A Picture Book without Pictures Project

A Picture Book without Pictures changes the world.

It aims to create and retain the world without nuclear weapons or wars by means of art. 
“A Picture Book without Pictures - If this planet is covered with pictures” was written by Hiromi 
Inayoshi, graphic designer and artist. It’s a fantasy about a planet destroyed by nuclear wars, 
where its creatures try to revive it as a beautiful planet as it used to be, by keep drawing pictures.

This book was published from Froebel-kan Co., Ltd. in the occasion of the memorable 
speech by U.S. President Obama in 2009 in Prague declaring to seek the world peace without 
nuclear weapons. It is used now as a material of peace education in many elementary, 
secondary and high schools, and even in universities, and is referred to as textbook for peace.

As the title shows, it has no picture in it. In keeping with the story, anyone - children 
and grown-ups alike - can draw their own pictures to make his/her own book unique in the world. 
By drawing pictures all through Picture Book without Picture, children’s sensitivity and 
creativity will be nurtured over time, and hope for the peaceful world without nuclear weapons 
will be cultivated in the heart and mind of all the people.

In 2010, the exhibition of A Picture Book without Pictures started in Hiroshima in 
which the picture books drawn by children and volunteers of every sector of society were exhibited. 
The exhibition will be continued in Japan and various countries of the world until 2020, 
the year of nuclear disarmament.

In 2012, “Picture Book without Pictures - If this planet is covered with pictures: 
With recitation and CD (recitation by Saburo Tokito and music by Makoto Ozone)” was published, 
and the second of the series, “A Picture Book without Pictures - I want to be a OOGMADARA 
butterfly: With recitation and CD (recitation by Misuzu Kannno and music by Makoto Ozone)”, 
was published, which is also a fantasy on the hope grown out of the tragedy of wars and 
the wish for the world with no wars.

“A Picture Book without Pictures” series is going to be published in the world, 
translated into various languages. This project is spreading out to evoke a global movement 
aiming at the world without nuclear weapons and wars.