Two Books from our humorous Author to have English Editions soon!

We would like to celebrate with you the works of Yu Sun, whose humorous stories reflect her inner child. Sun majored in world literature and comparative literature, and now specializes in children's books. We recently sold Scholastic Asia the English worldwide rights to two of her books! Click the below to be redirected to the pages.

Wow! There is a Big Monster in the Telescope!

Summary

One day, a human daddy gives his son a pair of binoculars, just as a monster daddy also gives his young one a pair. The human kid and monster kid start observing each other curiously from afar, discovering each other's rituals and quirks, and even imitate each other.

This creative dual narrative vividly depicts the inquisitive, mischievous and innocent nature of children.

Author and Illustrator

Sun Yu majored in world literature and comparative literature. She has a master of Arts in children's literature, and won Bingxin Children's Literature New Work Award, Bingxin Children's Picture Book Award. Her works include children's novels and picture books.

Zeng jing had the chance to illustrate for this picture book by winning the golden award in the CHINA ILLUSTRATION BIENNIAL.

Product Details:  

44 pages – Nov 2021 250 x 250mm Hardcover Age: 3 - 6 Rights Sold: All rights available

Stinky Big Foot

Summary

There are all kinds of monsters living on Monster Mountain, including a monster whose feet are very smelly. He often takes out his feet to let other monsters smell, and upon doing so, a big headed monster comes up with a good idea. What if they collect different odors using socks and sell it to the human kids living at the bottom of the mountain? After all, they like strange things. Read to see how the monsters' new business will turn out!

Author and Illustrator

Sun Yu Born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, now lives in Hangzhou. She graduated from Zhejiang Normal University, majoring in world literature and comparative literature. She has a master of Arts in children's literature, and won Bingxin Children's Literature New Work Award, Bingxin Children's Picture Book Award. Her works include children's novels and picture books.

Zhong Yu Zhong Yu loved painting since her childhood and now lives in Hangzhou. She is engaged in children's illustration and writing sometimes. More than ten picture books have been published.

Product Details:

40 pages - Oct 2019 206 x 181mm Hardcover Ages 3-6 Rights Sold: Korea

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Newsletter: Six Chinese pictures books are going to have English version!

We are thrilled to share you this great news that we’ve just received an offer for 6 titles which we represent on our list. They are going to have their English version next year!

There are 6 titles :
Strolling (Trilogy)、Stinky Bigfoot、Wow! There is a Big Monster in the Telescope、Terra Cotta Warriors, run!

Strolling (Trilogy)

Strolling, Rowing, Camping
Written and illustrated by Da Wu

32 pages - Jul 2021

187 x 262mm

Hardcover

Age: 3+

Rights Sold:  Denmark

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Stinky Bigfoot

Written by Sun Yu
Illustrated by Zhong Yu

40 pages - Oct 2019

206 x 181mm

Hardcover

Ages: 3-6

Rights Sold: Korea

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Wow! There is a Big Monster in the Telescope

Written by Sun Yu
Illustrated by Zeng Jing

44 pages – Nov 2021

250 x 250mm

Age: 3 - 6

Rights Sold: All rights available

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Terra Cotta Warriors, run!

Written by Dong Hongyou
Illustrated by Vikki Zhang

40 pages - Jun 2019

285 × 220mm

Hardcover

Age: 3 - 6

Rights Sold: All rights available

White Ravens 2022 selected 5 titles written by Chinese authors

Dear friend,
we are thrilled to let you know that five Chinese books represented by us were selected by the International Youth Library (IYL) for their 2022 White Ravens Catalogue.

The Life of a Lotus Seed

Chen, Yingting (text)
Huaqing (illus.)
ISBN 978-7-5596-4989-8

Lotus | Nature | Cycle of life | Non-fiction | Picture book

Swimming

Liu, Haiqi (text)
Yang, Bo (illus.)
ISBN 978-7-5736-0039-4

Jinan City | History 1950s-1960s | Poverty | Growing up | Playing | Creativity

The Time of Bread

Tie, Ning (text)
Yu, Rong (illus.)
ISBN 978-7-5597-1531-9

Family | Childhood memories | Short story | Anthology

Different 1s

Wu, Yanan (text)
Liu, Longsha (illus.)
ISBN 978-7-5708-1121-2

Animals | School | Handwriting | Creativity | Education | Diversity | Picture book

Little Goat Walks Over The Field

Xue, Tao (text)
Wang, Xiaoxiao (illus.)
ISBN 978-7-5707-1225-0

Boy | Goat | Nature | Friendship

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For more details about the rights, don't hesitate to contact us via e-mail: solene.xie@outlook.com.

