Cao Wenxuan, Yang Hongying, Chang Xingang, Tang Sulan Are All Included

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Daylight Publishing House is a juvenile and children’s books publishing house under China Publishing Group Corporation. To be specific, it is an imprint of People’s Literature Publishing House, the largest literature publishing house in Mainland China, which enjoys a history of 65 years.

Committed to furnish readers with the most excellent children’s books, we attach the first importance to children’s literature, while children’s cartoon works, children’s science works and early childhood works can also find a place for themselves.

You can find series of well-known Chinese writers’ works in our publication list. Literature masters such as Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Lao She and Bing Xin, and respectable modern writers like Jin Bo, Zhang Zhilu, Cao Wenxuan, Yang Hongying, Chang Xingang, Tang Sulan are all included.

We are working hard in international cooperation and have already built close relationships with Random House, Walker Books, Scholastic and other famous publishing houses around the world. We have published children’s books popular in the world like The Redwall Series, The Alfons Series, Le Petit Nicolas, The Pocket Doodling and Colouring Series and The Essential Science Series, and have collected various wonderful titles in our International Award-Winning Book Series. An international cooperation project—“Chinese Story Seeds & Global Art Blooms”—has been initiated by us. This is a project of Cao Wenxuan’s picture books, aimed at facilitating the transnational collaboration between Chinese stories of Cao Wenxuan, the only Chinese author to have won the Hans Christian Andersen Award (2016) and excellent illustrations from other countries.

Apart from the various books mentioned before, we have also published a science magazine named Daylight Science for Kids, enabling children interested in science to explore more every month.

It is our sincere hope that our children’s books may offer you a joyous time in every day of your life! Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan The latest work of Cao Wenxuan

Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan

THE FIREFLY KING

Cao Wenxuan is the only Chinese author to have won the Hans Christian Andersen Award (2016). Paperback He has also won numerous national-level prizes in China. He is Professor of Chinese literature at 192 pages Peking University, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and 148*210mm Vice President of the Beijing Writers Association. He is the author of many bestselling novels (e.g. Age group: 8-12 Bronze and Sunflower, Grass Hut, Fire Mark and Goats Don’t Eat Heaven Grass). In China, Grass Rights sold: Japan Hut has been reprinted over 300 times and has sold over 10 million copies. Cao Wenxuan is well- known for his focus on “pure literature” (in contrast to commercial books). His works often include This is the brand new work of Cao Wenxuan, the only Chinese winner of the Hans Christian characters with disabilities, or characters that are socially ostracised. The climax of his shorter stories Andersen Award, in 2018. The boundless reed marsh blocked the boy’s way back home, but five often comes when the young person who is ostracised cannot stand it any longer, and takes direct little flashing and dancing fireflies brought hope for him. From that on, the boy had established action. This encourages those around him/her to question their behaviour (often they do not know the an incredible tie with fireflies. This is a story focusing on sticking to your faith and hope, telling person is ostracised). In this way, Cao Wenxuan allows the downcast to assert themselves, and the children the significance of respecting life and nature. perpetrators to reconsider their attitudes. There are important and uplifting messages that even when life is difficult, people can change their attitudes and behaviour, and the situation can change for the better.

4 5 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan 260,000 copies sold China Book Review Society’s “Recommended Books”

THE DRAUGHT THE BAT AROMA

Paperback Paperback 160 pages 160 pages 147*210mm 148*210mm Age group: 8-12 Age group: 8-12 World rights available World rights available

Due to his father’s theft, Xiangshu became the most unwelcome boy in the village he lived in. In hot The boy Cun Ge used to have a complete and happy family—Grandma, Dad, Mom and him. But summer, when other kids enjoyed the cool draught under the thatched shack, he had to stay alone, after the departure of mother, the happy life cracked. This crack separated the boy’s world into two soaking himself in the boundless loneliness. Theft frequently occurred in the village, and everyone parts—days when nothing wrong seemed to take place and nights when he could only sleepwalk suspected Xiangshu was the thief. Being a boy full of self-esteem, Xiangshu had to do something to alone like a little lonely bat. Fortunately, in his sleepwalking, the aroma of rosemary like a blue silk prove his innocence. ribbon bound Cun Ge and his dad together.

This is a new work of Cao Wenxuan in 2017. A delicate but powerful writing style is used to depict This book tells a story about the love between father and son. During children’s self-growth, it is the a boy’s loneliness and unyieldingness and also tell a story of respecting and protecting the childlike protection and companionship of family that play the most important role. innocence.

