Flame

Original Title
火焰

Original story by
Ernest Seton Thompson

Adapted and illustrated by Zhu Chengliang

Pages
40

Age
4+

Published
Poplar publishing house
June 2011

Sold
English (USA, Canada)
French (world)
Korean (world)
Russian
Danish

Adapted from American author Ernest Seton Thompson’s well-known animal fictions. Flame, the mother fox, was moving home with her two babies, while one of her babies was caught by hunter’s trap. As Flame tried to help her kid, The hunter’s dogs found her and just wouldn’t stop chasing her. How would she come up with ideas to help her baby escaping from the hunter? One wonderful adventure of love and courage, with movie-like colors.

Selected for the first Feng Zikai Children’s Picture Book Award

狐狸妈妈火焰带着两个宝宝在搬家的路上，一个宝宝斑点掉进陷阱被猎人抓住。火焰要救宝宝，却被猎人放出的猎狗追赶。为宝宝焦急担心的火焰急中生智，聪明地甩掉追赶她的猎狗，还带着一批帮手回到猎人家……

著名画家用富有动感的画面描绘出既惊险又温馨的故事。

像火焰一样鲜红的狐狸妈妈，从猎枪逃跑时、甩掉猎狗追赶时……关键时刻的机智都来自作者接触到的一些真实故事：西顿的动物小说和几篇国内不同地方的传说。狐狸妈妈为保护孩子的智慧、勇气和力量多么让人感动！

本书是第一届丰子恺儿童图画书奖入选作品。