I like the colour contrast between the black-and-whiteness of the hotelkeeper’s daily life and the gentle colours of his travel-filled dreams. I especially like that the characters are all adorably drawn animals!

This is a very quiet and slow-paced story. I enjoyed this book and I can see myself returning to it again and again. However, I wish the story had a little more substance or action. But, I like that there isn’t a definitive ending or answer. I also like that the book encourages reflection with regards to the longing for adventure and the dedication to the comforting familiar.

However, I’m not sure if there is enough in this book to hold very young readers’ attention. Moreover, the themes like longing and wanderlust as well as the book’s melancholic mood seem too mature for younger readers. I believe the book will be more suitable for older children and will definitely resonate with adults who have more life experience.

I Dream of a Journey is a lovely and moving picture book with beautiful illustrations. While I think this book is better suited for adults than for children, it will be a great addition to any collection. I will definitely purchase this and I can’t wait to read more of Miyakoshi’s work!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for this book in exchange for an honest review.

✈️✈️✈️✈️ out of 5 planes!