Get lots of hugs while playing Shiritori with Mommy and Daddy! The word game picture book “I Love You! Shiritori,” which encourages physical contact while saying “I love you,” will be released on January 8, 2026!
Micro Magazine, Inc. Press release: October 22, 2025 To Members of the Press Play word games with mom and dad and give them lots of hugs! “I Love You!” is a word play picture book that encourages physical contact by letting your child say “I love you!” “Shiritori” will be released on January 8, 2026! The latest picture book by Kato Yuko, known for “Hello, Lunchbox!”, is so adorable! “I Love Shiritori,” will be released on January 8, 2026! We’re looking for booksellers to help read the galleys ahead of the release!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/48095/2435/48095-2435-b3162dc676a94b31182d56f2ac77c569-1225×1090.jpg [Synopsis] A mother panda and her baby are having fun playing a word chain game. “Panda → Daruma → Mai-ku → Cream Soda → Da-da-da-da…” A rabbit, a cat, a dog, and a mother and baby bear also came, Everyone smiled and gave lots of hugs! Parents and children can enjoy connecting through words and hearts while expressing “I love you!”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/48095/2435/48095-2435-b4ae87af1ee00b9b821e9467ed100fb7-2357×1001.jpg ★Bookstore employees who would like to preview the galleys of this work, Please contact the official social media accounts of the “Kodomo no Hon Editorial Department.” Official X:
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https://www.instagram.com/kodomono_hon/ ≪Book information≫ “I love you! Shiritori” https://micromagazine.co.jp/book/?book_no=2020 Written by Yuko Kato ISBN:9784867168967 Format: B5 Price: ¥1,100 (¥1,000 10% tax) Release date: January 8, 2026 ≪Author Information≫ Kato Yuko Illustrator and picture book author. Born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1989 and raised in Shizuoka Prefecture. After graduating from Joshibi University of Art and Design, she has worked in a wide range of fields, including picture books, advertising, package design, stationery, and toy planning. Her works include “Hello, Lunchbox-san!” (Micro Magazine), “Shopping in Powapowamori” and “Powapowamori’s Restaurant” (Sekai Bunka Publishing), “Pan Pan Patan!” (PHP
Institute), and “Ton Ton Kacha” (Kin no Hoshi Publishing). Illustrated works include “Popular People in Japan” (text by Miyamoto Garaku, Hakusensha), “Banana Parent and Child” (lyrics by Seki Kazuo, Hisakata Child), and “A Picture Book for Enjoying Japanese Events Throughout the Years: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter – A Story I Want to Tell My Children” (written by Miura Yasuko, Nagaoka Shoten). Kato Yuko’s popular work, “Hello, Lunchbox!”
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