Kiri Trees

Original Title
梧桐

Author
Dai Yun

Illustrator
Zhang Gang

Pages
32

Age
4+

Published
Poplar | 21st Century Publishing House (June 2019)

Sold
Danish

There were kiri trees everywhere in Lin Town, and a little girl named Kiri. When Kiri was 7, a boy, Yu, came to the town. They became friends under kiri trees. Years passed, the town got more and more roads, yet fewer and fewer trees. One afternoon on a Spring day, Kiri found that half of the trees by a road were cut down for a new subway being built. Kiri wrote Yu a letter about her concern. When Yu wrote back, a green ribbon slipped out. What will Kiri do with this green ribbon?

A green ribbon that connects people and trees, cities and nature, the past and the future.

Dai Yun is a writer, translator, and publicist who specializes in children’s books. Nanjing is where she grew up after being born in Zhejiang province.She holds a bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University’s School of Foreign Languages as well as a master’s degree from Australia’s University of New South Wales. Her works include Sudan’s Rhino Horn, which received the Best Award from the 7th Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award.

Zhang Gang, a Beijing native, is a well-known animation film director. He is the founder of Chuxin Film Culture Media Co., Ltd. and a partner in Qingqingshu Animation Technology Co., Ltd. His work as a director has received numerous national and international awards. The Kuiba film series: “Kuiba 3” (Director Award, 2014 China Film Directors Association), “Kuiba 2” (Best Feature Film Award, 2014 Lisbon Animation Film Festival), “Kuiba” (Huading Award for Best Animated Film, Russia Samara International Children’s Film Festival Best Animated Feature Film), and so on. His most recent animation work is “No.7 Cherry Lane”.

有一个叫林城的地方，城中种着好几万棵梧桐树。女孩梧桐在七岁那年，认识了转学来的小雨，两个好朋友在梧桐树下慢慢长大。时间一年年过去，林城的大路越来越多，梧桐树越来越少，小雨也回到了他少雨的故乡。一个早春的下午，梧桐发现林荫路边的梧桐树有一半被砍掉了，因为要修建地铁。梧桐写信告诉了小雨，几天后收到小雨的回信，信封中一根绿丝带滑了出来，梧桐该拿这根绿丝带怎么办呢？

一条“绿丝带”，连接人与树，城市与自然，过去与未来。

戴芸，生于浙江，长于南京，本科毕业于南京大学外国语学院，硕士毕业于澳大利亚新南威尔士大学，儿童绘本作者、译者、推广人。代表作《溜达鸡》获得“小金狮杯”原创图画书2018年度排行榜TOP5。

张钢，北京人，著名动画电影导演。初心映画文化传媒有限公司创始人，青青树动漫科技有限公司合伙人。导演的作品多次获得国内、国际大奖。其代表作品有：魁拔系列《魁拔三之战神崛起》（获中国电影导演协会-“2014年度导演奖”）《魁拔二之大战元泱界》（获2014葡萄牙里斯本动画电影节-最佳故事片奖）《魁拔一之十万火急》（获华鼎奖最佳动画电影奖、俄罗斯萨马拉国际儿童电影节最佳动画长片）等。最新作品《继元台7号》（动画导演）。