My Little Stool

Original Title
我的小矮凳

Text by 
Mei Zihan

Illustrations by 
Yayo Kawamura

Pages
44

Age
2-4

Published
Magic Elephant Books
2022

My little stool is my best friend and my best toy. It is a car, a train, and sometimes a plane. Sitting on it, I can go far away! My parents come and join in.

• A parent-child book for interactive games: playing with children, making daily necessities at home perfect props for parent-child games.
• Enlighten children’s imagination and make things extraordinary.

Mei Zihan Children’s literature writer, professor of Shanghai Normal University, member of China Writers Association. Author of Daughter’s Story, Dai Xiaoqiao and His Buddies series, Sparrow and other children’s literature works, as well as Reading Children’s Literature, Believe in Fairy Tales, Green Light and other proses, essays and children’s literature theory books. He is a college professor who writes stories for children, a writer who writes stories to make people laugh, and an adult who likes listening to children telling stories.

Yayo Kawamura grew up in Tokyo and studied design communications. She currently lives in Germany with her families. Influenced by Eastern and Western cultures, her works have strong personal characteristics. Dozens of her picture books have been introduced to countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Spain. She once collaborated with Mr. Mei Zihan in the book Who is the Tallest.

我的小矮凳是我的好朋友，也是我最棒的玩具，它能变汽车，变火车，变飞机！坐在小矮凳上，我就能去到很远的地方，爸爸妈妈也来和我一起玩吧！

• 亲子游戏书： 只要父母给孩子多一点陪伴， 家里的日常用品纷纷变成亲子游戏道具。
• 想像力启蒙书：把平凡事物变特别，用想像力打开世界。

梅子涵，儿童文学作家，上海师范大学教授，中国作家协会会员。著有《女儿的故事》、“戴小桥和他的哥们儿”系列、《麻雀》《敲门小熊》等儿童文学作品，以及《儿童小说叙事式论》《阅读儿童文学》《相信童话》《绿光芒》等儿童文学理论、散文随笔作品。一个专门为孩子们写故事的大学教授，一个写出的故事总会让人读了笑起来的作家，一个特别喜欢听孩子们讲故事给他听的大人。

川村八夜 （Yayo Kawamura）插画师，生于日本，长于德国，目前与家人常住柏林。受东西方文化的影响，作品中带有强烈的个人特色。出版图画书数十种，并被引进至美国、日本、韩国、中国、丹麦、荷兰、义大利、法国、西班牙等十几个国家。曾与梅子涵先生合作《谁最高》。