Written by Dai YunIllustrated by Igor Oreynikov Text language: ChinesePublication date: June 2021Pages: 40Format: HardcoverRights sold to: Canada (World English)Reviewing material: Chinese full PDF and English translation. Every year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day is observed, with the topic “Protecting Mothers and Babies” as a prominent focus. The much-publicized picture book author DaiContinue reading “WHERE DO WE GO?”
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Button Soldier
By Jiuer
Handing rights: all exclude simplified Chinese.
All rights available.
A button fell off his clothes. It fell off the road and no one found it in the busy streets. Then he was put into a garbage truck and bumped and fell on the side of the road. For a long time, since last spring and winter, it just lay there looking at the sky, looking at the clouds and sometimes seeing nothing … However, one day, it was dug out from the snow by a little fat hand. It was a boy. He was in need of a soldier. His chess was missing a chess piece. From then on, it was called the only “button soldier” in chess. An ordinary button has a new mission. This may be the little boy’s fantasy, perhaps button really becomes a soldier, who knows? In this book, there are many mysteries that need to be solved, and the readers are expected to find out for themselves.
Henry’s Pink Hat
By Jeffrey Turner
Handing rights: Simplified and Complex Chinese
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Henry’s Pink Hat tells the story of an unflappable blue penguin in search of acceptance, and ultimately, friends. A fun read about diversity and commonality.
My Feelings
By Jeffrey Turner
Handing rights: Simplified and Complex Chinese
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My Feelings gives a name to match the feeling you have when you are with loved ones, receive a pair of socks for your birthday instead of a toy, or meeting someone for the first time. There’s a word for every feeling.
My Imagination
By Jeffrey Turner
Handing rights: Simplified and Complex Chinese
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My Imagination reveals the wild and fanciful imagination of a joyful porcupine. Whether folding laundry or planting seed in the garden, this porcupine’s vivid imagination kicks into high gear.
My Touch
By Jeffrey Turner
Handing rights: Simplified and Complex Chinese
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My Touch builds word connections with sensate experiences. Mud is squishy, a lollipop is brittle, and a wet frog can be slippery. Everyday objects can fill a day with sensate experiences for this porcupine.
A Place Like the Sea
Text & illustration by Lin Boting
Handling rights: all exclude Complex Chinese.
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The story took place in the aquarium, a place like the sea. Many creatures were displayed here and their world was built for people to view. People and fishes look at each other through the glass from two unrelated worlds. One thing happened and it echoed a similar situation for these two worlds. That is, a little boy got lost in the aquarium and his panic and helplessness were shown in front of another world, and the one who understood him best at the moment was trapped and swimming in the other side.
Flame
Author: Ernest Seton Thompson | Illustrator: Zhu Chengliang
Handling rights: all exclude Simplified Chinese.
Foreign rights sold: English (USA, Canada), French (world), Korean (world), Russian, Danish
Adapted from American author Ernest Seton Thompson’s well-known animal fictions. Flame, the mother fox, was moving home with her two babies, while one of her babies was caught by hunter’s trap. As Flame tried to help her kid, The hunter’s dogs found her and just wouldn’t stop chasing her. How would she come up with ideas to help her baby escaping from the hunter? One wonderful adventure of love and courage, with movie-like colors.
I AM A PANDA!
Author & illustrator: Tatsuya Miyanishi
Handling rights: all exclude Simplified Chinese.
All rights available.
No matter where a zoo locates, pandas are always super stars. They always put on nice smells and meet tourists’ requests. But that day, this panda felt tired, he didn’t want to be panda anymore! He found a rabbit, painted him white and black, but tourists soon found out. He then found a pig, an elephant, and an unexpected big fella…Will their plan work out?
After the Snowfall
By Rich Lo
Handing rights: Complex Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French
This beautiful illustrated book is about a fox and the animals he encounters on his journey to the stream.
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