Mom will always be by your side

Baby Bear Koda's mother passed away.
Leaving Koda with the words, “Mom will always be by your side.”
Koda thought he would wake up alone in the morning, take a bath alone, and swim alone.
But Koda's mother's spirit is always with him.
It's just that it's invisible to Coda's eyes.
Now, Koda feels completely alone! How will Koda know that his mother is always with him? Will he finally believe in his mother's spirit?

We are all beings of soul

Baby Bear Koda no longer has his mother with him, enjoying a bath in the snow.
There is no mother who covers the black nose and hugs the child tightly.
There is no mother to blow warm breath on you.
But Mom is always by Koda's side.
I am by Koda's side and protecting Koda.


I believe that our loved ones are always by our side.

I feel like my late grandmother is watching over me.
Because we are all beings of spirit.
( -Iruri)

"Always By Your Side" presents the surprising truth and profound emotion that those we love, and those who love us, are always with us.
This is the picture book, “Always By Your Side,” which sings of love and a name that will never disappear.

A picture book that shines with the perfect collaboration between Iruri and Emanuele Bertossi.

Our writer Iruri and Italian writer Emanuele Bertossi have met again after 『Black Coda』 and 『Polar Bear Coda, Ho』.
In the previous two works, author Iruri used the polar bear Koda to tell stories about the environment, healing, love, and the greatness of wisdom.
And Emanuele Bertossi brought the story and characters to life with his sophisticated painting techniques and fairytale-like imagination.
As a result, authors Iruri and Emanuele Bertossi created a lyrical and beautiful picture book that received enthusiastic love and support from people around the world.


In the third story of Baby Bear Koda, author Iruri takes a deeper look at our lives and captures the greatness of existence and love.
With his unique imagination, artist Emanuele Bertossi perfectly captures the soul that is clearly present but invisible.
The sadness, despair, and loneliness of Koda, the baby bear left alone, and the warm hands of his mother who protects him by his side are fully conveyed through the character's facial expressions, actions, and changes in coloring.


"Always By Your Side" is a picture book that conveys the presence and love of the soul that is always by our side through sight, hearing, and heart.
Our loved ones are always by our side.