You and I, who met as mother and child among countless people in this world!
“Mom is happy because it’s you!”
A picture book that conveys a mother's unwavering love.

When raising a child, there are times when a mother suddenly feels amazed and surprised by the existence of 'you' who came to her.
If you were to ask your child, "How did you come to be your mother?" what would you say? Japan's most popular picture book author, Nobumi Nobumi's new book, "I Chose My Mother!", uses the unique premise of a baby choosing its future mother to convey how special and surprising it is for me and my child to become parents and children among the countless people in the world.


The moment a child is born, the child becomes the center of the mother's world.
A child is born as the weakest being in this world, but because of his mother, he can grow up without any worries.
A mother can give her child absolute love because the very existence of the child who came to her is a joy.
This book tells our children, “Mom, I’m happy because of you!” through the voice of the main character, a child who says, “I was born to make Mom happy!”
No matter how much trouble a child causes as he grows up, a mother's love never changes.
Because a mother's love for her child is simply 'you'.
Please convey a mother's unwavering love to your precious child through this book.

“I was born to make my mother happy!”
A healing picture book to comfort ordinary mothers who struggle with parenting.

Before a child is born, he or she chooses a mother in heaven.
But the mother chosen by the child is clumsy and a mess no matter what she does.
Why did the child choose this mother? The mother the child yearns for isn't a perfect mother who excels at everything, but one who makes him happy.


In fact, the mother in this book is not much different from the average mother.
Most mothers feel inadequate while raising their children.
Especially when raising a first child, it is the first time for a mother to be a mother, so everything she does is bound to be awkward.
However, this does not mean that the love for children is clumsy or lacking.
This book tells ordinary mothers who feel they are struggling with parenting that it is enough to be happy for their children, even if they are not perfect.


The author says he wrote this book after interviewing children who remembered their time in their mother's womb.
What's interesting is that when I asked the children, "Why were you born into this world?" they all answered, "I was born to make my mother happy!"
The author tells parents who are worried about how to raise their children that the best way to raise them is to make them happy.
This is because children develop self-esteem and gain confidence in their ability to make others happy by seeing their parents happy.


A hot picture book that has captured children's hearts!

This book was so loved by both mothers and children that it reached number one on Amazon's overall rankings within ten days of its publication in Japan.
So why do children love Nobumi's books? Nobumi honestly and confidently captures children's hearts with her quirky, playful ideas and simple, yet delightful stories.


The main character of this book is a child who listens and obeys his mother well while in the womb, but as he grows up, he becomes a very mischievous child who does not listen to his mother at all.
A mother scolds her child all the time because she thinks she has to raise her child properly.
The child ends up thinking that maybe he should have never been born because his mother only scolds him and is not happy about it.
The child confesses these thoughts honestly to his mother, confirms his mother's unchanging love, and cries.
But that was only for a moment, and he soon returned to his original state and teased his mother by calling her a glutton.


In this way, the author not only reveals the hearts of children, but also cheers on the children as they cry, cause trouble, and play in their mother's wide arms.
“You are lovable because you are you!”