きもの

by Taro Gomi

この絵本「きもの」を「きるもの」としてとらえている絵本です。
こんなやわらかい発想が、こどもたちはだいすき。
あざやかな色彩も人気です。

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Asian Literature, Animals

20 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1980

About the author

Taro Gomi (五味太郎) is a major children’s illustrator and writer. He has more than 400 book titles to his credit. His work has been widely translated into 15 other languages.


Tarō was born in Tokyo and he graduated from ID department, Kuwazawa Design Institute. His readers range from babies to adults, with an equal number of fans overseas. His work has been appreciated considerably with both domestic and international honours such as the Sankei Jido Shuppan Bunka Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair Award among others.


Along with authoring children's books, he is well-known in the fields of Stationery design, clothing design, production of young children's animated videos, CD-ROMs, essays etc.


His popular books published in English include Everyone Poops, Santa Through the Window, Where's the Fish?, My Friends and The Crocodile and the Dentist.

Reviews

[Donalyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clever use of clothes vocabulary and different animals.

[Stephanie Bange · Rating 4 out of 5]

The ever-inventive Taro Gomi offers this first look at clothes and the need to get dressed in a story for toddlers. First published in 1980 in Japan, it is now available in English.

Nine different animals' natural covering is compared to an article of clothing, for example Sheep wears a fluffy jacket, Goldfish wears a tie-dye skirt, and Snake wears a snug stocking. While a few comparisons take a bit of imagination to understand (Rhino in a warm coat and Duck in a fancy cardigan), some readers may find it shocking to see a naked little boy (who gets dressed the next page) and think this over the top.

Gomi's flat artwork is stunning as ever. He uses bold, saturated colors as background behind each animal so they pop. Combined with the simple text, this is great to use with other board books about getting dressed.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have just discovered Taro Gomi's books with colorful bright illustrations. This one is on exception. Yes, all animals have different types of skin coverings and Gomi does bright colorful
illustrations of various animals and their "clothing". And a surprise ending, what does the young boy need to be wearing?

[Andrés · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was not prepared for the anatomically correct illustration of a naked boy at the end. I might have reviewed higher if that illustration was more modest (underwear, maybe?) because, I agree that shifting to an undressed child could have been a pleasantly surprising twist that could engage a little one to think about their own clothes. The animal "clothes" throughout are clever.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute. The text is creative (although the rhino's warm coat is a head-scratcher for me), the pictures are engaging, and it really gets into clothing vocabulary. There's also a cute surprise ending.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

So funny!

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good picture book to read to a baby with an older sibling...because the older sibling will understand how funny the text is. Not geared for babies.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Appealing, bright colors showcase a variety of animals and emphasize that everyone wears something!

[kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

How does a duck look like he is wearing a cardigan?

[Kevin McGinn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Child pornography at the end who approved this book?

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly

[Kid Lit Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

What Do You Wear? That’s a daily questions for most of us, but for animals they wear the same thing every day. Toddlers will love to know what exactly these animals wear. Like Sheep, on the cover, it wears a fluffy jacket every day. Rhino wears a warm, waterproof brown coat. As toddlers turn the thicker than average pages, they find a new animal, they might have seen before. This time, toddlers find . . .

Originally reviewed on Kid Lit Reviews. To read full review and see illustrations, go to: http://bit.ly/WhatDoYouWear

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eight different animals wearing their natural clothing--a fluffy jacket for a sheep and a tie-dye skirt for a fish, for instance--are featured in this board book. But then a small naked boy appears, and readers will feel jarred since he has not a shred of clothing on his body. The last page shows him climbing into his shirt and pants. This amusing and colorful book might be of great use to parents trying to persuade their youngsters to put on some clothing. While running around the house naked might be liberating and fun, it might shock the neighbors and eventually, clothing is necessary if one ventures outdoors. That brisk breeze can be murder on uncovered skin.

[Laela · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very tame book until the twist at the end that got me laughing.

The pictures are great and very simple text. Here is a sheep.. here is a fish... blah blah blah

AND THEN HERE IS A NAKED BOY.

It is so unlike everything else in the book. People with a certain sense of humor will love this, but it isn't for everybody. It certainly gave me a stupid grin.