Kao kao donna kao

• The title meaning “Face, face, what is the face like?”
• Written by Ryohei Yanagihara
• Illustrated by Ryohei Yanagihara
• Published by Koguma Publishing
• Published in 1988
• Original language: “かお かお どんなかお”

Short commentary

Under the Covid-19 pandemic, children have less chances to see what adults’ faces are like because they are covered with masks.

This picture book provides many kinds of faces, including laugh, anger, sad, happiness and so on, in the simple and colorful design.

About one year old children will enjoy imitating the faces in the book. And it is expected that they get to be able to read “faces” of others as well as express their own emotion by using their faces.