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When I was a child, I loved the book titled “The Giving Tree(Japanese title: 大きな木)”. My mother loved this book and she often read this to me, so I became to love this book too. This is the story of a boy and a tree growing up together. The tree helps the boy a lot till he becomes an old man. I felt this was a little bit sad story when I was a kid, but I recently realized that this is a heartwarming and touching story. I may have felt it was sad because I did not have any idea of what ‘touching’ is when I was a child. I sometimes read this book after growing up. It is a kid’s story, so the content is simple, but as I mentioned, it is heartwarming. I recommend you to read it at least once.

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I really liked to read and listen to someone reading picture books in my early childhood. My mother bought me a lot of books, so there are considerable books on bookshelves in my house. I remember being absorbed in books when I was little. Especially, my favorite picture book was “ Itazura Kaiju Toatoa”(Mischievous Dinosaur, Toatoa). I’m not sure why I loved the picture book so much, but I read it again and again by myself and asked my mother and sister to read me at bedtime. The leading character, little Toatoa, strays into a human’s home and a dining table where many dishes are put. He enjoys traveling and eating a variety of dishes on the table. Impressive scenes are ones Toatoa enters a box of cereal and jumps into a cup of hot chocolate. I was probably fascinated by the small size of Toatoa and the sense I could travel across the table with him, which I couldn’t do for real.

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Guri And Gura's Surprise Visitor-Yurina Toyoshima

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Guri And Gura's Surprise Visitor-Yurina Toyoshima

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My mother read a lot of books to me when I was a child. In those books, what impressed me most was this book. My mother read to me many times and the after, I read it alone. And a few years later, I read it to my brother and it is one of favorite books also for him. So, I have a lot of memories about this book. The story is twin mice, Guri and Gura play with snow. Then, they find big someone's footprints and they trace the footprints to know who's footprint. I remember that I was excited because who's the footprints are it.  This book is a lot of pretty illustrations so, you can enjoy reading it. Also, it is a book which the series of "Guri and Gura" so, there are another story of Guei and Gura. I would recommend the series of Guri and Gura.

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My earliest memory of reading is the book titled ''The Tiger Who Came to Tea.''
(Japanese title: Otyano jikannni kita tora)
The book was initially found in the hospital where I used to go, and my mother read it to me many times. But I still couldn't get enough of it, so I asked her to buy it for me and started reading it myself. The Japanese did not write this book. I think it was also fresh because it was based overseas though  I didn't realize it in the past. This story is about a hungry tiger which visited the home when a girl and her mother prepared tea time. They welcome him, but the tiger is so hungry that he eats all the food and water in the house. The tiger is so hungry that he eats all the food in the house, even water, but his father comes home from work and solves the problem.　The appeal of this book is the fantasy of a tiger coming to tea time and the heart-warming aspect of a family at peace with what must be a very serious problem. Also, the foreign customs and illustrations are fresh. There is also an English version of this book, so I would introduce it to this class and have everyone read it.

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My mother and grandmother read me many picture books when I was little. My earliest memory of reading is the book titled “Soramame-Kun's bed.” This book taught me the importance of friends and the importance of lending them to other people. Soramame-Kun did not want to lend his precious bed to anyone, so he kept refusing to lend it to everyone, but one day the bed disappeared. At such time, friends around him lend their beds to Soramame-Kun and realize the importance of friends. I still remember learning this importance at a young age and trying to lend my things to my friends in kindergarten. Another characteristic of this book is that it features a food called “sora-mame” as the main character and is painted with colorful pictures. Children can learn not only compassion and kindness, but also names, sizes, colors, and many other things about beans. This book is still my favorite and precious book.

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I remember my father often read “kyouno obento nandarona” for me and my sister. This book English meaning is “what is today’s lunch for me? “. Maybe this book is earliest memory book in my life. I remember a bear eat a lot of bananas and a insect eat only a leaf. I learn what animal eat from this book. The last page we can watch gathering all obento without characters. So, we often did a question who eat this obento in the book? And also this book use many sound such as mogumogu. My father and I remembered dialogues all of this book so we played use the words.

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I read a lot of books when I was little, but I especially loved this book and remember it even when I grow up. This book is very popular, but I think it was actually very interesting and educational. I had my teacher read it to me first, and then I started reading this book many times myself. The story is that a girl being deceived by a wolf and to stop by flower garden, then a grandmother and a girl being eaten by a wolf. I strongly felt that I should not break my promise with my mother when I read this book for the first time. I also thought that I shouldn't trust the words of strangers. At that time, this book had a strong influence on me. I think books are one of the best educational tools for children.

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My earliest memory of reading is the titled "Frog and Toad Are Friends." My mother read this book to me when I was little. When I first read this book, I could not understand the content well. But the illustrations are drawn in very simple and gentle colors. So, I remember that just looking at the illustrations made me feel relaxed. And I remember very well that I read this book by myself when I was in elementary school. I could understand the feelings of characters that I did not realize when I was little. So, I loved this book because it taught me a lot of new things every time I read it. Through this book, I could understand the friendship and growth of the two frogs in their daily lives. In addition, I learned the importance of having compassion for others. Therefore, I want to recommend reading this book.

