My Dog and I Were Born on the Same Day

by Nobumi

ISBN978-4-7631-3732-6 C8771

32 pages / November 2018 / 1,200 yen (w/o tax)

A touching, lifelong bond.
A heartwarming, profound story by picture book author Nobumi.

Description

My dog Gon and I were born on the same day.

We were always together, and he was always there for me.

But when I was in the 6th grade of elementary school, Gon died.

I grew very sad, and I cried a lot.

 

One day, my dad brought home another dog.

He was born on the day that Gon died.

I decided to keep him and loved him.

 

A lot of strange things kept happening after that.

The story of my dog and I continued…

 

Theirs is a touching, lifelong bond.

This is a profound, heartwarming story by picture book author Nobumi.

From the editor "Naoki"

A long time ago, I had a cat that passed away. Sometime after that I happened to live with another cat.  It is strange, but when I looked at him, I could only see the face of my previous cat. They somehow behaved the same way. They also ate and liked the same things. “Surely you’re not a reincarnation of my previous cat,” I remember muttering once while holding it as it purred. Nobody can know whether reincarnation is real or not, but perhaps we have all felt as if we’ve encountered a certain soul before. In his picture book, Nobumi invites us into a fantasy world that teaches us the importance of treasuring all living things.

Author

Nobumi

Picture book author Nobumi has published over 200 picture books. His own Our Uchopas and There You Are! Picture Book of Hands are currently being broadcast on NHK Educational TV, while Gorilla Mom is serialized in the weekly publication Josei Seven.

His representative works include his Mom Turned Into a Ghost! series (Kodansha), Mom, I Chose You! (Sunmark), and his Shinkankun series (Akane Shobo). He regularly appears on TV programs such as Jonetsu Tairiku and The Most Useful School in the World. He updates his Instagram page daily.