6 7 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan Over 460,000 copies sold A soul-shaking and though-provoking novel with the theme of war

FIRE MARK Collected Works of Cao Wenxuan (7 Titles)

Paperback 320 pages (per title) 148*210mm Age group: 8-12

GRASS HUT

Paperback Over 10,000,000 copies sold 352 pages A classic of children’s literature touching millions of Chinese

150*210mm people Age group: 8-12 Rights sold: Serbia, South Korea, Germany, Vietnam, New World rights available Zealand, Australia, Spain, South America, Italy, Arabic-speaking countries, Russia The boy Powa lived a peaceful and pastoral life with his horse named Snowy. After the war broke

out, the white horse Snowy was captured by the Japanese army and branded a fire mark to show The boy Sangsang spent his six years of unforgettable life in the Sesame Field

it was owned by them. Unyielding to the Japanese officer’s taming, Snowy went through various Primary School and witnessed and experienced a series of usual but touching

sufferings, and was forced to deliver cannons for the Japanese army, which were aimed at the village and striking stories: the pure and innocent love between boy and girl, the pathos

Snowy used to live in with Powa. This is Cao Wenxuan’s first time to write such a magnificent war- and elegance to fight against misfortune, the persistence and firmness shown by a

themed novel with a great time span. It is not a panoramic description on the war per se, instead, it is disabled boy, the in-depth and graceful understanding about life in the experience

a piece of reflection on the war from the perspective of human nature, which looks closely at war’s of death, the magnificent stature an old lady gained during the last days of her

destruction of beauty. life…. These could all be found in the boy Sangsang’s world.

8 9 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER GENNIAO World rights available Over 6,000,000 copies sold Rights sold: Romania, Turkey, Spain, Vietnam, UK, New Zealand, The boy Genniao lived with his father in a peaceful village where they made a living Australia, India, USA, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Slovenia, France, by hunting. When he went into the forest to hunt on his own for the first time, a white Portugal, Japan, Arabic-speaking countries, Russia eagle brought him a mysterious piece of information, setting him to look for a girl.

This was the very beginning of Genniao’s growth. This fiction is highly readable, and

This is a story about a boy called Bronze and a girl called Sunflower. Their friendship it will also set the readers to ponder and enable them to gain a lot when finishing the

and their life could be composed into an eternal melody. In this book, the author uses story. the pure and melodious song of childhood to describe people’s elegant life in fighting

against hardships. THE ORANGE TREE Rights sold: Japan XIMI This is a collection of Cao Wenxuan’s short stories, which includes excellent works

Over 2,000,000 copies sold such as The Orange Tree and The Wild Windmill. Most of these stories are set in a

Rights sold: South Korea, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia pastoral background. The pure and beautiful language endows scenes which might be

commonly seen in rural areas with an elegant and poetic realm. Ximi was a wild boy living a peaceful life with his family and friends. The elegant

and powerful inner world of Meiwen, a school graduate from Suzhou city, along with THE TRIANGLE LAND the tranquil field, the turning windmill and everything else in the village brought World rights available Ximi to a new stage of growth. This is a striking story features people’s subtle nature

and feeling. The author carves a boy’s inner world out of his elegant words. This is a collection of Cao Wenxuan’s short stories, which includes over ten excellent

works such as The Red Gourd and The Eleventh Red Strip. The Triangle Land has GOATS NEVER EAT HEAVEN GRASS been adapted into a movie. Rights sold: South Korea, Japan

To make a living, the boy Ming went to the outside world with his “master”. With his

great intelligence, Ming mastered the workmanship soon, and was able to support his

family, but it seemed that he would never get integrated into the world he lived. This

is a soul-shaking novel discussing sufferings and dignity, which integrates the theme

of life and destiny and elegant aesthetic realms.

10 11 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan 《火桂花 THE CASSIA TREE》 Bilingual Collection of Rights sold to: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland Cao Wenxuan’s Works Wanling was an illegitimate girl looked down upon by other villagers, and this was why she couldn’t take part in the most sacred ceremony in the village—“shaking the cassia Translator: Helen Wang tree”. One day, when she found the cassia tree was on fire, she spared no effort to fight

the fire and managed to save the tree, however, the villagers all thought she was the one Paperback who set the fire…. How did this kind and pure girl make everyone in the village accept 120 pages (approx. per title) her in the end? 148*195mm Age group: 8-12 《灰娃的高地 HUIWA’S STAND》 World rights available This series collects four excellent short stories written by Cao Wenxuan. Inviting the British Sinologist Helen Wang, who is also the translator of Cao Wenxuan’s masterpiece Bronze and Huiwa is a child from the poorest family in the village, who was ignored and Sunflower to do the translation, we publish this series in a Chinese-English format. In this series, the marginalized by other children. Lonely but unyielding, he found a place which could author shares with us Chinese stories with global themes, enabling children from all over the world be his own game stand—a graveyard in the vast wilderness. However, tired of playing to discover the charm of his words. their own games, the other children all found this a good place and wanted to drum

