TERADA

A Good Home for Max

Junzo
Terada

is a celebrated designer, illustrator, and fine artist, with

numerous solo exhibitions
throughout Japan. He owns
a design studio in Osaka,
Japan and has published a
wide variety of stationery and
formats with Chronicle Books,
including Animals Around the
World Journal, Magical Menagerie, and Happy Animal Time
postcards, among many others.
Learn more at
www.comes-graphic.jp

JUNZO TERADA

$16.99 U.S./10.99 U.K.

jacket illustration
copyright 2014 by junzo terada.
jacket design by kristine brogno.
manufactured in china.
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A
Good
Home
for
Max

n a little shop in a
little town lives a little
mouse named Tabi. Each
night Tabi tidies the shop,
puts out new merchandise,
and plays with his animal
friends. But when Tabis best
friend, Max the Dog, doesnt
find a good home, Tabi realizes
he has a bigger job to do.
In this sweet, heartwarming
picture book, celebrated artist
Junzo Terada reminds us all
that theres no place like home.

First published in the United States of America in 2014 by Chronicle Books LLC.
Originally published in Japan in 2005 under the title Tabis General Store.
Text and interior illustrations copyright 2005 by Junzo Terada.
Cover illustration copyright 2014 by Junzo Terada.
Translation copyright 2014 Chronicle Books LLC.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from the publisher.

A Good Home
for Max

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Terada, Junzo, 1961 author, illustrator.
[Tabi no zakkaya. English]
A good home for Max / Junzo Terada.
pages cm
Summary: Tabi, the little mouse who lives in the general store
and cares for the toys, wants his friend Max, the blue dog, to find a good home.
ISBN 978-1-4521-2702-6 (alk. paper)
1. Terada, Junzo, 1961Translations into English. 2. MiceJuvenile fiction.
3. Soft toysJuvenile fiction. 4. FriendshipJuvenile fiction. 5. Stores, RetailJuvenile fiction.
[1. MiceFiction. 2. ToysFiction. 3. FriendshipFiction. 4. Stores, RetailFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.T2659Go 2014
[E]dc23
2013044355
Manufactured in China.

North American type design by Kristine Brogno.

Typeset in Century.
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JUNZO TERADA

In

a little shop in a little

town, lives a little mouse
named Tabi.

But when the lights

dim, and the door
clicks shut for the
night, Tabi wakes
and goes to work.

During the day, Tabi sleeps

snuggled deep in a cubbyhole.

Tabi scrubs and sweeps his

little shop. He tidies until
everything is right where
it belongs.

Tabi puts out the newly arrived candies.

Where there was licorice yesterday,
now there are chocolates!

Tabi makes a sign for the

toys so customers know
right where to find them.

He cant help but admire them all.

There are cars and rockets, trains
and balls, guitars and horns . . .