Tag: Animals

Japan

Cover for Yours Sincerely, Giraffe featuring an illustration of a penguin and a giraffe on a bright red background. Only the giraffe's neck and head are visible and he is poking his head into frame with a letter in his mouth to deliver to the penguin.

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe

Megumi Iwasa

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Jun Takabatake (Illustrator)

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe. Megumi Iwasa. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Illustrated by Jun Takabatake. Gecko Press USA, 2017. Originally published as ぼくはアフリカにすむキリンといいます (Boku wa Africa ni Sumu Kirin to Iimasu) in Japanese by Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2001. ISBN 9781927271889. 104 p. (Ages 7-10). Fiction.

India

Cover for Gobble You Up! featuring an illustration of a black silhouette of a dog-like animal with animals illustrated in white inside of him including mostly fish and most prominently an elephant in the center. There is one white bird illustrated in front of the animal and the cover's background is bright yellow creating a striking effect. The text on the cover is in mostly black with only the illustrator's name in white and there is a black patterned graphic border along the bottom edge of the cover.

Gobble You Up!

Gita Wolf

Sunita (Illustrator)

Gobble You Up!. Gita Wolf. Illustrated by Sunita. Tara Books, 2013. Originally published in Chennai, in 2013. ISBN 9788193984154. 40 p. (Ages 3-6). Picture book.

Cover for Tiger On a Tree featuring an illustration of the silhouette of a tiger in white and orange running away from the viewer on a hill into a grove of three trees. The hill and trees are illustrated in black ink. The cover's background is orange and the title is displayed in white.

Tiger on a Tree

Anushka Ravishankar

Pulak Biswas (Illustrator)

Tiger on a Tree. Anushka Ravishankar. Illustrated by Pulak Biswas. Tara Books, 2014. Originally published by Tara Books, in Chennai, India, in 1997; first US edition by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, in 2004. ISBN 9789383145065. 40 p. (Ages 5 and up). Picture book.

Korea

Cover for Moon Pops featuring a photograph of an illustration of pencil drawn animals holding yellow lamps that are physically lit up. The background is a dark grey blue.

Moon Pops

Baek Heena

Jieun Kiaer (Translator)

Moon Pops. Baek Heena. Translated by Jieun Kiaer. Owlkids Books, 2021. Originally published as Dal Sha-bet in Korean by Bear Books, Inc. ISBN 9781771474290. 36 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

Cover for When the Spring Comes to the DMZ featuring an illustration of a series of animal groups such as wild pig and birds in what appears to be a junkyard in the foreground and a child and their older relative walking together in the background.

When Spring Comes to the DMZ

Lee Uk-Bae

Chungyon Won and Aileen Won (Translators)

Lee Uk-Bae (Illustrator)

When Spring Comes to the DMZ. Lee Uk-Bae. Translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won. lllustrated by Lee Uk-Bae. Plough Publishing House, 2019. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 978-0874869729. 40p. (Ages 5-8). Picture book.

China & Taiwan

China
Cover for White Fox featuring an illustration of a white fox on a snowy night running to a house in the distance with a tree above them and the moon in the sky.

White Fox

Chen Jiatong

Jennifer Feeley (Translator)

Viola Wong (Illustrator)

White Fox. Chen Jiatong. Translated by Jennifer Feeley. Illustrated by Viola Wong. Chicken House, 2019. First published by People’s Literature Publishing House, in China, in 2014. ISBN 9781912626083. 288 p. (Ages 8-12.) Fiction.

The Middle East & North Africa

Israel
Cover for Room for Rent featuring an illustration of a castle with purple, beige, blue, red, and green, elements with animals including a squirrel, cat, bird, and chicken poking their heads out of its windows. The title of the book is on a sign hanging from the castle as if the title is advertising room for rent in the castle. It's on a white background with blue clouds in the sky.

Room for Rent

Leah Goldberg

Jessica Setbon (Translator)

Shmuel Katz (Illustrator)

Room for Rent. Leah Goldberg. Translated by Jessica Setbon. Illustrated by Shmuel Katz. Gefen Publishing House, 2018. Originally published as Dira Lehaskir in Hebrew by Sefarim Poalim in Tel Aviv, in 1983. ISBN 9789652299208. 24 p. (Ages 3-8). Picture book.

Turkey
Cover for The Red Apple featuring a rabbit with his arms crossed and appearing cold walking through a dreary beige snowy landscape with footsteps trailing him in the snow. The bright red title with white accents contrasts with the beige background.

The Red Apple

Feridun Oral

The Red Apple. Feridun Oral. minedition, 2015. Originally published as Kirmizi elma in Turkish by YKY, in Istanbul, in 2008. ISBN 9888240005. 28 p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

Latin America

Argentina
Cover for Jungle Tales featuring an overlapping illustration of a jungle using green and yellow textured elements with several animals peaking through the elements including a snake, toucan, leopard, flamingo, deer, alligator, and others with a blue river peaking through.

Jungle Tales

Horacio Quiroga

Jeff Zorrilla (Translator)

Bert van Wijk (Illustrator)

Jungle Tales. Horacio Quiroga. Translated by Jeff Zorrilla. Illustrated by Bert van Wijk. Brigham Distributing, 2013, c2012. Originally published as Cuentos de la Selva in Spanish, in Argentina, in 1918. ISBN 9780615708072. 87 p. (Ages 9-11). Fiction.

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