Chinese / Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)
Sheng ri kuai le
(Happy birthday)
Gao, Peicong
(Ko, Adeline)
(text/illus.)
Hong Kong: Zheng xiang pin ge jiao yu guan (Sowgood! Positive Education Centre), 2020. – [34] p.
(Series: Zheng xiang pin ge jiao yu guan; 01)
ISBN 978-988-13909-5-0
Hong Kong | Wan Chai district | Birthday present | Picture book | Wimmelbook
Reading age: 4+
White Ravens issue: 2021
On her birthday, Yuanyuan goes out with her Mom to buy a cake. She is looking forward to her Dad coming home from work early, but he says he has to work overtime. The reader, however, can discover Dad in the cleverly arranged details of each “wimmel picture”: he is close by, shopping for birthday presents. Their different routes serve as a pretext for introducing Wan Chai, the oldest but rapidly changing district of Hong Kong, with its famous streets, historic buildings, and unique atmosphere. Meanwhile a different father can be discovered on his way home: a house painter living in the same building. In the end, this story of two fathers holds a nice birthday surprise for Yuanyuan, a less pleasant surprise for her parents, and a riddle for the attentive reader to solve. Adeline Ko, a picture book author, illustrator, and publisher, received outstanding recognition at the 5th Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Awards and a Hong Kong Picture Book Award for her picture books with a special Hong Kong flavour. [LO]