While the Beans Boil
by Naoko Awa
illus. by Keiko Ajito
A grandmother weaves a gentle, but powerfully symbolic tale to explain to a small child the absence of her mother. The remaining five stories in the book describe how the girl uses this myth to develop her own fantasy world.
Award
1994 AKAITORI AWARD (Special Prize)
1994 AKAITORI AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATIONS
22 x 16 cm, 144 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published March 1993
Rights sold: China & Taiwan
