Same time, different appearance
Everyone, everyone lives in one house!

If you just read the text in this book, it's a story about a little rabbit's birthday party.
But the picture is the story of all the animals that happen in this apartment complex.
The author allows the reader to read the book from three different perspectives.
The first is the story of a little rabbit's birthday party.
Little Rabbit makes invitations to give to neighbors and bakes a cake to eat together at the party.
And there are other animals preparing something to celebrate the little rabbit's birthday.
The second is a story about animals and various other things happening during the time when a little rabbit is preparing for a birthday party.
To read all the stories of these animals, including the little fox who gets a little brother, Mr. Bear who catches a cold, the cat family who moves, the hedgehog who is waiting for someone, and the sleeping owl, you have to read the book from the beginning several times.
The third is that it seems like we are seeing things happening all over the world at the same time.
So, although they are animals living different lives, it seems as if they are all connected and living together in one space.
So, there are several stories in this book.
No, if you follow those few stories, there may be dozens or hundreds of stories contained within them.


Community is,
We are each the main character

The title is “Everyone Lives in One House,” but the animals that live there are diverse.
After reading the book a few times, I thought the little rabbit was the main character, but that's not the case.
All the animals in the neighborhood are main characters, the birds living in the tree outside the house, the postman delivering letters to the mouse, and the turtle riding a bicycle are all main characters.


In this book, the author naturally portrays what he thinks a 'world where we live together' is like.
By drawing the various aspects of each person's life into one space, even unrelated events feel connected.
And it's almost like he's telling the kids:


“Hey, just because you have something important to do doesn’t mean everyone around you is only thinking about you.
Just as you have something important to do, each of us has something important to do.
“When you can see other people’s lives like that, you really get to know what it means to be together.”

Hidden in a soft and delicate picture
A big book with a big heart!

Marianne Dubich's new book, "Everybody Lives in the Same House," brings together two emotions: the fun, laughter, and imagination-inspiring "The Travels of the Mouse Postman" series, and the warm emotions and life lessons of "The Lion and the Little Bird," "I'm Not Your Mother!", and "The Road to the Mountain."
The author hopes that readers will look closely at each piece to discover the various stories hidden within the delicate and soft illustrations, and sometimes look at them from afar.
Perhaps that is why this book is larger than other books, measuring 29cm wide and 36cm high.
The author seems to want us to learn to look closely at our lives and to see them from a distance, so that our hearts can grow as large as the size of the book.