おいし〜い (Oishi~i) has simple cute drawings, and is about the sound and taste of eating different things. Not bad for small people beginning to experiment with food themselves. Yet again, the onomatopoeia is present – the sound of the apple crunching, the feel of the runny soup or the soft pumpkin.
I think the aim is to help teach kids to eat whatever, and pronounce it to be delicious. In my limited experience, kids aren’t allowed to not like stuff in Japan – with good reason, fussy eating is not tolerated. But there’s a reward of hot pancakes at the end of the book – that’s really delicious. (Although it does perhaps imply that only mums are any good at cooking pancakes. Hey – I can flip a pancake too, and I’m a dad.)
Enjoyment rating (max = 5 koi-nobori): (Explanation)
My kids: 🎏🎏🎏🎏
Me: 🎏🎏🎏
Author: いしづ ちひろ (words), くわざわ ゆうこ (illustrator)
Publisher: くもん出版
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