Over 250,000 copies sold! The 7th installment of the popular Sanrio Characters picture book series is here: 'Delicious is Happiness: A Book to Become Friends with Food,' focusing on food education.

Gakken Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo; Tatsuya Nanjo, President), a group company of Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd., released 'Tell Me! Sanrio Characters: Delicious is Happiness - A Book to Become Friends with Food' on March 26, 2026.

■ Key Features of the Book

The theme of this 7th volume in the series is "food education."

Learning about food and becoming friends with it makes meals even more delicious and eating much more fun!

Join Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, and Kuromi for a cooking party! By shopping and learning about vegetables and fruits in a fun way, children can take their first steps toward enjoying their food. It is the perfect introductory book for food education.

★Learn about and develop an interest in the vegetables and fruits you eat every day!

Together with Sanrio characters, children can challenge themselves with vegetable silhouette quizzes and learn trivia about fruits. The key is that they don't just read; they learn through the experience of playing quizzes.

By learning about the food they eat, children will start to wonder:

"What ingredients are in this dish?"

"What did it look like originally?"

"What does it taste or feel like?"

This will help foster an interest in eating.

★Colorful pages and words related to food

The book is designed with various colors to match the vegetables and fruits featured, helping to enrich color perception. Additionally, by encountering words that describe tastes and textures—such as "crunchy," "smooth," and "sweet and sour"—children take the first step toward expressing their own feelings about the food they eat and touch.

★Recommended for children who:

・Have foods they dislike

・Are picky eaters

・Have no interest in eating

・Tend to eat the same things over and over