Morimoto, Junko

A mouse couple, in search of the mightiest husband for their daughter, approach the sun, the clouds, the wind, and a wall, before the unexpected victor finally appears.

Two bullies, one from China and one from Japan, inadvertently intimidate one another before meeting face to face and never fight as a result.

The author recalls her happy childhood in Hiroshima, abruptly halted on August 6, 1945, when her known world was hideously destroyed by an atomic bomb.

An inch-high boy proves himself a warrior by vanquishing the dreaded giant red demon with his cunning and bravery.

Junko's story, with photographic illustrations, of her childhood in Hiroshima, growing up in a society at war, witnessing the first nuclear attack when her known world was hideously destroyed by an atomic bomb, and finding solace in the survival of her family.