I bought this about four years ago. The outer cover has minor scratches. Please purchase only if you understand that this book has been read by a child. - Book Description - Author: Makie Nakamura / Kenzo Hayashi (Author), Takayoshi Fukuda (Illustrator) Publisher: Fukuinkan Shoten Current Price: 1,320 yen (tax included) For reading aloud: From 3 years old For reading alone: From lower elementary school Kodomo no Tomo There is one ordinary knife used for Western food. This knife is strange; it bends, twists, breaks, cracks, melts, cuts, unravels, tears, and scatters. Next, it stretches, shrinks, expands... and finally bursts! With each page turn, the knife's deformed appearance, which shouldn't be possible in reality, is depicted in super-realism, unfolding a mysterious picture book world.