17 Looking Back On It, Private Eye

by Akira Sugiyama

illus. by Daisuke Nakagawa

The irrepressible Milky Sugiyama is back, solving crime in his own unique way. In this latest instalment, Milky has three crimes to...view details

A Factory Inspection

Yoshie Mizuno

illus. by Kaji Izuno

This is the second instalment in a series about a very special factory, where cats work to whip up the winds that...view details

Billy Bottom the Little God

by Jun Okada

Billy Bottom is the name of a little man with wings, who appears before the children in Hajime's class. The strange thing...view details

Case File 1: Leave it in the Hands of the Hand Puppet Detectives!

by Kazusa Kisaragi

illus. by Sho Shibamoto

Shun is just an ordinary school boy, but his life takes a turn for the extraordinary when he meets Doyle, the new...view details

Case File 2: Meet the Hand Puppet Detectives!

by Kazusa Kisaragi

illus. by Sho Shibamoto

The intrepid Hand Puppet Detectives are back in this second instalment of the series. This time, the focus is on Baron, the...view details

Case File 3: The Miracle Hand Puppet Detective Show Must Go On!

by Kazusa Kisaragi

illus. by Sho Shibamoto

The walking, talking, crime-solving hand puppets are back again for a third instalment of puzzles and prose. This time, the stories focus...view details

Case File 4: The Mysterious New Member of the Hand Puppet Detectives

by Kazusa Kisaragi

illus. by Sho Shibamoto

The fourth instalment in this series of short mysteries for young readers, featuring a team of crime-fighting hand puppets. In this new...view details

Catching the School Rabbit

by Jun Okada

Masako, a transfer student, has accidentally let one of the school rabbits escape, and it is hiding under a workman's hut. How...view details

Field of Wonder

by Rie Muranaka

illus. by Eriko Ishikawa

Elementary school student Eri moves to rural Yamaguchi and, on the advice of her grandpa, starts to cultivate a tiny field. There...view details

Friends Forever

by Sachiko Nishina

In a quiet forest, a hedgehog lives alone until, one spring, he befriends a wise mole. The mole, who lives underground and...view details

Gardo the Ghost Crocodile

by Yuko Ohnari

Hina has just moved and doesn’t have any friends at school yet. One morning, while wondering how she can avoid school, she...view details

Invitation to the Summer Festival of Bon

by Yoko Tomiyasu

illus. by Kazue Takahashi

Every summer, Natchan goes to visit her granny and grandpa and take part in the Bon festival, to pay her respects to...view details

I’m Tommy the Timid Shark

by Megumi Iwasa

illus. by Jun Takabatake

The author of the internationally renowned I’m an African Giraffe continues her pen pal-themed series with this fifth instalment. Tommy is a...view details

My name is Drifter, from the Seaweed Forest

by Megumi Iwasa

illus. by Jun Takabatake

The fourth story in the Whale Sea series. This time, too, a letter becomes the key to a new friendship. Drifter the...view details

Sheltering from the Rain under a Slide

by Jun Okada

illus. by Hideko Ise

One summer day, twelve children living in the same block of flats are sheltering from the rain under a slide in a...view details

The Cats of the Wind Factory

by Yoshie Mizuno

illus. by Kaji Izuno

Where does the wind come from? It turns out it is the work of cats, who gather materials and process them into...view details

The Closing-Down Sale of Specter’s Pharmacy

by Michiko Ito

illus. by Kaji Izuno

Miss Specter runs a pharmacy that's losing business to the big drugstore nearby. When she decides to close, her cat ornament suddenly...view details

The Extra-Curricular Timetable

by Jun Okada

I am an elementary school craft teacher, and one day I saved a mouse from being eaten by a cat, but this...view details

The Factory Foreman’s Secret Catnaps

by Yoshie Mizuno

illus. by Kaji Izuno

The fourth book in the Cats of the Wind Factory series. The cats are still busy making wind in their factory on...view details

The Mysterious Timetable

by Jun Okada

A collection of short stories dealing with many mysterious occurrences taking place in a schoolMidori, a shy first grader, cannot go anywhere...view details