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One of the most memorable books I read as a child was a picture book called "You look like  delicious." (Japanese title is Omae Umasou de na.) I remember my mother reading this book to me every day before my brother and I went to bed. The title may make you think that dinosaurs would attack and eat someone. The title may make you think that the dinosaurs are going to attack and eat someone, but the real story is a touching and heartwarming one. There are many series and various dinosaurs appear in them. The main character, Tyrannosaurus, is a warm-hearted dinosaur, so any time you read any of these books, you will feel warm and fuzzy inside. There are many books in which the Tyrannosaurus struggles to save his friends, and there are also books in which the Tyrannosaurus gets hurt and cries. I love this wonderful picture book that my brother and I read to our mother every night. I still have everything in my house.

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My mother loved this book and read many times. The title is "Who is the child who is not sleeping". The story is that only ghosts are awake at night, and children who are not sleeping are taken to ghosts. It's a scary story for children. But it's also as fascinating as a horror movie. The picture is simple and cute with clear colors, so children can understand easily. The words are also very rhythmic and will be enjoyable for children. Because it is short, children can concentrate on reading until the end. This book is all written in hiragana, easy style Japanese, so I could read it myself as soon as I learn to read words. Another book written by the author of this book is also very attractive, and I read many of her books when I was little.
I think reading this book is effective when your child has a hard time sleeping.

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I loved this book when I was little. I have an older sister and a younger brother, but near Christmas, my mom often read this book to us before going to bed. I remember the contents of this book very well. This is a book about the life of Santa Claus. Santa Claus in the book has a very busy day on Christmas, which is only one work day. However, the interesting part of this book is that it also depicts holidays other than Christmas. When Santa Claus delivered the presents to us, she often imagined that Christmas was near saying, “She lives like this” and “Santa is so busy.”

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When I was a child, I often read the book “The three little pigs.” This story is that, simply put, three piglets each create their own home. The eldest son and the second son were eaten by wolves because they had built a house cutting corner, but the third pig took time to build a substantial house, so he could not eat it by wolves. This book told me that if you make an effort, you have good results. The excellent point of this book is that a friendly animal called a pig is the main character. I often read this book in my house and a kindergarten. People can learn that there are various ways of life, whether to live comfortably or make efforts and bring success. In addition, this picture book was always sold at bookstores everywhere, so it was easy to get. What I learned in this book is alive in my life.

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When I was a child, I used to read this book with my mother and brother. The reason why I loved it is that there are many illustrations and few sentences, and also the style of pictures. In fact, I was only looking at the images because sentences were almost "Would you rather..." in this book. This book shows us some puzzling selections and lets us choose one. It is repeated. That's all the book is about. The choices were a meal in a castle, breakfast in a balloon, or a snack in a river. There was also a choice: a house underwater, a house under snow, a house surrounded by jungle, and so on. I enjoyed talking with my mother and brother about the reason why we chose the selection. I could enjoy thinking about reason even if I read only by myself and also enjoy imagining the situation to choose one. It was interesting that opinions are different beyond the person.

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I read a lot of books when I was little. I had my parents read a book every day. I like having my parents read a book, and I slept well when I had my parents read it before going to bed. The book I like the most was “my dress”. I really loved this book and have read it many times. The content of this picture book is a story about a rabbit picking up a white cloth in a field and making a dress with that cloth. Curiously, when the rabbit walks in the flower garden wearing the dress, the dress turns into a flower pattern, and when it rains, the dress turns into a polka dot pattern. The pattern of the dress changes one after another, which is very interesting. The pattern that the rabbit is wearing is very cute. I used to draw a dress design on other paper for the rabbit. I think this picture book will enrich children's imagination.

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I read this book for the first time when I was in the first grade. I found out about this book through a reading session at the library where mothers volunteer to read to children. The story of this book is about a black crayon. He felt sad that he was the only one who hardly used the black crayons while the red, yellow and blue crayons with various bright colors were used a lot by the children and were very successful. Kuro-Kun was feeling sad, but Sharp Pencil-kun suggested that they paint the drawing paper with various colors and then paint over it with black. He was surprised at first, but when he scraped the black painted drawing paper into the shape of fireworks, bright colors appeared from underneath, completing a wonderful picture of fireworks. Thanks to this, Kuro-Kun was not ostracized and was able to stay close to his friends. I love this picture book and I hope everyone will read it too.

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When I was a child, My mother read many books before going to bed every day. One of the books I liked the most was "where's the fish?" in Japan, "Kingyoganigeta." It is written by Gomitaro. It is written for ages two to four. It is a very simple story.  Goldfish are water creatures, but It escape to all sorts of places. It was funny to think about where they ran next and find it. Even though I knew where it was hidden, I was excited next page. Furthermore, The pictures is very colorful and cute. My mother read this book to me many times. If I have a child, I read this book.