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What carries the book is Gomi's quirky, stylized art and some diverting graphic manipulations to chronicle a boy's search for his father, whom he loses in a department store. As a result of creatively die-cut pages, the boy repeatedly spies only a portion of what he thinks is the man's image (a single arm and leg of a suit, a pair of shoes, a hat). But each time, a flip of the page reveals that the child has spied someone else instead, until at last the boy finds his missing parent on the escalator. The child wanders into the men's room and spies the backs of two men at urinals--neither of whom, he discovers when they turn their heads, is his father. Children will happily take part in this playful quest, which helps to assuage this common fear with its happy ending, and parents will welcome the opportunity to discuss what steps to take if the situation arises in their own family.

哎呀，爸爸去哪儿了？小男孩专心致志地玩着游戏，一扭头却发现爸爸不见了。他没有害怕，在商场里寻找起来。咦？那不是爸爸戴的帽子嘛！绕过去一看却发现，戴帽子的其实是个模特儿！哎呀，那条领带跟爸爸戴的一模一样！走近一瞧，原来“领带”是一位太太衣服的一角！一次次发现，却一次次失望，最后，他找到爸爸了吗？和家长走散了，应该怎么办？不能到处乱跑、要站在原地等……家长反反复复地讲，孩子们却很难理解为什么。五味太郎创造性地使用剪切书页的方法记录了小男孩寻找爸爸的过程，让孩子彻底明白爸爸妈妈说的话！