Kokun: Volume 1 Picture books for children These elegant notecards feature 8

These elegant notecards feature 8 watercolor illustrations of brightly painted roses with bold and beautiful colors

friendship and magic in unlikely places

And they can do whatever they want

This edition is updated with a new chapter on the discovery of Franklin's ships

Kokun: Volume 1 Picture books for children These elegant notecards feature 8By: Nahoko Uehashi Published by Europa Editions, Incorporated, 2026 01 13 A sweeping ecological fantasy from one of Japan's most beloved storytellers where two girls must unlock a forgotten power to save their world from collapse. The vast Umar Empire has flourished for centuries thanks to the miraculous Ohaleh rice, a sacred grain brought by the first Empress Kokun from a distant land. Resistant to all parasites, the rice has sustained peace and