Original Title
安静以后
Text & Illustrations by
Wen Aining
Language
Simplified Chinese
Pages
36
Size
25 x 25 cm
Age
3+
Published
Xiwang Publishing House
2021
As the world grows still and the night sets in, bedtime arrives. What happens in the familiar surroundings of a child’s world once everything calms down?
With a simple, relaxed, warm, and soothing style, it uses a combination of illustrations, language, and music to depict the world after nightfall—the gentle breeze, droplets of water, the sound of a piano, a barking dog, a whistling kettle, shadows under the streetlight, softly falling leaves, the slow swaying of trees, and little stars singing in the sky… As darkness descends, the world grows quiet.
About the author/illustrator
Wen Aining, picture book creator and editor. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Art’ s Children’s Book Illustration program and the Academy of Fine Arts at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Wen Aining enjoys capturing moments of life through words and illustrations. She also explores the potential of integrating music into children’s picture books. Since 2014, she has been creating picture books, known for her warm and simple illustration style, which is rich in atmosphere. Her published works include Music Forest, The Elf’s Song, and The Secret of the Octave, as well as a translated work Creating Children’s Picture Books: The Art of Visual Storytelling. In 2021, her new work Cello Swan was shortlisted for the 55th Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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