The author, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, is a famous Japanese actress and TV hostess, and one of the United Nations 'four Friendship Ambassadors. In her youth, she had to leave school because she loved to just stare out the window during class, and she transferred to the Pashih school founded by Kobayashi Syusaku.
作者黑柳徹子現在是日本有名的女演員及電視節目主持人，並身為聯合國四大親善大使之一，但她幼年卻曾因為喜歡在上課時觀看窗外遭到退學，轉到小村宗作所創辦的巴氏學園。