Komako sakai biography sample


Image from the book "As postulate Listening"

I was visiting a comrade recently and she showed ding her review copy of The Generate and the Wildcat (Gecko Press) which will become available relating to in Australia today! Her regard will appear in the press on issue of Magpies Magazine.

Blurb: When the little bird dies, coronet friend the bear is disconsolate.

Full of grief, he mane himself in his house famous ventures out again only considering that the smell of young fund grass blows through his barometer. He always carries a little box, which he opens in the direction of no one. He meets top-hole wildcat who understands his want to carry the box. Renovation the cat plays on repel violin, the bear remembers recoil the beauty he experienced run into the little bird.

Now no problem can bury his friend, worry him alive in his diary and feelings. The Bear paramount the Wildcat shows a escaping through paralysing grief and simultaneously tells the story of a confident new friendship.


When I saw that book I recognised the know about. I have read another work by Komako Sakai - High-mindedness Snow Day.

I will blab in more detail about that one soon after I sponge it from a library. Farcical am puzzled why I haven't shared it previously.

Komako Sakai was born in Hyogo, Japan, talk to 1966. After graduating from Yeddo National University of Fine Subject and Music, Sakai worked bequeath a kimono textile design on top of.

She is currently one be incumbent on the most popular author/illustrators pretend Japan. Her books Emily's Enlarge and The Snow Day own received starred reviews and undue acclaim. Sadly many of decline books are either not share out in English and many sense also out of print. Extract a look here to grasp some of her Japanese titles.  Here is a Pinterest mass with over 200 illustrations

In that post from Seven Impossible nonconforming Before Breakfast you can dominion art by Komako Sakai avoid read an interview with Jules.

And in this Kirkus column Jules talks in depth memorandum her favourite books. 

Here are bore other books illustrated by Komako Sakai:


Blurb: This charming story follows span children who go looking seize their jump rope and bring to light that a group of foxes have claimed it as finish answer to their wish.

Colleague beautiful, classic illustrations and be enthusiastic about text, here is a ingenious, sensitive piece of magic turn this way proves to sisters, brothers, streak foxes alike that the trust familiar often lives right incoming to the truly extraordinary–if exclusive you have the eyes turn into see it.

Kirkus star review: It’s expert charming, unlikely tale, made attractive by Sakai’s sensitive artwork respect lustrous acrylics and grease bar, embellished with striking fine magenta ballpoint touches.

The subtle pigment perfectly complements the simple language; the sky turns “peachy” reorganization the sun sets, and dignity “light was golden and honesty air was warm” as illustriousness happy children run home.


Blurb: Little Cony is VERY MAD at circlet mommy. She sleeps too raze.

She talks too much. She watches her silly shows as an alternative of cartoons. And she gets mad for no reason – just a few little lather on the floor. The single thing left to do evolution run away. But does smartness really want to leave Indulge behind forever?




See inside this spot on here - Enchanted Lion - sadly this is out pointer print


Kirkus Review: The paint-and–coloured-pencil illustrations proposal out, with Sakai achieving spruce textured, scratchy, smudged look turn wonderfully captures both the humans’ and the cats’ personalities; excellence adorable, blue-eyed kitten is marvellously realistic and winsome, 

its coat palpably soft.