Best regards,
Solene

Pictures and Words from China represent Yeehoo Press

HAPPY NEWS!

Dear friend, we’ve started representing exclusively Yeehoo Press! 

Yeehoo Press is a publishing company 

dedicated to creating fun, enchanting, and socially responsible children’s books and products for readers and customers around the world. 

Yeehoo books are currently being published and sold in English in the US  and Simplified Chinese in mainland China.

Pictures and words and China represent all titles in the catalog attached. 

Please let us know if you are interested in any title!

All the best

Solene Xie

Here, we strongly recommend you 3 pictures book of them 

The Whole World Inside Nan's Soup

Author: Hunter Liguore

Illustrator: Vikki Zhang

Pages: 40

Format: Jacketed Hardcover

What ingredients might be inside Nanni’s soup pot? When Nanni lifts the lid on her soup, she reveals the whole world inside: from the seeds of vegetables, to the gardeners’ hard work, to the sun, moon, and stars that shone its light above them. And, of course, a recipe passed down generations of family, topped and finished with Nanni’s love. With the gorgeous illustration, the book engages the senses for food lovers and shows the loving connection across generations. 

My Monsterpiece

Author: Amalia Hoffman

Pages: 40

Format: Jacketed Hardcover

What’s the SCARIEST, MEANEST, most TERRIBLE monster you can imagine? Maybe monsters aren’t what this child previously thought—Monsters do not have to be scary, they can also be fun and cute with their own personalities! This is the book that provides the educators an opportunity to discuss stereotypes, bias, acceptance and point of views with children.

The Perfect Party

Author: Laurel Paula Jackson

 illustrator: Helene Baum

Pages: 40

Format: Jacketed Hardcover

It’s Little Robin’s birthday, and all the zoo als want to help him celebrate! Yet with each animal comes different ideas from around the world. So how does one plan the perfect birthday party? This book not only shares the love for animals and delight of birthday celebrations, but also takes a look at different cultural costumes and showcases the melding of various cultures can be the sweetest recipe after all.

Long Xiangmei‘s NEW FAIRY TALE SERIES: “Once Upon a Time, There Was a Story”

Our new book series was reported by China Daily (Chinadaily is the largest English portal in China) last week!

This is a series of five standalone short stories, connected by the author Xiangmei’s whimsical storytelling and characters. Many of the stories touch upon the interaction of humankind and nature, as well as relationships formed between different entities. Other than spot illustrations and full spread illustrations, this series Is uniquely illustrated in a way that every page comes with a color and atmosphere to go with the words.

Long's stories are imaginative. Interesting characters find adventure in inconspicuous corners of familiar surroundings of cities or rural areas, carrying their own longings or worries. The stories do not always end happily, but often with inevitable departures and acceptable changes. That's life.

Long employs a simple poetic language to create these stories about love, history, environmental protection, friendship and growth, imparting them with a seasoning of melancholy. That explains why some grown-up readers had moist eyes after reading these stories. (Yang Yang, China Daily)

About the author:

Born in 1976, Long spent her early years moving around with her father, who helped build hydropower stations. Before her first birthday, she left her hometown with her family for the west of Central China's Hunan province. In the following years, the family traveled between the countryside and cities, the two different worlds in her eyes where people spoke two languages and lived completely different lifestyles.

Scenes of wharves, stations, streets, hotels, coaches and trains filled her memories. Although at that time the family was poor and travels were a toil, Long says she experienced more fun, beauty and innocence, especially when schools and parents did not demand that she study hard, allowing her to spend time playing with friends on mountains and in rivers, hiking or conceiving pranks.

However, she also has a clear memory from when she was 4 years old of a flood washing away their home, and at 6, witnessing a big fire as if half of the sky was burning. Her deepest memory about life when she was 8 years old was the fear of seeing "small figures" after dark and the family's constant moving.

She said:”Writing a fairy tale, one often needs to go back to one's childhood to use a child's eyes and mind to see and think about the world." She also states that since childhood, she have had a lot of questions about the world and loved everything around her. The arduous travels somehow gave her a tender heart with much sympathy and compassion.

