Shinta Chō


Shinta Chō was a Japanese children's author and illustrator. He won the Grand Prize for Kyabetsu-kun in 1981.

Life

Chō was born Shuji Suzuki in Tokyo in 1928. He began illustrating cartoon strips in the late 1940s. He created the Talkative Fried Egg cartoon for a cartoon monthly in 1959. He also wrote children's books, including The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts.

Awards

  • 1959 - he won the Bungei Shunju Manga Award for Oshaberi na tamagoyaki
  • 1974 - he won an honourable mention in the Hans [Christian Andersen Award]s for Oshaberi na tamagoyaki
  • 1977 - he won the for Children's Picture Books for Haru desu yo, Fukurō Obasan.
  • 1981 - he won the Grand Prize for Kyabetsu-kun
  • 1986 - he won an award for Sakasama raion
  • 1994 - he received Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon in recognition of his work as an artist and illustrator
  • 1999 - he won a Japanese Picture Book Award for Gomu-atama Pontarō
  • 2002 - he won the ExxonMobil Children's Culture Award

    Children's books

  • The Gas We Pass: [The Story of Farts]
  • Umph-a-Lumph, Meow
  • Chorus of Winter Buds
  • The Easygoing Aquarium
  • The Cats and Their Flying Machine
  • Up! Up!
  • Rolling Kittens
  • A Worm Named Buddy
  • Chomp!
  • Dakuchiru, Dakuchiru
  • My Beach
  • The Talkative Omelet
  • Spring is Here, Auntie Owl
  • Cabbage Boy
  • Upside-Down Lion
  • Rubber-Headed Pontarō