Shinoda!

10 The Magic Starts with a Pinky Promise

Yoko Tomiyasu

illus. by Kenya Ohba

Another instalment in the adventures of the half-human, half-fox Shinoda family. The youngest child, Moe, is invited to play somewhere fun by a new boy at kindergarten. He makes her pinky promise not to tell where they’re going, but the punishment for breaking her promise (“Your mouth’ll turn into a frog’s mouth!”) turns out to have calamitous consequences for Moe and her family. Who is this mysterious boy and what does he want with the Shinodas?

20 x 14 cm, 266 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published November 2016

Rights sold: 

• China
• Korea
• Taiwan