As Russia's military invasion of Ukraine continues, a picture book based on Ukrainian folk tales, which has become popular in Japan, has become a hot topic, and bookstores in Tokyo introduce this picture book and ask them to think about peace. increase.
The picture book "Tebukuro" based on Ukrainian folk tales was published in Japan in 1965 with the story that animals gather one after another in gloves dropped by an old man in the snow, and the cumulative number of copies sold. Has been loved by many children, with more than 3 million copies.
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia this time, posts such as introducing this picture book and praying for peace in Ukraine have become a hot topic on SNS and so on.
At Crayonhouse, a bookstore specializing in picture books and children's books in Minato-ku, Tokyo, this "Tebukuro" is lined up in a corner where picture books that think about peace are gathered, and more people are picking it up. It means that it is.
Of these, a female customer in her thirties said, "I also have small children, so I feel sad when I think that the local children are uneasy. I would like to read this picture book to my children. I was talking.
The person in charge of the bookstore, Mr. Kagami Teppei, said, "Originally it is a popular picture book, but more and more people are picking it up again with their children. Children living in Russia, Ukraine, and Japan will enjoy this picture book as well. I want the world to be able to do it sooner. "