My Mum

by Rui Kodemari

illus. by Mika Koshida

Marie’s mum can hardly see. But she’s an amazing shamisen player, she has great hearing, she’s brave, and she’ll go anywhere by herself. But one day, she stopped being able to see anything at all and it was the first time Marie ever saw her mum cry. This dynamically illustrated story is based in the real-life experience of the author. Kodemari’s wish is to show how disabilities don’t define a person: they are, and disabilities are, normal and manageable and nothing to be scared of.

27 x 23 cm, 32 pages, Full-colour and black-and-white illustrations
First published July 2022