- Overview
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This picture book evokes old memories for moms and dads while creating new ones for children.
- Book Intro
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(Japanese) 字路のバス停
「字路のバス停」は心温まる絵本です。お母さんが市内の五日市に行ってくる日は、弟たちを連れてT字路に出てバスから降りるお母さんを待ちます。T字路には遊べる場所がないので、弟たちとつかまえっこをしたりジャンケンをしたり土遊びをしたりしながら退屈な時間をしのぎます。何時間も待った末に、バスから降りるお母さんの服が見える瞬間は世界で一番嬉しい瞬間です。そうしてお母さんが持っている荷物をひとつひとつ分けて家へと帰る道のり、お母さんが買ってきた美味しい飴やホットドッグを食べると、お母さんを待つ大変だった時間も雪が溶けるように消えていきます。バス停ではたくさんの人が行き交います。ある人にとってはしばらく休める場所でもあり、誰かを幸せな気持ちで待つ場所でもあります。季節を超えてじっと立っている木のように、T字路のバス停はいつもそこで人々に温かななぐさめの心や穏やかさを与えられる場所であり、たくさんの人生のストーリーが眠る場所だと思っています。3,000部
(English) The Three-Way Bus Station
The Three-Way Bus Station represents a memory.
The Three-Way Bus Station represents a meeting.
The Three-Way Bus Station also represents waiting.
Waiting for mom while she’s shopping is very difficult. Especially when she’s picking up delicious snacks, time passes by much slower than usual.
After a long wait, the bus stops. Mom, wearing her flower-patterned dress, gets off.
“Mom, where are the snacks?”
“Oh, my babies! Were you waiting again to see if mommy bought something tasty? Are you hungry? Mom bought candy and hot dogs!”
“Wow!”
“My youngest! You’re tired and your legs hurt, right? Next time, if I haven’t come back for a while, just take your brothers home! Let’s go home and have dinner.”
Being the oldest, I always get scolded by my mom, but at this moment, I’m really happy. Because we have sweet and tasty hot dogs.
We can see that family is about being able to share happiness, even in small things.
Everyone has at least once waited for their mom as she went to work or went grocery shopping. Lots of people come and go at the bus stop. Some wait for the bus, some are happily waiting to meet someone, and some are just taking a short break. Like a tree standing in silence, a bus stop always gives people warm consolation and comfort. The Three-Way Bus Station conjures up old memories for mom and dad while presenting new ones to children through a story told from the author’s experiences during childhood.
- About the Author
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Yeojubi
Yeo Jubi was born in a small rural village in Yeongdong, North Chungcheong in South Korea, where sweet grapes and persimmons would ripen at every house. Yeo grew up running through the alleys of small rural villages with clear streams flowing and beautiful fields and mountains that change with the seasons. Such childhood sensibilities had a huge influence on Yeo’s writing and paintings.
Yeo published the fairy tale I'm Happy to Meet You. The Three-Way Bus Station is her first picture book.
- Award
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Happy Reading in the Morning, 2020, Recommended Book