Huiwa out. Huiwa was defeated by the large number of children, but he successfully 《凤鸽儿 A VERY SPECIAL PIGEON》 safeguarded his dignity in his own way. A simple but impressive story about love, friendship and dignity World rights available 《白马雪儿 LOOKING FOR SNOWY》

Qiuhu was the poorest child in the village, while Xiawang was the richest. Though The highlight of Fire Mark

Qiuhu always felt himself inferior in front of Xiawang, they shared a passionate love A highly readable and striking piece full of ups and downs for pigeons. One day, Qiuhu happened to get a pigeon of good breed, but his drunkard World rights available

father sold it to Xiawang’s family, which interweaved the destiny of the two boys

together even more. Qiuhu wanted his pigeon back, but only to find it was so hard…. In This is the highlight of Cao Wenxuan’s novel Fire Mark. Knowing the white horse

this story, the two boys all went through hardship, misfortune and poverty in life, and Snowy was captured by the Japanese officer, Powa and his friends rushed to the

during their growth, it was this pigeon that brought them precious friendship and mutual barracks to rescue it. They found Snowy at last in the barracks after overcoming various

appreciation. difficulties, but it had already been branded with a fire mark like other horses. Powa tried so hard to take Snowy out of the barracks, yet this was not the end.

12 13 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan A story with poetic realms and philosophical thoughts Bright-coloured illustration with a strong visual impact WHERE DID XIAOYE AND HIS FATHER GO?

THE JOURNEY OF THE WIND

Illustrator: Aleksandar Zolotić (Serbia) Illustrator: Eva Montanari (Italy)

Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 32 pages 260*196mm 260*196mm Age group: 3-6 Age group: 3-6 Rights sold: Serbia, Arabic-speaking countries Rights sold: Arabic-speaking countries

Blowing and blowing, the naughty wind felt itself full of strength. It could blow over the bicycle and Xiaoye and his father were the poorest in the village, who had borrowed food from all the other turn over girls’ umbrellas—it found it of great fun to see people suffer from its tricks. Great trouble families there. One night, Xiaoye’s father took him, as well as their donkey, to leave the village they was caused at last and the naughty wind had to bear the consequences it brought. lived. Where did they go? Did they run away?

This is a title in the “Chinese story seeds & global art blooms” Series. Cao Wenxuan, the Hans This is a title in the “Chinese story seeds & global art blooms” Series. Cao Wenxuan, the Hans Christian Andersen Award winner, wrote the story and the famous Serbian illustrator Aleksandar Christian Andersen Award winner, wrote the story and the Italian illustrator Eva Montanari illustrated Zolotić painted the illustration, creating together a picture book with both an oriental aesthetic and a with bright colours and humorous and innocent figures. modern style.

14 15 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist War

THE BLACK HAT FAR AWAY

Illustrator: Birde Poulsen (Denmark) Illustrator: Maurizio Quarello (Italy)

Hardcover Hardcover 32 pages 36 pages 260*196mm 260*196mm Age group: 3-6 Age group: 5-7 Rights sold: Denmark Rights sold: Arabic-speaking countries

A frog jumped onto a graceful lotus leaf. Squatting there, it kept its body unmoved and looked East, west, home is the best, yet Tongtong and his family were thrown into the concentration camp— into the distance, at a place far away. A hen flew to a tall haystack. Standing there, it kept its body they couldn’t go back home anymore. The barbed wire restricted their freedom but it could not unmoved and looked into the distance, at a place far away. A cat jumped to the wall, and then, to shackle Tongtong’s longing for going home. Then, a homeward journey began, during which wits the roof. Squatting there, it kept its body unmoved and looked into the distance, at a place far away. and courage were necessary to fight against the dangers. What was there on earth at that faraway place? This is a title in the “Chinese story seeds & global art blooms” Series. Cao Wenxuan, the Hans This is a title in the “Chinese story seeds & global art blooms” Series. Cao Wenxuan, the Hans Christian Andersen Award winner, wrote the story and Maurizio Quarello, professor at Academy Christian Andersen Award winner, wrote the story and the well-known illustrator Birde Poulsen, who of Fine Arts in Macerata who has been awarded as the best Italian illustrator at the Hans Christian has won the Illustrator Prize of the Danish Ministry of Culture, illustrated the book, adding great Andersen Award, illustrated the book, offering it great visual impacts. radiance to the humorous language.

