Taro Gomi è un acclamato illustratore e autore per bambini giapponese il cui lavoro trascende età e geografia. Le sue creazioni sono definite da un approccio giocoso, capace di catturare sia i lettori più giovani che gli adulti. Gomi eccelle nella narrazione visiva, esplorando spesso esperienze ed emozioni quotidiane con semplicità e profonda intuizione. Il suo stile distintivo e la sua prolifica creatività lo rendono una voce significativa nella letteratura per l'infanzia.
Twisty mazes! Silly monsters! Rocket ships! Racing cars! This endlessly clever book contains more than 60 games for children that let them imagine, build, guess, observe, count, match, sort, add, subtract, read, think, and play! Perfect for pre-K and early elementary ages, Taro Gomi's Playful Puzzles introduces a wide array of essential childhood skills—colorfully, intriguingly.
Renowned children's book illustrator Taro Gomi invites kids of all ages to not only color, but also draw, imagine, and create. Unfinished pictures and intriguing prompts foster children's powers of visualization, and at nearly 400 pages, this book provides plenty of room to stretch the imagination.
A little girl learns to walk, climb, and study the earth from her friends, most of whom are animals.
For use in schools and libraries only. Shows how creatures throughout the animal world--including humans--deal with the products of digestion.
Originally published in Japan in 1979 by EHONKAN Inc., Tokyo, under the title Hayaku Aitaina.
In this sly activity board book from celebrated international favorite Taro Gomi, young readers will delight to find hidden objects amidst familiar characters. When a crocodile's dangerous smile can become a shiny toothbrush and a butterfly's camouflage transforms into adorable heart shapes, there's no telling what comes next! Kids will love learning that not everything in this world is as it seems. Sure to be a hit during both storytime and playtime!
How do we love numbers? Let us count the ways: They're on street signs and bus stops, featured on phones, thermometers, chalkboards, and scales. They show the time and the date, and help us to measure distance, sizing, and so much more. This spirited picture book by beloved author-illustrator Taro Gomi will charm and inform the youngest of readers, offering them a unique—and useful—look at a key concept we count on.
Originally published in Japan in 1984 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd. under the title Wanisan doki' haishasan doki'--Copyright page.
Three little chicks run through the sunshine and rain to explore the world together.
In this celebration of imagination's power, young readers will take joy in the mystery of the faraway, the unknown, the just-beyond.