For the complete news on China Daily website , click here

The Gale and Little Pink Lightning Selected in BCBF‘s ‘The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf’

TWO of our books have been selected in ‘The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf’ at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2022!

- The Gale (大风) 

- Little Pink Lightning (粉红色的小闪电) 

This is the very first time BCBF devotes an exhibition to 100 publishing gems selected among the titles entered for the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2022. Among over 2200 titles from 62 countries, three international juries selected the winners and awarded special mentions to several books. Alongside these, many other titles were greatly admired by the juries and came very close to winning. For the very first time BCBF devotes an exhibition also to these 100 publishing gems and is proud to contribute to their visibility on the international stage.

One of our talented illustrators is highlighted by the Bologna Fair through exhibitions; all details are below!

BOLOGNA'S EXHIBITION - Li TAOYU (TOYOU)

Summary: The little mole who is blind went on an adventure from the countryside to the city. During his journey, he received help from everyone, which made him feel much less afraid of the city. The star is a metaphoric and conceptual expression of a warm heart. This story tells the young readers, everyone is a twink star, and we collectively are a sky full of stars.

Who Stole My Sleep？is his another wonderful book!

About the Author/Illustrator

TOYOU, formally known as Taoyu Li ,illustrator, freelancer. He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in illustration from the University of Arts London, UK. His works have won many awards at home and abroad, and have been exhibited in China, Britain, Poland, and other countries. He likes new things, photography and traveling, He dream of being like a child and living a simple life, telling stories to more people with his own works.

Terracotta Warriors, Run! Exclusive Interview with Author

The Whole World Inside Nan’s Soup by Hunter Liguore and illustrated by Vikki Zhang (Zhang Wenqi 张文绮) was published by Yeehoo Press in June. We were delighted that they both agreed to tell us more about this new international collaboration! Thank you, Hunter and Vikki! 

We have interviewed Vikki before, almost three years ago now (no.70), so have given Hunter’s words first this time.

Please tell us about yourselves. What would you like our readers to know about you?

HL: Hunter Liguore is a gentle advocate for living in harmony with the natural world and with one another. An award-winning author, professor, and historian, when you support her work, you’re partaking in an equal exchange that supports compassion and peace in the world. When not making soup, she is often roaming old ruins, hillsides, and cemeteries. 

VZ: Hi, my name is Vikki Zhang (张文绮), I am an illustrator and artist. I work on children’s books, book covers, fashion, advertising, products, toys, etc. After graduation, I stayed in NYC for a few years, but last year, because of COVID, I moved to Shanghai. Like all artists, it’s challenging to keep doing creative work in unstable situations and with abrupt change. But even during the worst time I saw talented artists—some are friends, some are unknown—consistently posting amazing work online, I am proud of them and want to say thank you for the positive energy they shared with me. 

Congratulations on your new book, The Whole World Inside Nan’s Soup! Could you tell us about the book and how it came about?

HL: The Whole World in Nan’s Soup is a rumination on our ability to recognize our interconnectedness with ‘all’ people. It is wisdom passed down many generations through my own nanni, who understood that in order to eat a single meal, it takes the whole world to make it.

Our dinner table doesn’t end at the four corners, but is reciprocal; it extends to all those faceless helpers involved with making sure we’re nourished—and that’s a very beautiful thing! When we take the time—through slow-cooking—to see and talk about ‘all’ people in a bowl of soup, then we can begin to notice it in other areas of our life with the same care and unity.

The more we see our oneness, the more each meal—each bowl of soup—becomes a celebration, and our struggle with each other falls away, and the harmony we experience within will be reflected back.

VZ: I began working on this book in summer 2020. My goal was to make a book to heal, so that anyone holding this book could feel loved and secure. So I took references from nursery art of the early 20th century. I love the faded palette from that time. Some pages in the book look like an old handkerchief, or plate, just like the objects I collected from the vintage store. 

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For the complete interview, including early stages, inspirations, and character designs, click here

"Art of Kesi" Copyright sold to Edition Museo, FRENCH

"Art of Kesi" Copyright sold to Edition Museo, in French, covering France, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada. “Art of Kesi” displays beautiful art from the Song Dynasty to modern period.

Dawu's "Tree King", sold in Spanish

Dawu’s picture book, “Tree King” , ( https://www.pictureswordschina.com/#/treeking/ ) has been sold to Leetra Publishing House, in Mexico.