Description Meet little Yoonseo, bright and full of energy! Yoonseo's dad is a painter, and her mom works at a company. Every morning, Yoonseo rides her bike to kindergarten with her dad. Feeling the cool breeze on the way makes her happy. She cheerfully greets the grandmother next door and says "Hello!" first to the friends she meets along the way. Once at kindergarten, she plays house with her friends, goes on outings, and enjoys a delicious lunch. After playing happily with friends and taking a nap, it's time to head home with mom. The way home is another playground for Yoonseo — the vegetable shop, the butcher shop, the vending machine, the walls along the street — everything looks fascinating through her eyes. In the evening, the whole family gathers again for a happy time together. A Warm Look at Familiar Everyday Life Every morning, Yoonseo says goodbye to mom and heads to kindergarten with dad, always full of spirit. She's a little girl who knows how to greet the people and friends she meets on the way with "I'm off!" and "Hello!" As more families today have both parents working, children are spending more time with friends at kindergarten than with their parents. This book gently and warmly portrays Yoonseo's positive, sunny daily life, offering parents a precious chance to understand their child's heart through her lively, true-to-life story reflecting the everyday experiences of children around us. A Delightful Day Seen Through a Child's Eyes Children, being shorter than adults, see the world from a different perspective. In Today Is Also A Good Day, you can experience the artistic world of Akiko Hayashi, who beautifully captures scenes exactly as children see them. Though these illustrations were created more than 20 years ago in Hayashi's early career, they still touch our hearts and stir a wistful, nostalgic feeling. Every detail of Yoonseo's world — captured precisely as only a child could see and think of it — feels just like the neighborhood child living right next to us. Author's Note (Toshiko Kanzawa) A Day Seen Through a Child's Eyes It's been so long since I raised my own children that the memories have grown hazy. Now I'm a grandmother of six grandchildren, ranging in age from 3 to 10. Since my daughters go out to work, I sometimes take my grandchildren to kindergarten and bring them home again. Some days we ride bikes, other days we walk home — and walking is especially delightful in spring. My youngest grandchild cheers with delight at flowers peeking out from between bricks, so sometimes I take a longer way home just to show him other flowers. It's the children who notice a tangerine that's fallen beneath a shelf at the vegetable shop. It's the children who spot the cat hiding under the shelf. And when passing by a vending machine, it's always the children who peek into the slot where the item comes out — even the coin slot seems like a fascinating little hole, perfectly at their eye level. Walking with a child reveals things you'd never otherwise notice — a glass bead necklace tucked into a crack in a broken brick, or flower petals and leaves carefully placed on top. Knowing a child must have put them there brings a smile to your face. Toshiko Kanzawa Born in 1924 in Fukuoka, Japan, and raised in Hokkaido, she graduated from the Literature Department of Bunka Gakuin. Over many years, she has written poems, children's songs, and stories, receiving awards such as the Mobile Children's Literature Award, the Japan Children's Literature Writers Association Award, and the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Grand Prize. Her works include The Frying Pan Grandfather, The Adventures of Little Sword, Good Night, See You Tomorrow, What Is a Good Thing?, Seal Temperature, Grandmother's Spoon, and Fireflies. Akiko Hayashi Born in 1945 in Tokyo, Japan, she graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education at Yokohama National University. Her works, depicting the vivid expressions and actions of children, have been beloved across generations and continue to be read today. She has received the Nippon Award and the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Art Award, among others. Her works include Isuru's First Errand, Suni and Her Little Sibling, and Hospital