"I've Been Waiting for You for a Long, Long Time" Author: [Japanese] Mutsumi Ishii / [Japanese] Hiroshi Abe Publisher: Dolphin Publishing

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【Content Introduction】

A long time ago, there was only one lonely lion left on the prairie. A migrating bird appeared, and the lion did not eat her. Instead, he basked in the sun with her, caught insects with her, and listened to her singing. One day, the bird said, "I'm leaving. Let's meet again in 100 years."... After who knows how many 100 years, the boy and the girl who transferred to the school met at school: "I seem to have seen her somewhere."

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【Editor's recommendation】

◆ The MOE Picture Book Store Award is selected by 3,000 front-line clerks in picture book stores.

◆ A book to be read with the important people in your life. A picture book that you hope your children will read when they are young and read again when they grow up.

◆ Throughout history, people in China and abroad never tire of reading stories about the cycle of life and death, and shed tears for them. It touches people's common emotions: the fear of separation and death, and the desire to be with important people forever. The two protagonists in the book constantly change their life forms, accompanying each other like waves and shells. In the infinite time and space, their thoughts and love are everywhere, like a warm current that melts the loneliness in people's hearts.

◆ The story contains the truth of "Ichigo ichie", which means that the fate of meeting a specific person at a certain time and place only happens once in a lifetime. Because every moment can not be repeated, people will cherish everything in front of them and treat the people in front of them wholeheartedly.

◆ Life education enlightenment picture book. Inspire children to understand the preciousness of life, cherish the time spent with family and friends, bravely face the separation in the process of growing up, and become more peaceful and firm in their hearts.

◆ From 3 to 100 years old, this picture book is worth reading over and over again throughout your life. Children read the fairy tale of the lion and the bird with great interest, and as their experience grows, they will have a different experience when they reread it.

◆ Children's literature writer and novelist Mutsumi Ishii was inspired by the first chapter of Natsume Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams" and wrote this beautiful story.

◆ Hiroshi Abe is a well-known picture book writer in Japan. He worked as a zoo keeper for 25 years. His long-term observation enabled him to draw animals in various postures based on his impression. His colorful pictures show the strong vitality of the grassland.