16 17 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan

I DON’T WANT TO BE BROTHER WIND A LITTLE MOUSE

Illustrator: Patrizia Donaera (Italy) Illustrator: Yang Xiaoting

Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 36 pages 260*196mm 260*196mm Age group: 5-7 Age group: 5-7 World rights available World rights available

“I don’t want to be a little mouse!” The boy’s elder brother became a breath of wind. In this way, he got a Brother Wind. Brother Wind “Then what would you like to be?” presented the boy the splendid scene of leaf falling, played for him the melody of wind chimes, led “I want to be a cat.” the lost boy out of the reed marsh, and also taught the boy that there were things that he had to do A little mouse found it really boring to be just a mouse and it started a journey of exploration. After himself…. all the stumbling and searching, did it succeed in finding the answer? This is a beautiful and lyrical picture book written by Cao Wenxuan with his warm and poetic This is a title in the “Chinese story seeds & global art blooms” Series. Cao Wenxuan, the Hans language. Young artistic Yang Xiaoting is invited to do the illustration, whose exquisite watercolour Christian Andersen Award winner, wrote the story and Patrizia Donaera, an illustrator whose work painting offers the book rich colours and a refined composition. The horizontal format brings an has been shown at the Illustrators Exhibition held on Bologna Children’s Book Fair, is invited to elegant and clear visual impact, matching well with the soft words. illustrate book with her elegant watercolour painting.

18 19 Cao Wenxuan Cao Wenxuan LOOK AT MY COLOURFUL FINGERS

SCREAM

Illustrator: Qi Ren Illustrator: Qi Ren

Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 36 pages 260*196mm 260*196mm Age group: 5-7 Age group: 5-7 Rights sold: Arabic-speaking countries World rights available

This is a title in the “Pica Picture Book” Series which depicts the boy Pica and his enjoyable time This is a title in the “Pica Picture Book” Series. Pica found he had a special ability: screaming. Once spent in Sesame Field. The interesting things taking place in Pica’s life are also the stories of children he pinched his voice to shout aloud, the scream could call out the rain hiding in the cloud. Ever since like Pica in real life. then, Pica fell in love with screaming—he screamed to the sky, screamed to the top of trees and screamed to his classmates on the playground. One day, a couple of beautiful doves landed on the Pica wore the colourful caps of pens on his fingers. Oh, the various colours looked really good! He roof of Pica’s home. Pica wanted to call his grandpa to appreciate the doves together with him, but didn’t want to take them off, wearing them no matter where he was and even when he ate and slept. Grandpa was taking his nap…. One day, Pica saw a dragonfly and reached out his “colourful fingers” to catch. Huh? He did catch it, but how come it slipped away from his fingers?

20 21 Tang Sulan Tang Sulan Focusing on problems in children’s health and growth Fairy tales with traditional cultural elements

Tang Sulan

TIME COLLECTOR

Tang Sulan is the most well-known fairy tale writer in China. She is also a professor of Hunan Paperback Normal University and the vice chairman of Hunan Writers Association. 165 pages 155*210mm Tang Sulan has devoted herself in writing fairy tales ever since she was studying in university. The Age group: 6-12 Red Shoe, Attic Spirit, the “Stupid Wolf’s Stories” Series and the “Duoduo’s Fantastic Growth” World rights available Series are all her major works. She uses her poetic language to tell stories full of humour, wisdom, warmth and fun, which enables her to become a close friend of the young readers. “Good times could be collected by yourself, but if you have lost or forgot them, do not worry; I can help you to find them back.” Her works have won numerous awards including National Excellent Children’s Literature Prize, Hsin Yi Children’s Literature Prize, Song Qingling Children’s Literature Award, Chen Bochui Children’s This is a collection of fairy tales conducive to mental growth. Relying on her own experiences, the Literature Award and Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale and Fable Award, and have also been listed among “A author Tang Sulan sets the story in a small town with local characteristics and folk customs, and Hundred Excellent Books Recommended to Young Readers” and “Excellent Original Publications”. describes the friendship, love and life between various animals, elves and children and adults. Every Many of her works have been selected into textbooks of kindergartens and primary schools and some piece of story has a theme quite essential to children’s growth, able to help them understand life and have been translated into foreign languages and sold to countries such as South Korea, Australia and death, explore into the essence of love, choose between persistence and giving up and overcome Singapore. negative emotions such as timidity and depression.

