I noticed that the cover credits read, “words by Kirin Hayashi / pictures by Chiaki Okada / translation by Avery Fischer Udagawa.” Books from the first printing of Two Little Red Mittens, in the conference bookstore at SCBWI Winter Conference 2025. I was delighted that all three of us ...
In the second half of the book, though, Akira opens things that are enormous and spectacular, situations for which sounds can only be imagined. For these, Lisa chose short words that kept the reader’s attention on the unusual scenes, but also sounded great when read aloud. One she said ...