Awards
Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award: Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award
Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award: Judging Panel's Recommended Award
Synopses & Reviews
Review
Kirkus Reviews
Little ones will have fun mimicking the characters, without realizing they're learning Chinese at the same time.
Youth Services Book Review: Starred Review
The language is simple with a lot of repetition. A fun book for children regardless of the bilingual component.
HoneyKids Asia
If your little one’s prone to ‘being’ an animal, following cats while meowing or chasing dogs while barking, they’ll love pretending to be a frog. The kiddos will have a great time with this one.
Sarah Chien-Hua Ko (Children's picture books literature critic)
The presentation of illustration is brilliant, including the styles and expressions of characters, the composition, the rhythm and continuity between pages. This seemingly simple yet enriched picture book has surprising and impressive control of childhood and withstands repeated reading and appreciation.
Julie Rines from Thomas Crane Public Library
I'd give Candied Plums a hug if I could. We have a very large Chinese population and I'm always struggling to find good Chinese language books to add to our collection. These are gorgeous and I love the fact that they are contemporary Chinese picture books. We have many translations of American titles but not as many original Chinese stories. I am also very glad of the full English descriptions of the books on the website.
About the Author
Mao Xiao is a productive writer of children's books. His picture books CeeCee and The Frog and the Boy are both Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award winners.
Wei Chen graduated from Design Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in Shaanxi. He is the author of several beloved picture books for children. He lives in Xi'an.
Xiaomin Huang graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in Shaanxi. She creates illustrations that capture a childlike sense of aesthetics and perspectives. She lives in Xi'an.
Helen Wang translates fiction and essays from Chinese, both for adults and younger readers. Her most recent translation for children is Bronze and Sunflower by Wenxuan Cao, published in 2015 in the UK by Walker Books.