on , is a Japanese

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

writer who is currently one of

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

's most prolific

illustrators and authors. He is a graduate of the Kuwazawa Design Institute. His first children's picture book was published in 1973. He has published more than 400 books in Japan and his work has been widely translated into other languages. Books published in English include '' Everyone Poops'', ''Santa Through the Window'', ''Where's the Fish?'' and ''The Crocodile and the Dentist''. He also provided songs for many children's shows, such as , written in 1987. His children's book ''Over The Ocean'' was awarded the

Mildred L. Batchelder Award The Mildred L. Batchelder Award, or Batchelder Award, is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the publisher of the year's "most outstanding" children's book translated into English-language, English and published ...

in 2017.

External links

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Medialynx Japan Co., Ltd
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomi, Taro Japanese children's writers 1945 births Living people People from Chōfu, Tokyo Writers from Tokyo