A library of books to choose through
Picture books with no easy answer — so you talk them through, together.
Every book stops at the end with "What would you do?" Read it, choose, and talk a little — together. That's what this library is for.
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ask for help ⇄ pass it onFreeThe Smallest Courage
いちばん ちいさな ゆうき
Haru and a timid little dog, Momo. On a stormy night, who comforts whom is turned upside down.
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hide ⇄ be proudFreeMy Favorite Ear in the Whole World
せかいで いちばん すきな 耳
Sora, a kitten with one folded ear, and Riku, the boy always picked last. Hide the difference — or stand proud of it?
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keep close ⇄ let it flyFreeBefore It Flies
とんでいく まえに
Yui nurses a tiny fledgling, Pipi, back to health — until the sky begins to call it home.
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keep the promise ⇄ call for helpSeriesThe Secret Promise
ないしょの やくそく
Hana finds a hurt fox kit, Kon. "Don't tell anyone." But Kon grows weaker — keep the promise, or run for help?
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honest feelings ⇄ the kindness of forgivingSeriesThe Bird We Made Together
いっしょに つくった とり
Ponta the baby raccoon accidentally breaks the one clay bird Mio made with her grandmother. Speak the honest sadness — or forgive?
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just us two ⇄ all togetherSeriesThe Meadow Just for Us
ふたりだけの 草はら
Mina and her rabbit Koyuki share a secret clover meadow. Rin, a lonely new child, reaches for the same warmth. Keep it just for the two of them — or open the circle?
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reach it ⇄ stay besideSeriesThe Star at the Very Top
てっぺんの ほし
Once a year, the night the stars fall. Sou trained all year to climb to the very top and see the whole sky. But his dog Chiro is old now. Run to the top alone — or stay beside Chiro?
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run true ⇄ give the joySeriesJust Before the Finish Line
ゴールの まえで
Riko is the fastest in her class and loves to run more than anything. But at today's race, Tou — who practices every day yet has never once won — is matching her stride for the first time. Right before the finish line, Riko realizes she still has more in her. Run her hardest and win — or hand it to Tou?
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tell the truth ⇄ tell a kind lieSeriesDo You Really Like It?
すきって、ほんと?
Mio is the best drawer in her class, and her pride is that she never lies about pictures. But Kenta — who's always said "I can't draw" — secretly practiced and made a drawing of Mio and her rabbit Mocha. Eyes shining, he asks: "Do you like it?" Tell the honest truth, or protect him with a kind lie?
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say "it's okay" ⇄ say you can't yetSeriesCan You Say It's Okay?
いいよ、って いえる?
Rin spent many days building a tiny secret house for her buddy squirrel Kuri — a treasure decorated with a blue glass bead and a pressed flower. But her friend Taku came running and crushed it by accident. He's crying, truly sorry. And yet Rin's sadness is real too. Forgive him and say "it's okay"? Or tell him how she really feels?
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finish by your own power ⇄ accept a helping handSeriesCan I Do It Myself?
じぶんで、できる?
Noa has practiced the monkey bars for many days, getting one bar further each time. Her dream is to cross them end to end by her own power. Everyone else can already do it — only Noa can't yet. Today she falls again on the very last bar, her palms stinging red. Just then her friend Kei holds out a hand: "Want me to lift you for the last one?" Finish it by her own power? Or take the offered hand?
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tell the honest truth ⇄ tell a kind lieSeriesIs It Okay to Tell the Truth?
ほんとの こと、いっても いい?
It's Hina's birthday. Her friend An gives her a portrait she spent days drawing in secret — but it doesn't look like Hina at all (green-ish hair, oversized eyes). Still, in the corner is a wobbly little heart: "Hina, I love you." An, who isn't good at drawing but never gives up, asks with shining eyes: "Hey… does it look like you? Do you like it?" Tell the honest truth? Or tell a kind lie to make An happy?
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stay true to what you love ⇄ be like everyoneSeriesIs It Better to Be Like Everyone?
みんなと、おなじが いい?
Today the whole class is going to the park together. Everyone wears the same shiny, popular cap — matching, like one team. But Nagi's hat is different: the lumpy, hand-knitted woolly hat with a droopy pom-pom that her grandma made over a whole winter — her most favorite thing in the world. But yesterday, when she wore it, a kid tilted their head: "What's that? That's weird." Wear the hat she truly loves? Or be like everyone?
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enjoy it now ⇄ save it to treasureSeriesEat It Now, or Save It?
いま、たべる? とっておく?
Haru has one single, special candy — the very last one his grandpa gave him before going far away. Held to the light, it sparkles like a jewel. When Haru holds it, it's warm, as if grandpa were right beside him — his most favorite thing in the world. But — if he eats it, it's gone; he'll never see this sparkle again. Eat it now and enjoy the sweetness? Or save it and treasure it forever?
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go a little farther ⇄ head homeSeriesGo a Little Farther, or Head Home?
もう ちょっと、いく? かえる?
After dinner, Nana came with her flying squirrel Fuu to watch the fireflies. Chasing one little light, she finds more and more lights spilling from beyond the hill. "A little farther, and surely it'll be an amazing sight." But the sky keeps darkening, and when she looks back, her home's window glows warm, a little dot in the dark. Go a little farther over the hill? Or head home to the warmth?
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cry and show your feelings ⇄ smile and send him offSeriesCry, or Smile? — Saying Goodbye
ないて いい? えがおが いい?
Tomorrow, Mio's beloved friend Nagi moves far away. On the last evening, Mio and her rabbit Mochi play with Nagi at their usual hill. Every time she laughs, her chest goes tight. Now it's time for goodbye. Cry, and show her true feelings — "Don't go"? Or smile, and send him off cheerfully — "See you"? Both, because she loves Nagi so much.
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the kindness of giving ⇄ keeping what's precious to youSeriesGive It, or Keep It?
あげる? とっておく?
Sou's treasure is the little blue toy car he loves best in all the world. While he's playing in the park sandbox, a small girl named Hina — who just broke her own toy — stares and stares at it. "…I wish I had one." If he gives it away, Hina bursts into a smile. But the treasure won't be here anymore. If he keeps it, the car is his forever. But Hina goes home with a sad face. The kindness of giving, and the wish to treasure what's his — both are Sou's true feelings. What would you do?
Choose-and-go · a book to talk through togetherNew each week
A new book
The growing series
The growing series
New "thinking" picture books, arriving on and on.
Themes deepen as your child grows. Every book you read stays on your shelf, and each one comes with parent-child dialogue cards.
Start the seriesWhy "thinking" picture books?
There's a choice.
At a values-fork with no right answer, your child decides "what I would do."
It becomes a conversation.
The questions after reading open up feelings you don't usually get to.
It keeps going.
A curated series that keeps arriving — the stories grow up alongside your child.
Lumisia — Passions, challenges, together.