Publisher: Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers
1st edition: 2010.06.10
2nd edition: 2010.07.05, 3rd edition: 2010.08.20, 4th edition: 2010.10.25, 5th edition: 2010.12.15, 6th edition: 2011.02.10, 7th edition: 2011.05.01, 8th edition: 2011.06.20, 9th edition: 2011.09.15, 10th edition: 2011.12.05, 11th edition: 2012.05.10, 12th edition: 2012.09.10, 13th edition: 2012.12.01, 14th edition: 2013.03.05, 15th edition: 2013.05.25, 16th edition: 2013.08.10, 17th edition: 2014.01.10, 18th edition: 2014.04.05, 19th edition: 2014.08.10, 20th edition: 2015.03.05, 21st edition: 2015.07.10, 22nd edition: 2015.12.01, 23rd edition: 2016.03.01, 24th edition: 2016.04.20, 25th edition: 2016.09.10, 26th edition: 2016.12.20, 27th edition: 2017.04.25, 28th edition: 2017.09.25, 29th edition: 2018.01.15, 30th edition: 2018.06.05, 31st edition: 2018.09.01, 32nd edition: 2018.12.20, 33rd edition: 2019.05.01, 34th edition: 2019.09.20, 35th edition: 2020.01.20, 36th edition: 2020.03.20, 37th edition: 2020.10.01, 38th edition: 2020.12.10, 39th edition: 2020.12.25, 40th edition: 2021.03.05, 41st edition: 2021.10.15, 42dn edition: 2022.01.15, 43rd edition: 2022.04.25, 44th edition: 2022.12.10, 45th edition: 2023.03.05, 46th edition: 2023.11.25, 47th edition: 2024.02.25, 48th edition: 2024.10.25, 49th edition: 2025.02.10, 50th edition: 2025.06.30, 51st editon: 2026.02.01, 52nd editon: 2026.03.30, 53rd editon: 2026.11.10

---

Today is the great vegetable marathon! This book humorously depicts vegetables racing through a stadium and along a riverside. As with any marathon, there’s bound to be some drama—and in this story, unexpected happenings lead to a series of little adventures. The text is full of delightful wordplay and rhymes, such as "Broad beans line up for the marathon" and "A little pumpkin—*splash*—falls into the river." With its charming, whimsical illustrations of vegetables, this book is sure to be an absolute hit with children.

---

Award (1)
Ehonyasan Award 4th place

---

Review
»Bookmeter / »Booklog
NHK "Sign Language for Everyone": Reading Picture Books in Sign Language (Original broadcast: Sept. 6, 2015; rebroadcast: Sept. 8, 2015)»Site

---

Purchase
»Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers / »amazon / »honto Net Store / »7net / »Rakutenブックス / »Kinokuniyashoten / »Ehon Navi

---