picture book "どうすればいいのかな？"

どうすればいいのかな？

A picture book "どうすればいいのかな？" has been my daughter's favorite for the last several days.

In the book, the bear tries to be dressed in his shirt, trousers, cap and shoes. My daughter says "いや" when she sees that the bear tries to squeeze his hed into trousers.

Although the story is very simple, I am glad to read this book and some good time with my daughter.

Harry the Dirty Dog | どろんこハリー

Recently, I’ve been trying to do good things for my daughter, and to be more like a father. Finding and reading picture books has been one of my best guesses. I found a book (in Japanese) in which the author listed 150 picture books for children from 0 to 6 years. This book devotes each chapter for each age.

Time to time, I would like to share picture books which my daughter (currently two yrs old) liked.

どろんこハリー

“Harry the Dirty Dog” | “どろんこハリー” is one of books my daughter liked. The story starts with the plot Harry grabs his brush and bury it in the garden just because he does not like to take a bath. Then he runs to the city and plays until his white fur turns black, so that nobody at his house recognises him. You can guess what he will do?

As well as the story, I like the illustration. Since many illustrators had some blood relation with their Jewish ancestors, I made a small research on the internet. I had to find out that the illustrator had no Jewish ancestor, but probably British-born parents who moved to the US.

Jewish Illustrators

One of my top favorite picture book-writer/illustrator is M.B. Goffsteain. She declares herself to be a minimalist. Indeed, I think her stories and illustrations are concise.

Recently I came across to another very interesting illustrator/writer, Maira Kalman, who has written couple of adult/children's books and blogged on NY Times.

I recommend anyone to enjoy their works. They are, to me, interesting both from art and cultural perspectives. I feel also something more spiritual in their works. Somehow, I came to know that both of them have Jewish origin. Jews are very interesting species...