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 Awards 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