Sato the Rabbit, Morning Light

Born in Yokohama, Yuki Ainoya studied Japanese art in the Art & Design department of Tama Art University. She was the winner of the Crayon House Children’s Book Grand Prize in 1990 and the 12th Japanese Children’s Book Award in 2007 for the original Japanese edition of Sato the Rabbit (Shogakukan). In her spare time, she likes playing the accordion and hula dancing. A Seattle native with a life-long connection to Japan, Michael Blaskowsky spent seven years living on the Japanese island of Hokkaido after graduating from Eastern Washington University. His translations cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on literature, the arts, gaming, and the sciences.

A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2025!A Horn Book Fanfare Best Picture Book of 2025!A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2025! “The small collection of short stories in Sato the Rabbit, Morning Light features pictures so gorgeous and prismatic that a child might be tempted to bite into them. The eponymous character is a boy who wears a rabbit costume and has a quirky way of seeing the world; the main thing about the book is the inventive beauty of Sato’s vision. He imagines—and 4- to 7-year-olds see him do it—plucking a length of sunshine off the wall and using what appear to be jellied cubes of colored light to make the beams of his own lighthouse.”