The Secret World of Arrietty Picture Book
$22.27
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
7 February 2012
Summary
Based on the beloved classic The Borrowers by Mary Norton. The picture book based on the movie!
Arrietty isn’t your ordinary fourteen-year-old girl—she’s small enough to make her home under the floorboards of a typical house, “borrowing” what she and her family need from the giants in whose shadows they live. A young boy named Shawn befriends Arrietty, but when adults discover the Borrowers, Arrietty and Shawn must work together to save her family. Based on the classic novel …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421541150 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421541157 |
| Author: | Hiromasa Yonebayashi |
| Publisher: | Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc |
| Imprint: | VIZ Media - Children's |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 7 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 718g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 210mm x 257mm |
| Series: | The Secret World of Arrietty Picture Book |
| Audience Age: | 5 |
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Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Born in 1973 in Ishikawa-ken, Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi studied Commercial Design at the Kanazawa College of Art. In 1996 Yonebayashi joined Studio Ghibli and worked as an “in-between” animator on Princess Mononoke (1997) and My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), and as key animator for Spirited Away (2001), Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) and Ponyo (2008). He was also the assistant supervising animator for Tales from Earthsea (2006).
Yonebayashi has also worked on short films for the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. He was the director of animation for Mei and the Baby Cat Bus (2002), the supervising animator for Imaginary Flying Machines (2002), and also storyboarded and directed Evolution (2008), a short film documenting the “Films Go Round” exhibit.
The Secret World of Arrietty marks the directorial debut of Yonebayashi.
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