Ayano Imai is the illustrator of Aesop's Fables, Chester, and The Town Mouse and Country Mouse. She studied Japanese painting, with a focus on mineral pigment painting, at Musashino Art University in Tokyo.
Gorgeous art. . . . As in Imai's version of Aesop's Fables , intriguing surreal touches add to the otherworldly tone....The streamlined narrative presentation makes this accessible to younger kids, while the sophistication of the art ensures that older ones will be equally enthralled. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books