{"product_id":"chirri-chirra-under-the-sea","title":"Chirri \u0026 Chirra, Under the Sea","description":"\u003cp data-content-field=\"title\" class=\"ProductItem-details-title\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-content-field=\"title\" class=\"ProductItem-details-title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChirri \u0026amp; Chirra, Under the Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-content-field=\"excerpt\" class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003eWritten and illustrated by Kaya Doi\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Japanese by David Boyd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e 20 Best Children’s Books of the Past 20 Years Selection! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin Chirri and Chirra on their enchanting adventure beneath the waves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eChirri and Chirra are pedaling along when they find a cave. At the end of the cave, they see a light. Oh! They are under the sea! They pedal through a maze of coral and pass through an opening in the seaweed, into a scene of seashells of all colors and shapes. Naturally, they come upon sea treats, such as parfait à la conch and marine soda jelly topped with pearl cream. 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It’s an adventure to nowhere and everywhere and is so visually enchanting.\" —Comedy writer and bestselling author Bess Kalb, for \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eThe Strategist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Kaya Doi has created another wondrous alternative world for her signature characters... Each glowing illustration seems more delectable than the last. It's a glorious outing to a place warmed by courtesy, kindness and the pleasure of being alive.” —Meghan Cox Gurdon, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Doi’s artwork mesmerizes. The colors are rich and vibrant—the blue provides a particularly effective contrast to the corals, for example—but there’s also a softness to the pencil drawings that captures the dreaminess of secret worlds and childhood discoveries. There is delight in even the tiniest of details: fish hold open the curtains at the theatre, a seahorse is dressed with a top hat and scarf, a dessert jelly is topped with pearls. The books are also sized for a child’s hands. Long but not tall, they feel proportionate for small hands and ready for close examination…  If the aim is to help children see the beauty and the mystery in the natural world, Doi has more than succeeded.” —Melanie Ho, \u003cem\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eChirri \u0026amp; Chirra, Under the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, a mysterious cave leads two girls on bicycles into a fantastical world. ­Peddling along with a ‘dring dring,’ the bobbed, rosy-cheeked duo find coral mazes, seashell sofas, and an octopus waiter. An enjoyable installment in Kaya Doi’s series.\" —\u003cem\u003eWorld Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"Chirri \u0026amp; Chirra is an utterly charming series of children’s picture books...low on the angst scale and high on the charm meter. Doi is known for her softly styled drawings on rich creamy paper. She creates the illustrations in these books with colored pencils, pastels, and crayons, crafting them to give an old-world feel, a time of innocence and simplicity. The exquisite art radiates joy and has a dreamy quality to it that reflects how children imagine their ideal world to be. 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The books are so calming, and so psychedelically beautiful, that I enjoy them as much as my daughter does—if not more.\" —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao, for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ecolumn “The Queue”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Magic Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English \/ 3 years or older","offer_id":56716229607801,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/0814\/5273\/files\/chirri-chirra-under-the-sea-gebundene-ausgabe-kaya-doi-englisch.jpg?v=1770117982","url":"https:\/\/magic-bookshelf.com\/products\/chirri-chirra-under-the-sea","provider":"Magic Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}