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    Happy Weaning

    With Love

    Milky ~The Happy Weaning Story~

    This is a picture book to help mothers

    who are at the later stages of breastfeeding.

    Amazon Bestsellers Ranking in Japan:

    #2 in children's book category!(2015/9/29)

     

    Price: Please Check the Local Price

     

    Language : Bilingual(Japanese / English)

    • Age Range: 1 - 3 years
    • Children's book: 24 pages
    • Publisher: GATEBOOKS
    • Language: Japanese and English
    • ISBN-10: 4990772008
    • ISBN-13: 978-4990772000
    • Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm

  • 【 Event 】

     

    Milky

    Craft Workshop & Storytelling

     

    24th June 14:00~17:00

    Kinokuniya book store Sydney

    Save the date

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    Join Mai Takeda & Michi Imai & Yukiko Ito

    authors of bi-lingual picture book, Milky, for an afternoon of craft and storytelling!

     

     

    Join Mai Takeda & Michi Imai & Yukiko Ito

    authors of bi-lingual picture book, Milky, for an afternoon of craft and storytelling!

     

    Milky is a storybook in English and Japanese about weaning, eating healthy food and nutrition. In Japan, it is quite common for moms to draw ghosts on their breasts when it’s time to stop breastfeeding. Milky, the boobie ghost, helps teach children about eating delicious food after saying goodbye to breastmilk/formula. The storybook includes many soft, watercolor illustrations of food that children love. It’s time to say goodbye to breastmilk/formula!

     

    – Storytelling both in Japanese and English

    – Water color craft

    – Japanese Onomatopoeia Games

  • About the Book

    This storybook is about weaning, food and nutrition for babies and toddlers.

    “Bye bye Milky. Let’s eat lots of yummy food. You are growing up.” This is a storybook about weaning, eating healthy food and nutrition. Milky, the boobie ghost, helps teach children about eating delicious food after saying goodbye to breastmilk/formula. The storybook includes many soft, watercolor illustrations of food that children love, such as rice balls, pasta and fruit. It’s time to say goodbye to breastmilk/formula. If your precious little one feels the need to drink breastmilk/formula again, it’s time for a cuddle. Target age: One year old or older.

     

    We’d like to show moms and their children

    a happy way to stop breastfeeding, with love.

    This is the main theme of Milky ~ The Happy Weaning Story.

    “It’s alright to stop drinking mommy’s milk because there are lots of delicious and nutritious foods awaiting you.”Isn’t this the truth that we would like to tell our babies/toddlers?“Let’s say bye to mommy’s milk and start eating delicious food since you’re growing up,”is the main theme of this picture book.In addition to happy weaning, food education is also one of the main topics of the storybook.In Japan, it is quite common for moms to draw ghosts on their breasts when it’s time to stop breastfeeding.Milky is a friendly ghost who helps babies/toddlers to say goodbye to breastmilk.Illustrations of food including rice balls, omelet rice, and fruits that children love,are drawn with watercolor to have a gentle and mouthwatering appearance.“Will you be able to say goodbye to mommy’s milk?If you want to drink mommy’s milk again,it’s time for a big hug !”

    We hope that the last days of breastfeeding your baby/toddler

    will be filled with memorable moments.

    This book is dedicated to all parents and their children who are about to start weaning.It is a story about teaching the children all about weaning and healthy eating.The key point is that fathers and mothers are able to tell the same story.May the last days of breastfeeding be filled with beautiful moments.

    Weaning, food and nutrition for babies and toddlers​

    The theme of this picture book is about weaning, food and nutrition for babies and toddlers.We believe it is very important to let the babies know that "There are all kinds of delicious and nutritious food to eat, even if you stop drinking your mommy's milk."We feel this will make the babies/toddlers excited about trying new food!

  • “Milky ~ The Happy Weaning Story”

    can be read repeatedly with fun and enjoyment.

    The story can be read in Japanese and in English.

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    Illustrations of food such as rice balls, pasta,and fruits that children love are drawn with watercolor to have a gentle and mouthwatering appearance.

  • Contact us

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    +81-50-3700-577

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