雨の日は、いっしょに（読みもの）
Together On Rainy Days
カテゴリー: Japanese Children's Books、おすすめ！日本の子どもの本、読みもの／chapter books and novels
『雨の日は、いっしょに』（Ame no hi wa issho ni）
小学１年生のハルくんの黄色い傘が、持ち主を離れて旅をし、ハルくんの元に戻るまでを描いた冒険物語。
黄色い傘は、傘立ての中で、おりたたみ傘をかっこいいと思ったり、透明のビニール傘にあこがれたりしている。そこへハルくんがやってきて、外に向かって走りながら傘を開き、転んでしまう。傘は風に吹かれて空にまいあがり、旅に出る。公園では、水玉模様の傘に出会い、次におじいさんと一緒の黒いこうもり傘に出会う。おじいさんは、黄色い傘を交番へ連れていくが、黄色い傘は、警察官の手をすりぬけて、再び風に飛ばされ、木に引っかかる。木の上から、いろいろな傘と人をながめ、黄色い傘は孤独を感じる。そこへハルくんがやっ
てきて、近くにいたお兄さんに頼んで黄色い傘を木からおろしてもらう。黄色い傘は、「ハルくんとぼくって、けっこう にあってるかも……。」と思う。次の日、傘立ての他の傘と自分の体験を分かち合う。
ハルくんと同じように幼い黄色い傘が冒険をすることで、自分の居場所について客観的に見ることができる過程をユーモラスに描く。コラージュ技法の絵が楽しく、読者を黄色い傘の視点にスムーズに誘っている。（土居）
| 出版社 | 佼成出版社 |
|---|---|
| 初版年 | 2020年 |
| ISBN | 9784333028276 |
| ページ数 | 64頁 |
| サイズ | 20×16 |
| 対象年齢 | 7歳から |
| キーワード | 傘 雨 |
Together On Rainy Days
This tale follows the adventures of a yellow umbrella that is swept away from its owner, Haru, a boy in grade one. In the first scene, the umbrella waits in a stand by the door, wishing he was collapsible and could change his size or was made of clear plastic that could take on any color. Just then, Haru grabs him and opens him up as he steps outside. But Haru trips and falls, and a gust of wind grabs the umbrella and carries it up into the sky.
Thus begins the umbrella’s journey. First he meets a polka dot umbrella in the park. He feels a pang of envy when he learns that her owner has given her a name: “Miss Polka-dot.” Next he meets a big black umbrella that belongs to an old man. The man takes the yellow umbrella to a police station, but the umbrella slips from the policeman’s hand and once again rides the wind until he is caught in a tree branch. Gazing down on all the umbrellas and people passing below, he begins to feel lonely.
Haru sees him in the tree and asks an older boy with a blue umbrella to fetch him down. Catching sight of his reflection with Haru in a curb mirror, the umbrella thinks, “Maybe Haru and I make a good pair.” The next day, the umbrella shares tales of his adventures with his friends in the umbrella stand.
A humorous portrayal of an umbrella that learns to see where he belongs through his misadventures. The entertaining collage-like illustrations help the reader to see things from the umbrella’s perspective. (Doi)
- text: Okubo, Usagi | illus. Tonouchi, Maho
- Kosei Shuppansha
- 2020
- 64 pages
- 20×16
- ISBN 9784333028276
- Ages 7 +
Umbrella, Rain