| Foreword | Yukiko Saito | 3 |
| Introductory Notes | 4 |
| The Early Days of American Picture Books -The predecessors of Wanda Gag | Shin'ichi Yoshida | 6 |
| Prosperous Years for American Picture Books: Wanda Gag and her contemporaries -The 1920s, 1930s, and during World War Ⅱ | Shin'ichi Yoshida | 27 |
| The Development of American Picture Books -The post-World War II period | Okiko Miyake | 51 |
| The Maturity of American Picture Books -Maurice Sendak: Part I | Shin'ichi Yoshida | 78 |
| Maturity of American Picture Books -Maurice Sendak: Part II | Kari Haijima | 106 |
| A Fantasy World -The Masterful Narrative Techniques | Tomomi Fujimoto | 122 |
| Reference Books on American Picture Books -From the ILCL collections | Terumi Fukushi | 150 |
| Introduction of Picture Book Gallery | Satoko Konuma | 165 |
| About the Speakers | 171 |