The Crow And The Cherry Blossom
Written & Illustrated by Shao Ni
Published by Hsin Yi Publications, Taiwan 2020
The Crow And The Cherry Blossom is a picture book about the bitter-sweet friendship between a little crow and a late blooming cherry blossom.
The story is informed by an untranslatable Japanese term mono-no-aware, which refers to the bittersweet realization of the impermanence of life.