Abstract

To mothers struggling to deal with the terrible twos! Your children will begin to change as you read the book to them! This is a new kind of problem-solving picture book!

The picture book provides solutions for problems in childcare! Children at kindergartens and family coffee shops requested the book to be read repeatedly.
The book is full of challenging situations of the terrible twos when read forward and scenes in which children deserve to be praised when read backwards!
Mothers' feelings for their children are described in the middle of the book where the two stories meet. This new kind of practical picture book allows readers to enjoy two different stories and provides solutions for problems in childcare of the terrible twos.

Author’s Information

Miyazato Akemi
Professor at the Institute for Human Development and Educational Sciences at Ochanomizu University, a national university corporation. She is also the director of the Bunkyo Ward Ochanomizu University Kindergarten. Aiming to "listen and keep a close eye" on children, she has been involved in childcare and childcare training for over 30 years. She has held her current position since April 2016. Her published works include "Children's Four Seasons" (Shufunotomosha). She is a mother of three.

Takai Yoshikazu
She graduated from the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts. She joined Kyoda Creation Co., Ltd. Her work was selected for the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2011. She has designed many characters, including "Marble Dog" for Meiji's "Marble Chocolate," "Kurokuma-kun" for Kumon's "Baby Kumon," and "Miyatan," the tourism mascot for Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and is also active as an illustrator.