Hakusensha Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yasufumi Takagi) will release "Obake Dance" (Text by Omusubi Hiroba, Illustrations by Hiroyuki Arai) on July 1, 2026 (Wed).

Parent-child picture book time and reading events are a big hit!

In the middle of the night when everyone is asleep, ghosts come saying "Odoron Odoron Odoronron♪"! Let's have fun moving our bodies with the ghosts that appear one after another, like Ittan-momen and Karakasa-obake.

With Hiroyuki Arai's charming and pop illustrations and the rhythmic wordplay of the picture book unit "Omusubi Hiroba," parent-child picture book time and reading events are a big hit!

Includes the sheet music for the original song "Obake Dance" composed by Toshihiko Shinzawa.

From "Obake Dance" ©︎Omusubi Hiroba, Hiroyuki Arai / Hakusensha

From "Obake Dance" ©︎Omusubi Hiroba, Hiroyuki Arai / Hakusensha

From "Obake Dance" ©︎Omusubi Hiroba, Hiroyuki Arai / Hakusensha

Obake Dance

Author: Omusubi Hiroba / Hiroyuki Arai

ISBN Code: 9784592763956

Series Name: Kodomoe no Ehon

Price: 1540 yen (1400 yen + 10% tax)

Release Date: 2026.7.1

【Popular Previous Picture Books by Hiroyuki Arai】

Esagashi Shiritori

Author: Hiroyuta (Hiroyuki Arai + Yutaka Nakagaki)

ISBN Code: 9784592763321

Series Name: Kodomoe no Ehon

Price: 1430 yen (1300 yen + 10% tax)

Release Date: 2023.9.6

A picture book that combines "picture search" and "Shiritori" (word chain game) has arrived! Let's connect words in a Shiritori game using the pictures densely drawn across the pages. There is no single "correct answer" in this book, so the possibilities are endless. Since you think up your own Shiritori, you can play it repeatedly according to your vocabulary development. Even if Shiritori is still difficult, the meticulously drawn, slightly retro illustrations are fun to look at. It's a book that cultivates the ability to expand imagination from a single picture and the expressive power to connect them into words for Shiritori. Try challenging one page a day with your child!

Kakurete iru yo

Author: Hiroyuki Arai

ISBN Code: 9784592763208

Series Name: Kodomoe no Ehon

Price: 1100 yen (1000 yen + 10% tax)

Release Date: 2023.4.10

Behind the bear, it was a deer! What's hiding behind the deer? Many familiar things for children, such as animals and toys, appear. To find what's hidden, you might blow on it or tilt the book... It's fun beyond just reading! A picture book that's fun for guessing games with your child.

Kodomo no Hon / Kodomoe no Ehon

These are books and picture books born from "kodomoe," a parenting information magazine for moms and dads who want to enjoy "parent-child time" more.

"Kodomo no Hon / Kodomoe no Ehon" https://kodomoe.net/product/ehon/

"kodomoe" (released on the 7th of odd-numbered months / Publisher: Hakusensha) https://kodomoe.net/

【Company Profile】

Company Name: Hakusensha Co., Ltd.

Address: 2-2-2 Kanda Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Yasufumi Takagi, President and Representative Director

Established: December 1, 1973

URL: https://www.hakusensha.co.jp/

Business Activities: Magazines, books, comics, paperbacks, picture books, apps, e-books, etc.

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