The Adventure of Chiyoro the Little Mouse

by Tomoka Sakurai

The little mouse Chiyoro, running an errand to his cousin’s place for the first time, becomes friends with a ‘magic stick’ . The stick rescues Chiyoro from a fierce and hungry snake by letting himself be swallowed by the snake, who gets horribly sick. How will Chiyoro manage to save his friend?

22 x 16 cm, 40 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published February 2007