Edition details
Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono. Six full-page colour illustrations (one double-page spread), title-page spread and 11 chapter vignettes by Naffy. Book edges printed with a black and orange pattern. Red ribbon page marker. Pale blue endpapers. Bound in mid-blue cloth printed and blocked on cover with a colour picture. Mid-blue slipcase covered in textured paper and printed on front with a picture in pale blue, orange and white. 20.3x13.3cm. 192pp.
About the book
Eiko Kadono's Kiki's Delivery Service follows a thirteen-year-old witch as she leaves home with her black cat, Jiji, to spend a year living independently. Arriving in the seaside town of Koriko with little more than her broomstick and the ability to fly, Kiki starts a delivery service and discovers that making a place for herself takes more than magic. Each errand brings unfamiliar people, unexpected difficulties and opportunities to grow in confidence. Full of humour and everyday kindness, this Japanese children's fantasy explores friendship, responsibility and the gradual discovery of one's own abilities. It is the novel that inspired the Studio Ghibli animated film.