22 23 Tang Sulan Tang Sulan A series of growth fairy tale written by “the mom of fairy tale” for every child “STUPID WOLF’S STORIES” Stories full of wit, humour and ups and downs (6 TITLES) Fresh and simple language and profound meanings

“DUODUO’S FANTASTIC GROWTH” SERIES (3 TITLES)

Paperback Paperback 1008 pages 148*210mm 155*210mm 536 pages Age group: 5-10 Age group: 7-12 Rights sold: Sri Lanka World rights available

This is a well-known and best-selling series of Tang Sulan intended for children in primary school. This series is one of the most well-known works of Tang Sulan. Duoduo is a lovely pupil. Kind- Six titles are collected in the series to tell children the stories in Stupid Wolf’s family, in his school, hearted, clever and naughty as she is, she has come across the black cat that could talk, the white during his trips and between him and his friends. Stupid Wolf is innocent, curious, kind, brave and horse wearing glasses, the sly devil and the fierce thief in the desert. She has also made friends with warm-hearted. He is called Stupid Wolf, but in fact, he is not stupid at all. He is just like you and me, the mysterious enchanter, the humorous super nurse and the bad-tempered witch. What on earth has like that lovely child in everyone’s childhood. she experienced in the world of fairy tale? What kind of wisdom has she gained during her growth? Tang Sulan makes good use of vivid and precise language to create a novel and wonderful fairy tale “Stupid Wolf’s Stories” is an excellent work. Some of the stories remind me of the masterpiece of world for children. the British author A.A. Milne—Winnie-the-Pooh. They both focus on characters, and the innocence, kindness and curiosity of Stupid Wolf are also similar to the Pooh Bear. —Zhu Ziqiang (well-known theorist of children’s literature, professor)

24 25 Tang Sulan Tang Sulan Classic fairy tales with a lifelong influence on children

THE RED SHOE WHAT A COLOURFUL DAY

Hardcover Illustrator: Yang Yi 192 pages 130*185mm Hardcover Age group: 5-10 175mm*260mm World rights available 29 pages Age group: 4-8 Ever since her first fairy tale in 1986, the author Tang Sulan has engaged in writing fairy World rights available tales for 32 years. With the 32-year devotion, she selects 16 valuable fragments in the life and writes them into stories—this is the birth of the collection The Red Shoe. The 16 stores Lily is a girl whose father is a crane driver in the city far away; he can only go home during the feature various themes including love, care, persistence, dream, courage, and facing up to Spring Festival. This year, Lily received a red bowknot and a red dress as gifts from her father, setbacks and this complex world…. These topics difficult to be understood by children are and since then, red became her favourite colour. One day, Lily got a letter from her father, which vividly presented by the fairy tales. completely changed her life…. In this picture book, the author Tang Sulan uses poetic language to answer the questions buried in the heart of many children in a homely way. “Mom, Dad, the sky is blue, the grass is green, so what is the colour of love?” Love can be red like father’s gifts, and it can also be colourful, with the colours offered us by flowers, skylarks, lotus ponds…and everything else.

26 27 Children’s Literature Picture Books Innocence, sincerity, courage and tolerance A story about a bear who missed every Spring Festival due to hibernation and managed to celebrate this year’s festival with its friends’ helpful hands An imaginative and modern story to introduce Chinese traditions and customs, WANWAN’S MAGNOLIA showing the essence of Chinese New Year—family reunion and happiness FLOWER THE SLEEPY, SLEEPY NEW YEAR

Author: Zhang Zhilu Author/Illustrator: Meng Ya’nan Illustrator: Wu Yadi Hardcover Paperback 36 pages 135 pages 240*220mm 148*210mm Age group: 3-6 Age group: 6-8 World rights available World rights available This is a picture book featuring the background of the traditional Chinese festival—the Spring Xu Wanwan was the “news director”—person who always “made news” in her class. She managed Festival, which is written and illustrated by Meng Yanan, who has won the golden prize of the 1st to find the middle-aged woman who defeated their PE teacher during the tug-of-war, but only to find Sunflower Picture Book Award. she was not a martial artist as she thought. When two authors came to the school at the same time, she resolved the embarrassment with a flash of wit. The intern teacher Li Yulan held many secrets in The Spring Festival came. It was time for us to say goodbye to the past year and welcome the new. her heart and it was when she said goodbye to Wanwan that Wanwan first came to know about them. At the Spring Festival, every family would gather together to eat dumplings and light firecrackers. That was a day as warm as in April when the magnolia flower blossomed amidst the sunshine. However, Bear Paul didn’t know what “the Spring Festival” was like, for it began to sleep every year when winter came. As it got colder and colder, Bear Paul grew more and more sleepy, but this year, it This book presents the childhood of Chinese kids with interesting stories, distinctive characters and had made up its mind to give up the sleep and celebrate the Spring Festival with its friends! delicate details showing optimism and courage. —Jin Bo (well-known writer of children’s literature)

28 29 Picture Books Picture Books An innovative story to introduce Chinese traditions and customs The former Chinese imperial palace—the Forbidden City Used in the Chinese-English translation contest held by University of Leeds Golden prize of the 1st Sunflower Picture Book Award

