Original Title 雨露麻 Text by Cao Wenxuan Illustrations by Suzy Lee Pages 42 Age 4+ Published Jieli Publishing House June 2020 Sold World English World French Korean Spanish (Chile) Portuguese (Brazil) Italian
Dad wanted his daughter, Uro, to become a painter. In dad's view, Uro is a genius without doubt. According to dad's wishes, Uro began to draw a self-portrait on canvas material that the famous painter Seo Chang ordered before passing away. However, the next day…… the self-portrait became a mess, with paints running down. Uro drew again and again several times, but the result was the same. Will Uro be able to complete the self-portrait?
Cao Wenxuan grew up in rural China and is now a professor of Chinese literature and children’s literature. He is the author of several celebrated books for young readers, including the novel Bronze and Sunflower, which received three starred reviews. His fluid, poetic prose depicts honest, sometimes raw, and often melancholy moments of life. He has also received significant recognition for his academic research and teaching in the field of children’s literature, and he was the first Chinese author to win the Hans Christian Andersen Author Award.
Suzy Lee studied painting and book art in Korea and Britain. She graduated with a BFA in Painting from Seoul National University and earned an MA in Book Arts in 2001 from Camberwell College of Arts in London. Her picture books have been published in many countries and are highly acclaimed by critics and loved by readers. She has won Korean Publishing Culture Awards, The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor). The books she has written and illustrated include Shim Chung; River; Lines; Mirror; Wave; Shadow; and The Zoo. Lee has also illustrated for books, including Dream of Becoming Water; This Beautiful Day; and Open This Little Book. Currently, she is participating in the Vacance Project and running Hintoki Press. She is the winner of 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.
《雨露麻》是一部献给所有坚持梦想并为之努力的孩子们的图画书，讲述了一个小女孩用自己的一番诚意打动画布的故事。一位爱画画的天才少女雨露，遇见一块上等的画布雨露麻，刚开始，画布认为自己本该属于著名的画家，对小女孩的创作不为所动，甚至是进行破坏。最后，不仅画布被女孩的执着打动，连心疼她的父母也被打动。一面是和外在环境的冲突与和解，一面是对自我的认同与接纳，女孩克服了多重困境，完成一幅美丽的自画像，实现了自我成长。
2016年国际安徒生奖作家奖得主曹文轩、和2022年国际安徒生奖插画奖得主苏西•李携手创作
一位天才少女画家与一幅油画布之间的冲突与和解带有魔幻色彩的现实主义绘本，助力孩子突破成长瓶颈强烈的木炭线条和鲜亮配色，打造清新而独特的艺术之作在成长的路上，能打败你的只有你自己，献给所有坚持梦想并为之努力的孩子们。
曹文轩，中国著名儿童文学作家，2016年国际安徒生奖获得者。北京大学中文系教授、博士生导师。作品先后荣获国家图书奖、“五个一工程奖”优秀作品奖、全国优秀儿童文学奖、中国图书奖、宋庆龄儿童文学金奖、冰心文学奖大奖等奖项。作品被译介到英、法、德、日、韩等国家。
苏西·李，韩国著名插画家，2022年国际安徒生奖插画奖获得者，出生于韩国首尔，在首尔大学获得美术学士学位，并在英国坎伯韦尔艺术学院获得文学硕士学位。她的作吕在世界各地出版并展出，包括《海浪》《黑鸟》《动物园》《镜子》和《爱丽丝梦游仙境》等。作吕曾被《纽约时报》评为儿童圄画书，被《科克斯书评》评为最佳儿童图书，荣获插画协会原创艺术金奖。
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