 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | DARK HORSE | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | AKIKO IKEDA | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | ENGLISH / BW | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 40 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | 8+ | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 04/23/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 03/12/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | HOLLY ELLINGWOOD |
For the first time ever, Akiko Ikeda’s marvelous fantasy tales about an adventurous cat named Dayan and his fellow woodland friends are now being released in English Hard Cover Book!
The fantastical and fun adventures of feline Dayan and his other furry friends is brought to life with Akiko Ikeda’s enchanting story telling and charming art work. Akiko Ikeda is Japan’s very own Beatrix Potter, offering a lovely series of books about talking animals and their one-shot adventures to delight the young as well as the young at heart. Dayan has inspired theme parks and scads of merchandise overseas. At last these woodland tales of friendship and adventure are offered here in North America. This very first tale sees Dayan discovering he doesn’t know what a birthday is. When his friends explain it to him, he immediately wants to find out his birthday and sets off on quite the adventure. He goes to see three witches who cast a spell to help him. But Dayan had better be careful, as he goes through with his birthday party he may just have forgotten to put some very important people on the guest list! A spell to take his birthday away from him sees Dayan undergo a startling transformation and it’s up to his fellow furry friends to help him get his birthday back and return him to normal. Charming, the tale has everything to be the perfect joy to read to children as well as capture the sentimental imagination of adults. Each volume is a self-contained adventure. Wholesome and lovely, Akiko Ikeda’s tales of the young cat and his friends is a wonderful offering for much needed family fare. The art style, which appears in full color, is as fun and imaginative as the adventures Dayan goes on. IN SUMMARY: Dayan is a series of children’s books that are imaginative and bright. Rich with wholesome adventures and delightful creatures, Dayan is a series that will charm the young and old alike. Fans of Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit will find this series to be a must have.
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