BEAUTY: Illustration--Chiaki Okada

Japanese children's book illustrator does absolutely gorgeous work. These tender, sweet illustrations for the book HARU-CHAN AND RABBIT-KUN make my heart ache...the little rabbit carries with him a stuffed alligator. I mean, come on, if your heart doesn't melt at that, then you are lost.

Take a look at some of her work for other books...it speaks to me of an innocence and benevolence that feels so far away now.

http://okada-chiaki.com/