SHOW YOU AROUND HAPPY MID-AUTUMN THE FORBIDDEN CITY FESTIVAL

Author/Illustrator: Meng Ya’nan Author: Qiao Lujing Illustrator: Hooayo Hardcover 36 pages Hardcover 240*220mm 40 pages Age group: 3-6 240*215mm Rights sold to: UK Age group: 3-7 World rights available Mid-Autumn Festival is a night for family reunion. This day, Mother Rabbit went out early in the morning. On her way, she bumped into many friends: the squirrel, the beaver, the little bees and the This is a picture book about the Forbidden City, presenting the panorama of the Forbidden City and big-tail wolf who followed her furtively all along the way. typical buildings in it. The origin of the buildings’ name, the construction techniques and the related historical and cultural knowledge can all be found in the book. Following the distinctive tour route This is a simple story with the author’s best wishes. Wish all the lonely people could find their family in the book, readers can visit the Forbidden City together with the main character and appreciate the and sit together with their family to have a reunion dinner in the night when the full moon hangs in beauty often missed by others. the sky. Young readers can get to know more about the Forbidden City through the activities and games in the book and the reading and audio resources available by scanning the QR code.

30 31 Picture Books Picture Books The most commonly found type of traditional residence in China—Siheyuan Lovely panda character (Chinese courtyard houses) Bronze prize of the 1st Sunflower Picture Book Award

TIME IN CHINESE THE WEIRD COURTYARD HOUSES DUMPLING

Author/Illustrator: Xie Xiaozhen Author/Illustrator: Zhu Linlin

Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 240*240mm 210*279mm 52 pages Age group: 6-10 Age group: 3-6 World rights available World rights available

Siheyuan, which is also known as courtyard houses, is the most commonly found type of traditional Different from other pandas, the panda named Dumpling refused to have the neat and circle hairstyle. residence in China, enjoying a history of more than three thousand years. Overlooking the courtyard He wanted to be unique! He rolled in the bamboo grove, swam in the river, slept in the wheat field, houses, you will find the houses are in a square layout, which carries a message of happy family, doing everything to dye his hair with the beauty of the four seasons. Then here came a cold winter good human relations, rich life and harmony in everything. day when Dumpling decided to make some changes—he was going to cut his hair off.

The author Xie Xiaozhen has been a landscape architect for thirty years. In this book, he presents Is it something wrong to be different? Will being unique bother others? In this book written and the structure, details, artistic presentation and cultural connotations of the buildings and the customs illustrated by Zhu Linlin, a partner illustrator of The International Illustration Art Creation and in Chinese people’s life along the tour route and in a way combining both bird-eye and sectional Research Centre, Dumpling tells us through his behaviours that everyone is unique, and this is why view, both macroscopic and microscopic view, leading the young readers to explore the wisdom in the world we live in is as colourful as it is. traditional Chinese residence and the Chinese life philosophy featuring great ease.

32 33 Picture Books Picture Books Silver prize of the 1st Sunflower Picture Book Award Theme: where there’s a will there’s a way Activity part: making your own tiger mask

THE SNORING LION THE FOREST DRESS-UP COMPETITION

Author: Sun Yuhu Author/Illustrator: Wei Dongni Illustrator: Ma Sanjin Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 36 pages 240*220mm 260*196mm Age group: 3-6 Age group: 3-6 World rights available World rights available The dress-up competition was held every year in the forest. The rabbit Gululu didn’t miss a single Rumbling, rumbling, rumbling…. What was the sound? It must have been thundering! Oh no, it one of the competition, but she failed to win a prize every time. This year, Gululu dressed herself up was sunny without a single piece of dark cloud last night. Then where did the rumbling sound come as a little tiger, roaring while stepping onto the stage. What would the results of the competition be? from? Uh…how could the “thunder” hear like snoring? The Lion King was the only one slept in the We have to listen to the forest inhabitants! room. So…it was the Lion King who snored while sleeping? Oh dear! The Lion King hated snoring most. How could he accept that the fact he snored at night and snored in a sound even louder than thunders! Actually, if you try to accept your imperfection, good things might happen to you beyond your expectation.

34 35 Picture Books Picture Books Scientific topic—biological clock with full-color oil painting A true story happened in the remote Tibet Liu Xianping, a famous writer of nature literature, nominated for the Hans Christian Relationship between humans and Nature Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Xiong Liang, a pioneer of Chinese picture books who was nominated for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award BIRDS’ BIOLOGICAL CLOCK WHOSE FOOTPRINTS ARE THESE?

