"The Little Fox Buys Gloves" Author: [Japanese] Niimi Nankichi·Text/ [Japanese] Kuroi Ken·Illustration Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

The cold winter is coming. In order to prevent the little fox's hands from getting frostbitten, the mother fox decided to go to the town to buy him a pair of gloves. But when they were almost in the town, the mother fox remembered the terrible experience of being almost caught by someone, and she didn't dare to go any further, so she had to let the little fox go to the town by himself. The mother fox made one of the little fox's hands look like a human hand, and repeatedly told him to stretch out this hand. But when the little fox arrived at the door of the store, he stretched out the wrong hand because he was nervous...

Text by: Niimi Nankichi

Born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1913, he was one of the important Japanese fairy tale writers in the first half of the 20th century, and he was as famous as Kenji Miyazawa and Miaki Ogawa. Compared with Kenji Miyazawa, he was better at short essays, often expressing a vivid story in a few hundred words. His main works include "Little Fox A Quan", "Little Fox Buys Gloves", "Last Year's Tree", "Grandpa's Kerosene Lamp", etc. His works are beautifully written and delicately emotional. They are still widely loved today, and many of his works have been selected into Japanese elementary school Chinese textbooks. In 1943, Niimi Nankichi died of tuberculosis. He was less than 30 years old that year, but he created a large number of beautiful fairy tales for children in his short life. His works have had a significant impact on Japanese children's literature thereafter.

Illustrations by: Kuroi Ken

Born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1947, graduated from the Department of Education at Niigata University. Won the 9th SANRIO Art Award in 1983. His major works include "Little Fox A Quan", "Little Fox Buys Gloves", "Cat Office", "Santa Claus's Country", etc.