Animals Brag About Their Bottoms

"Originally published in Japanese by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers in 2018 as Oshirijiman.

About the author

MAKI SAITO is an artist and author known for her unique artistic methods using paper collage, stenciled paintings, and bin-gata, a traditional Japanese dyeing technique developed in Okinawa. She has written and illustrated several books in Japanese, inspired by her love for all living creatures in nature. Animals Brag About Their Bottoms is her first book translated into English.

Summary

Age range 3 to 9

Foreword

• Print galley mailing


• Submission to all major trade journals


• Digital galley promoted on Edelweiss


• Promoted at ALA, Children’s Institute, and other trade shows


• Library promotion


• International reviews 


• Social media campaign and influencer outreach

Additional text

“The text is light, conversational, and funny; and the painterly patoots are lovely in their texture and shading…. By the end (ha!) we’ve learned a little about these remarkable creatures.”
—The Horn Book
“This humorous title delivers just what it promises: fauna fawning over their own rumps. ...In Saito’s delicate renderings, each bottom is distinct and, yes, beautiful.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“From a cuddly round bunny bottom to a hippo’s “so-o-o big” bum, Saito celebrates animal behinds in all their forms...there’s not a trace of self-consciousness in this jaunty, no-nonsense exhibition of animal posteriors.”
—Publishers Weekly
“With the frissonof the forbidden, it focuses on animals’ amazingly stylish rear-ends — from fluffy to striped to spiky, with humorous charm and elegant illustrations.”
—Toronto Star

Product details

• Authors: Maki Saito
• Assisted by: Brian Bergstrom (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 3
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781771647106
• ISBN: 978-1-77164-710-6
• Dimensions: 279 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Size & Shape, JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Body, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Children’s / Teenage personal & social topics: body & health, Early years: the body & the senses, RL.1.1,2,3,4,5,6,7, W.1.2,3,5,7,8, SL.1.1,1b,1c,2,3,4,5,6, L.1.4,4a,4c,5,5a,5b,5c,5d,6, RF.1.1,2,3,4,4a,4b,4c