Английская Википедия:Guri and Gura
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italics title Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox book series Шаблон:Nihongo is a Japanese series of children's books by writer Rieko Nakagawa and illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki. The protagonists are two anthropomorphic field mice, and the series began in 1963 with the first volume Guri and Gura.Шаблон:Sfn The series is published by Fukuinkan Shoten in Japan.
Overview
The stories tell of the encounters of twin anthropomorphic field mice, Guri and Gura.Шаблон:Sfn Yamawaki accompanies Nakagawa's loosely structured narratives with simple, unsophisticated illustrations. The stories aim at entertaining rather that instructing and thus do not feature moral dilemmas to be overcome.Шаблон:Sfn
Publication and reception
The first volume of the series, titled Guri and Gura, appeared in the children's magazine Kodomo no Tomo in 1963.Шаблон:Sfn The series' writer Rieko NakagawaШаблон:Efn worked in childcare at the time.Шаблон:Sfn As of 2014, the first volume had sold over four million copies,Шаблон:Sfn and the series had sold a combined 24.9 million copies worldwide.Шаблон:Sfn
The first English of Guri and Gura appeared in Britain in 1967; in this translation the castella cake the mice make in the original Japanese becomes a sponge cake more familiar to a British audience.Шаблон:Sfn An translation appeared in 1991 under the subtitle The Giant Egg, by an uncredited translator. Later translations have been by Peter Howlett and Richard McNamara.Шаблон:Sfn Dozens of other translations have appeared, including Korean, French, Portuguese, Thai, and Esperanto.Шаблон:Sfn
List of translated volumes
- Guri and Gura: The Giant Egg
- Guri and Gura
- Guri and Gura's Surprise Visitor
- Guri and Gura's Seaside Adventure
- Guri and Gura's Picnic Adventure
- Guri and Gura's Magical Friend
- Guri and Gura's Playtime Book of Seasons
- Guri and Gura's Special Gift
- Guri and Gura's Spring Cleaning
- Guri and Gura's Songs of the Seasons
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- Английская Википедия
- Japanese children's literature
- Japanese picture books
- Japanese fiction
- Drama by medium
- Fantasy books
- Series of children's books
- Japanese-language books
- Children's books about mice and rats
- Fiction about twins
- Anthropomorphic mice and rats
- Literary duos
- Children's books about friendship
- Children's books set in Japan
- Children's books set in forests
- Book series introduced in 1963
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- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
