The bread thief gets angry after eating the tasteless bread!
What is the shocking identity of the bread thief who ran into the bakery and threw away the bread?

The house of the bread thief, who loved bread so much, was filled with bread.
I sat on a bread-shaped chair, put bread on a bread-shaped table, put bread in a bread-shaped refrigerator, and toasted bread in a bread-shaped toaster.
Even in the flower pots, bread was growing.
The bread thief, overflowing with love for bread, created his own rules and spent each day having fun stealing and eating delicious bread.


One day, the bread thief hugged the bread he had stolen tightly and made the happiest face in the world.
'What would the bread from the world's most delicious forest bakery taste like?' The bread thief took a big bite of the bread, imagining it happily.
“Ah~” But what is this? The bread was so, so tasteless.
The bread thief, very angry, went to the bakery and asked the baker how he could make such tasteless bread.


How shameless of you to say that, stealing bread.
The baker was startled when he saw the bread thief in the shape of bread and said, “Huh? The bread can talk?”
Then the bread thief revealed his identity by throwing off the bread mask he was wearing with a proud and confident expression, saying, “I am not bread, I am a bread thief!”
Ah! The identity of the bread thief is… .

"sorry.
“I did that because I really liked the bread.”
The lovable bread thief becomes a wonderful baker!

From the day he accidentally ate some incredibly bad bread at the 'World's Most Delicious Forest Bakery', the bread thief's identity was exposed and he got scolded by the baker.
“I’m sorry for making bad bread, but stealing is not right.” The baker’s words made the bread thief reflect on his actions.
Moreover, I was surprised by the man's suggestion to try making bread myself.


Until now, I had only thought about stealing bread and eating it according to the rules of the bread thief, but I had never thought about making bread.
The bread thief, who had been stealing bread from all over the world with the sole intention of eating delicious bread, decided to devote that passion to making bread.
The bread thief thought for days and days about the most delicious bread he had ever eaten, and finally came up with a surprisingly delicious bread.
Stretching and pounding, stretching and pounding again, the bread thief made bread with all his heart.


Ta-da! The finished bread was glossy, fluffy, chewy, and moist, a taste I'd never experienced before.


The Forest Bakery finally lived up to its name, "The World's Most Delicious Forest Bakery," and was bustling with customers.
The bread thief is no longer a bread thief, but has become a great baker.
All of this was achieved through love and passion for bread.


Keep an eye on Keiko Shibata, the next-generation picture book author who is rising rapidly!

《The Bread Thief》 won the gold prize at the MOE Picture Book Award upon its publication in Japan in 2020, and has been loved by many readers, selling over 100,000 copies to date.
Thanks to the popularity of the bread thief in a bread mask, the character from the book was reborn as various goods and emoticons, and showed off his deadly cuteness to the fullest, becoming a national character loved by everyone from children to adults.

Author Keiko Shibata, who loves cheese bread and chocolate-covered twist bread the most, has poured her love of bread into her book.
Looking at the countless delicious breads on display in a bakery and the cheerful activities of the bread thief moving among them makes you want to run over and take a bite of the warm bread right away.


Discover Keiko Shibata's "The Bread Thief," a book that brings readers the joy of reading with its chic humor and chilling twists!