Chinese / People's Republic of China
Kong long ma ma fu dan
(Mummy Dinosaur broods)
Zhang, Qiusheng
(text)
momolu
(illus.)
Bejing: Zhong guo shao nian er tong chu ban she (China Children’s Press & Publ. Group), 2020. – 147 p.
(Series: Ming jia xin zuo, Xiao ba zhang tong hua shi)
ISBN 978-7-5148-5858-7
Animals | Nature | Poetry
Reading age: 4+
White Ravens issue: 2021
This is a collection of 1939-born writer Zhang Qiusheng’s “little-palm” poems for children (xiao ba zhang tong shi). About four decades ago, Zhang first created his “little-palm” stories (xiao ba zhang tong hua) and the style has since become a well-known trademark of the renowned writer. These works are named for their small size, no bigger than a child’s palm. Most of them are about animals, nature, and children’s everyday life, usually filled with gentle and heart-warming humour. In this collection, readers can find some of the writer’s best poems for children alongside beautiful illustrations. In the preface, Zhang says that his stories and poems influence each other, because poetic rhymes go into his stories and story-like plots become part of his poems. Shanghai-based Zhang is the author of many children’s books such as “Xiao ba zhang tong hua” (Little-palm fairy tales) and ““Zhuo mu niao“ fen dui” (The “Woodpecker Squad”). He is a winner of the National Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature and many other children’s book prizes. [FW, ZX]