Ogre-Boy’s Mission

by Genichiro Ozaki

explanatory text by Yukina Ozaki

This husband-and-wife team have perfectly captured the courage, curiosity, and concerns of young children exploring new responsibilities in this coming-of-age picture book. Our hero and birthday boy is sent on his own to buy the ingredients for his favourite meal. But there is so much to tempt him on the way—magma doughnuts, freshly squeezed eyeballs, and scorched sweets. Can our birthday boy resist all the distractions and come home with what his mummy asked?

29 x 22 cm, 32 pages, Full-colour illustrations
First published January 2020