Books:

I Really Want to See you, Grandma by Taro Gomi, published by Chronicle Books LLC, 2018 (English translation), 1979 (original Japanese version)

Drawn Together by Minh Le and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Disney/Hyperion 2018

Resources:

https://www.medialynx.co.jp/artists/gomi_taro/gmtr-e.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Gomi

https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=4214

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