Yutaka Hara

Yutaka Hara is a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's literature. He was born in Kumamoto, and is the winner of the 1974 KFS Contest Kodansha Children's Literature Award. He is the author of several series of children's illustrated books including the very popular Kaiketsu Zorori, Chiisana Mori, Meimon furaido chiken shougakkou and Touyuuki.