Kotori and the Giant Salamander

Content : This fifth adventure is taking place in Tokyo, during Spring.

After a heavy rainstorm, Kotori goes down to the riverbank to pick up the broken branches. Suddenly, a giant salamander appears, scaring all the children away. The animal is so scared itself that it runs off in the wrong direction and almost gets hurt.
Thanks to Kotori and her faithful Tama, the salamander will find its way back to the river.

About the author and illustrator:

Alice Monard moved to Japan with her family at the end of 2020. She used to work as an ecological engineer and a trainer in ecology. She now works as a journalist and redactor for different magazines related to Japan.

Morgane Boullier was born in Brittany, France. She lived in Paris, Tokyo and Montréal. While living in Japan, Morgane followed for several years the teaching of a Japanese master in “sumi-e”. She introduces into this technique colors: tinted ink (red, yellow, blue) always with parsimony and a great sense of purity.

A particular attention is given to the production, in regards to paper and binding.

About the collection:

Kotori is a little girl who loves nature and can communicate with the animals. She knows a lot of things and talks about them well. She is accompanied by a totem animal: Tama, a small pink sparrow in the shape of a ball. In each story, the little girl lives a small personal adventure, discovers a typical place, feels many emotions, and manages to calm her fears and those of animals.