Author: Liu Xianping Author: Xiong Liang Illustrator: Hooayo Illustrator: Cui Li Oral Account/Photography: He Bing Hardcover 36pages Hardcover 260*180mm 48 pages Age group: 3-6 260*248mm World rights available Age group: 3+ World rights available This is a scientific picture book written by “the father of contemporary Chinese nature literature” Liu Xianping and illustrated by Hooayo, a senior illustrator. In the forest, birds perform chorus every day, After the snow, two rows of clear footprints, one of the small and one of the big, could be clearly but the time they perform appears to be different and there are different singers joining in the chorus seen on the surface of the lake. The footprints were in different layouts. Sometimes they formed in different seasons. In this book, the author shows us the connection between birds’ songs and the lines, and sometimes they just looked like scratches. After appearing and disappearing now and then, change of seasons from the perspective of the dad and the son. The illustrator presents the colorful the footprints came to an end at a crack between rocks. Whose footprints are these? Showing us a scenery of the four seasons in the forest and depicts the beauty of dozens of birds in oil painting. walk of an otter family by means of the footprint study, this is an amazing story integrates both fun and knowledge. Liu Xianping’s works let us know that Nature is a Bible…. —Cao Wenxuan (well-known writer and professor at Peking University) This picture book features a rather unique creation skill. It successfully builds a bridge between the two isolated islands of knowledge and story. —Lin Wenbao (dean of Children’s Literature School, National Taitung University)

36 37 Picture Books Picture Books Poetic Language; Touching Story; Full of Imagination Discussing children’s negative emotions, exploring children’s subtle feelings Copperplate etching with unique composition and refined techniques MY LARGE, LARGE HOME Hei Mi, the third Chinese who has won a BIB Golden Apple Award BRAIDS

Author: Yin Jianling Author/Illustrator: Hei Mi Illustrator: Wei Dongni Hardcover Hardcover 40 pages 36 pages 195*260mm 195*260mm Age group: 3+ Age group: 3-7 World rights available World rights available One afternoon, with the coming of a hair collector, the girl lost her long hair. She loved her long This is a picture book written by Yin Jianling, a famous author in China who was nominated for braids so that she tried hard to find it back, however, all of her efforts ended up in failure. Feeling the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2013 and 2014, and beautifully illustrated by the budding sad, she wandered on the desolate road, and got lost.... This is a true but fantastic story, a surrealistic illustrator Wei Dongni. The author created a boy enjoying playing at home with simple language monologue of a little girl. Children’s inner world is much more complex than what we expect. Just and wild imagination. The boy would ride a piece of cloud to look at his home, crawl into the clock like this girl, they have to release their negative emotions when they are misunderstood by adults and to enjoy himself, and draw a forest on the wall where he could go on exploration with his friend…. they will try to find the answer in their own way. His parents thought the rooms were too small, but for the boy, nothing more was needed other than a place for sleeping, eating and playing and a father and a mother who loved each other and could We shouldn’t underestimate children’s appreciation. This black-and-white picture book is really provide protection for him. interesting. —Maria Gil (president of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards)

This work featuring a complex style and presenting the author’s talent is what I, as a publisher, would like to publish. —Klaus Flugge (founder of Andersen Press)

38 39 Picture Books Picture Books A stupid-looking rain monster of great wisdom, who lives in the moment and wastes no time complaining Presenting the restrained beauty of traditional Chinese arts Xiong Liang, nominated for 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards for Illustration AFTER THE DRIZZLE Featuring a nursery rhyme and Chinese ink-and-wash painting THE RAIN MONSTER Presenting a childlike story and an aesthetic realm with Chinese features

Author/Illustrator: Zhou Yawen Author/Illustrator: Xiong Liang

Hardcover Hardcover 32 pages 48 pages 260*195mm 240*215mm Age group: 3-6 Age group: 3+ World rights available World rights available

A catchy nursery rhyme shows us the wonderful scenes of childhood. The book depicts the agreeable This is a story about a little boy full of positive energy in setbacks—the Rain Monster—and his life and cheerful mood of a child in village in spring drizzle. The drizzle, the lotus pond, the boat, the friends. The author creates an optimistic and lovely image of the Rain Monster to depict the rainy fallen leaves…lead the readers into a dreamland with ethereal and elegant beauty. Using her colourful season in southern China in a humorous way and tell us not to complain when life is not the same memory and experience as the ink, the author paints a scroll describing the poetic childhood. as what you expect. The in-and-wash painting gives a thorough expression of the dampness in the rainy season. This story with a southern-China background also reflects the traditional philosophy of Asians.

