Mari Takabayashi

Mari Takabayashi was born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied at Ostuma Women's College. She moved to New York in 1990, where she lives with her husband and their two children. Ms. Takabayashi is also the illustrator for Flannel Kisses and Marshmallow Kisses, both by Linda Crotta Brennan, among other books.

From the dust jacket of I Live in Tokyo