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11/9/2019

MINDBODYGREEN.COM features Sushi Modoki recipe

9/17/2019

How to Draw and Write in Fountain Pen

HOW TO DRAW AND WRITE IN FOUNTAIN PEN: A MODERN GUIDE by Ayano Usamura is now available in English worldwide from The Experiment Publishing (New York).

Full of fun pictures to draw and a range of calligraphy, block, 3D and other lettering styles, this easy-to-follow guide will make all your handwritten messages and design projects even more unique and fun! The book also includes advice for left-handers and a guide to choosing and taking care of your fountain pen.

Take a look at the publisher's blog here for tips on how to get started. And be sure to share your inspirations for #HowToFountainPen , too!

Originally published in Japanese as Simple Sketch by Graphic-sha Publishing in Tokyo, this guide makes a great gift - and is a great resource for creating your own gifts, tags, cards and more.

2/7/2019

Publication day: For All the stars across the sky

Also available around the world in these languages:

FOR ALL THE STARS ACROSS THE SKY, the new picture book by Karl Newson and illustrated by Chiaki Okada, is published for the first time in English today by Walker Books.

For all the stars across the sky,
big and little and bright.
Here's a wish from me to you,
before we say goodnight...

For a little bear called Luna and her mother, this magical incantation transforms bedtime into a wondrous journey through the sky and under the sea...and finally to sleep.

At Paper Crane Agency, it is our privilege to represent Chiaki Okada in her collaboration with Walker Books Ltd. and picture book author Karl Newson on this amazing book.

Readers around the world have enjoyed many of Chiaki Okada's books in languages other than her native Japanese, but this is the first time that readers in English have been able to see her illustrations as they bring Karl Newson's musical words to life.

We hope readers will fall in love with her adorable characters and dreamy scenes as much as we have. Many thanks to to Karl and to everyone at Walker for this wonderful collaboration!

For more information about where to buy the book, please visit the Walker Books page here, or visit your local bookstore. For foreign rights inquires, please contact rights@walker.co.uk.

#ForAlltheStars
#ChiakiOkada

10/17/2017

BOING BOING calls The Original Area Mazes "Addictive"

Area mazes, or "menseki meiro" as they're called in Japan, are logic puzzles with simple rules but sometimes complex solutions. Originally developed in Japan for students to develop logical and geometric thinking skills, this collection by Japanese puzzle master Naoki Inaba and first published in English by The Experiment Publishing brings area mazes to everyone - especially lovers of sudoku and other brain games. The first ones are easy, but the area mazes get progressively more difficult.

In the first review of the English edition, boing boing's Mark Frauenfelder calls them "fun" and "addictive." You can read the whole review here, and try some of the puzzles for yourself!

10/17/2017

Area Mazes featured in FiveThirtyEight's "The Riddler"

The Original Area Mazes by Japanese puzzle master Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami and introduced by Alex Bellos is published in English by The Experiment Publishing on October 3, 2017.

To solve each puzzle, remember these simple rules:

Area = Length x Width
Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships (diagrams are NOT drawn to scale!)

Whole numbers are all you need. All of the problems can be solved without using fractions.

FiveThirtyEight's "The Riddler" column by Oliver Roeder featured two puzzles from The Original Area Mazes on September 22, 2017. Here they are below. See if you can solve them!
(A video in which Roeder explains how to solve both puzzles was released the next week!)

Riddler "Express"

Riddler "Classic"

Did you solve them? Here's a link to the The Riddler Oliver Roeder's video explaining the solution:

10/6/2017

Children's Book Council (CBC) features What What What? in October's "Hot off the Press"

!! @CBCBook’s October Hot Off the Press features WHAT WHAT WHAT by Arata Tendo, illus. Ryoji Arai https://t.co/uuyPFGBJpp #kidlit #mustread pic.twitter.com/1sNljGaMO6
— Enchanted Lion Books (@EnchantedLion) October 6, 2017

The Children's Book Council (CBC) has featured "What What What?" by Arata Tendo, illustrated by Ryoji Arai, and translated from the Japanese by David Boyd, in their October edition of "Hot off the Press":

"He'll talk to anyone―even total strangers―to satisfy his curiosity. But not everyone likes his questions. And because some people get annoyed with him, he asks his grandparents, "Why does everyone always get mad at me?" Still, when Pan discovers that what he mistook for Halloween makeup on a schoolmate's face won't come off, he knows he’s got to get to the bottom of things. His search leads him from his teacher to his classmate’s doorstep, and before long Pan has the entire community asking the same questions he is: “What’s up? What’s happened? What’s going on?” Pan shows us all that a little bit of curiosity can go a long way, and that some things deserve more than a second glance."

Originally published in Japan by Shueisha, Boyd's English translation is published by Enchanted Lion Books, the Brooklyn-based independent and family-owned publisher of outstanding illustrated books for children.

What What What? is the debut picture book from Tendo, who is best known as a bestselling Japanese novelist and author of the Naoki Prize-winning novel "The Mourner," which was adapted as a film in 2015. It is also Tendo's first collaboration with Arai, the Astrid Lindgren Award-winning illustrator.

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