Original Title
爷爷的湖
Text & Illustrations by
Zhang Le
Language
Simplified Chinese
Pages
44
Size
25 × 25 cm
Age
4+
Published
Beijing Poplar
September 2025
Grandpa’s Lake is a charming children’s picture book that follows a curious child and his grandfather on a sunlit adventure by a shimmering lake. Together, they discover darting dragonflies, ticklish fish, and hidden treasures in the reeds, turning a simple day outdoors into a magical exploration of nature’s wonders.
Through laughter and discovery, this story celebrates the unbreakable bond between generations and the joy of seeing the world with wonder—one tiny treasure at a time.
About the author/illustrator
Born in Wuxi in 1971, Zhang Le graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Nanjing University of the Arts in 1996. Specializing in illustration and picture book creation, he has published a wide range of illustrative works. His picture books include I Want to Grow Big, The Pond, Borrowing a Tail , and Eleven Gray Geese Fly South . Among these, Eleven Gray Geese Fly South was selected for the “2017 Outstanding Chinese Popular Science Picture Books List,” and Borrowing a Tail has been licensed for publication in North America, the UK, and Vietnam.
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