Hitoribocchi no Rikku(Lonely Riku)

The main charactor of the story is a dog had damage from the great east Japan earthquake.This is applied from an individual and based on a true story which is made for the purpose of telling children the circumstance of their dog lost its family.

Thanks again for giving the special prize by jurors of work division of Digital Ehon Award. “Riku” has come to our family after the great east Japan earthquake when it was a mounth later from its birth. I wrote this book to tell about what happened to dogs like Rike to our children and their friend in elementary school who usually play with Riku. Though it is not sophisticated, I hope that young children have interests and read it. Besides, we use “NextScript” which is free tool for making a electric picture book by NEXTBOOK, Inc. Thank you very much.

The importance and vulnerability of life is same at both digital and analog. Hearts can connect and relieve gently at any time. Picture with warmth and its smooth movements tell us naturally its importance for both adults and children.This great app causes readers become aware of the possibility that only digital can realize. (Rika Kayama, psychiatrist/professor of Rikkyo University)