40 41 Picture Books Picture Books Embroidery; in-and-wash painting; childlike language A simple story with true feelings and full of warmth

THE NEEDLE FOR FLAWLESSNESS

MIMI’S HOME

Author/Illustrator: Gong Yanling Author/Illustrator: Xiong Miao

Hardcover Hardcover 36 pages 36 pages 195*260mm 260*195mm Age group: 3-9 Age group: 3-6 World rights available World rights available

Missing her departed grandma, the little girl set out to find a way out of her sorrow until she finally This is a simple story of Mimi and “me”. Mimi was a calico cat who lived with my family. It loved came across a bunny whose grandma had also passed away. The author Gong Yanling is good to stay out late and catch mice at night, yet it didn’t eat the mice, instead, it would place its spoils at depicting feelings at a certain moment in a poetic way. In this book, she also focuses on the neatly beside my pillow. One day, Mimi didn’t come back, and I failed to find it after searching description of inner world. The embroidery, the ink-and-wash painting and the childlike languages everywhere. Finally one night, a familiar voice came through the window…. In this story, the little all contribute to a perfect expression of the girls’ world full of imagination. girl experienced Mimi’s unique expression of love, the hope and disappointment occurring during the searching, and also the marvellous and touching birth of new lives. I can tell from the illustration that this is a story about departure. I don’t find the illustration gloomy; actually, it encourages us to face up to sorrows and pains. —Roger Mello (2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner)

42 43 Picture Books Picture Books Inspiring children to cherish today’s wonderful life through topics of war and A story filled with Chinese elements humanity, kindness and hatred A journey full of warmth to explore the fading-away tradition and touching family Watercolour illustration matching the story’s historical background love

EMBROI-DERY THE HEDGEHOG LANTERN

Author: Bao Dongni Author: Xu Lu Illustrator: Chen Bo Illustrator: Qi Ren

Hardcover Paperback 48 pages 36 pages 270*240mm 195*260mm Age group: 6-8 Age group: 3-6 World rights available World rights available

The title of this book Embroi-Dery is made up of the names of two girls. One day, a Japanese Grandpa found a little hedgehog that got lost, and since then, the hedgehog became my good friend customer entered the embroidered garment store of Embroi’s family. Under the background of war, and grew up together with me. When the Lantern Festival came, Grandma made a hedgehog lantern Mom refused to sell the garment to her. Yet later, touched by the Japanese woman’s kindness, Mom for me, which I used to light up the way back home for the little hedgehog. After that, on every sold her a Chinese stomacher embroidered with plum blossom. After the war ended, Embroi’s family evening of Lantern Festival, that day with Grandpa, Grandma and the little hedgehog would come found a baby left outside their house one morning—this was the child of that Japanese woman. After to my mind. The hedgehog lantern shone in my childhood lighted up not only the way back home a white night, kindness and love finally defeated hatred. They named the Japanese child as Dery and for the lost hedgehog, but also the amiable face of Grandpa and Grandma, the busy street in my brought her up in their family…. The pioneer of Chinese original picture books Bao Dongni spent hometown at Lantern Festival and my sweet memory and true homesickness. three years to create and polish this story featuring a patriotic theme.

44 45 Picture Books Pre-School A novel concerning real life; a fairy tale with fantastic plots; a fable carrying Revealing things happening in kindergartens in real life meaningful contents Helping children to develop good habits and character Lovely animal protagonists KINDERGARTEN, I’M COMING! (8 TITLES) THE CORNER BOOKSHOP

Author: Zhang Zhilu Author: Xie Xuhua Illustrator: Yan Cheng Illustrator: Wang Ziyou

Hardcover Paperback 48 pages 192 pages 195*260mm 210*195mm Age group: 6-10 Age group: 2-3 World rights available World rights available

A brown cat with blue eyes often turned up at the lecture theatre of a normal university. By and Using lovely animals, figures which are the easiest for children at the age of 2-3 to accept, as by, the cat rose to fame and was named as “the student cat”. One day, the student cat disappeared. the protagonists, books in the series “Kindergarten, I’m Coming!” focus on the conditions and Where did it go? As it turned out, the student cat went back to its owner—a granny running a small features of kindergartens in real life and troubles children may come across when they first enter bookshop. In order to take the student cat back, the students went to this Corner Bookshop, but only the kindergarten (such as taking care of themselves, protecting their personal safety, managing to find that the shop stood lonely among ruins and it would also be demolished. At this moment, an interpersonal communication and recognizing others’ emotions). By presenting what is going on in amazing thing took place in the bookshop. Would this unusual cat go back to the university? Would kindergartens through humorous stories with vivid words and illustrations, this series tells children this bookshop with a long history be swallowed by the urban construction? how they can address the troubles and enables them to be well-prepared for going to kindergarten.

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