★Natural enlightenment picture book for children aged 3-6.
★Created together by Xiong Liang, International Hans Christian Andersen Award (Illustrator) finalist artist, and Hei Mi, winner of Golden Apple Award.
★Full of oriental natural philosophy, calling on human to live in harmony with nature.
★It introduces animals and colours, stimulates creativity and cultivates children's diverse aesthetics.
★This work uses the traditional art craft "woodcut print" creation.
★Cute and cuddly plateau animals and stories rooted in Chinese nature let you fall in love with nature in a second.
★ English translation is available.
★Awards：
The Domestic gold Award of 2018 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition.
The Gold Medal of Picture book category in the third ZCOOL Awards.
2021 NAMI Concours ( Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours in South Korea ) Purple Island Award.
Be selected as one of the TOP10 original picture books of 2019 in China.
2020 Russia "Image of the Book" Original Picture book Award.

Hans Christian Andersen Award shortlisted illustrator Xiong Liang's special feature includes 29 books:
【Picture Book】
【Growth and Inspiration】Theme (3 books):
"My Ideal",
"My Little Pony",
"Every Cat Has Its Talent"
【Myths and Legends】Theme (4 books):
"Vajrayana Guru",
"The Monster of Mould Rains",
"The Dragon Slayers",
"Two Brave Cowards"
【Nature Enlightenment】Theme (2 books):
"A Manul Who Wants Everything",
"Cow Dung's Dreams"
【Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes】Theme (4 books):
"Stroll with the Wind",
"We Want to be First",
"Vegetables in the Garden Become Elves",
"Grasshopper and Cricket"
【Chinese National Culture】Theme (9 books):
"A Battle at Changbanpo",
"Wu Song Beats the Tiger",
"The Kitchen God",
"The Little Stone Lion",
"Nian, The New Year Monster",
"The Toy Rabbit Story",
"The Invisible Horse",
"The Twenty-Four Solar Terms",
"The Moon, Please Stop"

【Children's Literature】
The Ranger, Little Woodman series (6 books):
"1 Peach Blossom Garden Mystery",
"2 Terrible Prophecy",
"3 Battle in the Valley of Dragon Slayers",
"4 Disappearing Memory",
"5 Secret Escape",
"6 New Era of the Mountain of Gods".
“The Ranger, Little Woodman: Young Adult Edition (Part I + Part II)”

At the beginning of the world, animals had no patterns, neither did manul, which made it feel quite bored until it found a colored stone, and its heart began to beat strongly. So it started to look for colored stones for making pigments. And this was noticed by another animal that wanted manul to draw some patterns on it. However, manul didn't want to use its own pigments, so it just painted it randomly with some mud, then the world's first leopard came out, which attracted other animals to come to it, and their new images shocked the world. Later, manul started to think about the suitable patterns for itself, it painted itself with the most beautiful colors and patterns, But in the end, no one saw it, because its colored patterns were too full which made it look like a gray stone...However, when manul looked at the moonlight shining wilderness, its heart started beating again...

Hei Mi
Picture book creator and illustrator. Born in Chaozhou, Guangdong, currently resides in Beijing.
In 2015, she published the picture book "Braids," which won the Golden Apple Award at the 25th Bratislava (BIB) International Illustration Exhibition, the 4th China Publishing Government Award, the 2016 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, and was listed in the Top 10 of the Original Picture Books of 2015.
In 2018, she published the picture book "The Greedy Rabbit," which received the Gold Award at the Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrator Competition and was selected for the Top 10 of the Original Picture Books of 2019.
She has participated in the Japan BIB 50th Anniversary World Picture Book Original Exhibition, the Bologna International Children's Book Fair, the Tehran International Book Fair Chinese Original Illustration Exhibition, and has held multiple solo exhibitions in Beijing and Shanghai.


Xiong Liang
Renowned writer, poet, picture book illustrator, and artist.
Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in China in 2014, 2018, and 2022, with a shortlist for the five-person shortlist of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018; shortlisted for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2020 and 2023, recipient of the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Picture Book of the Year Award; awarded the 19th Hundred Flowers Literary Award for Prose in 2021.
Published picture books include "The Little Stone Lion," "The Peking Opera Cat," "The Monster of Mould Rains," "Stroll with the Wind," and dozens of others.
Published long-form fairy tales: "The Ranger, Little Woodman" series.
Upcoming publication: A short story collection titled "In and Out of Nowhere."
Dance picture book drama, and screenwriting works: "Swimming with the Moonlight."

Awards:
2022 Selected for the Hans Christian Andersen Award's Excellent Book Recommendation List (work "The Little Stone Lion")
2021 Received the 19th Hundred Flowers Literary Award for Prose
2020 "Children's Book of the Year" in the category of Children's Literature (work "The Ranger, Little Woodman" series)
2020 Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2018 Shortlisted for the five-person shortlist of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration
2017 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award (work "Stroll with the Wind")
2014 Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in China
2011 Received the Golden Monkey Award at the 7th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival for both "Chinese Cartoon Work Award" and "Best Cartoon Image Award" (work "A Battle at Changbanpo")
2007 AYACC Asian Youth Animation Competition Best Work Award (work "A Battle at Changbanpo")

Media Honors:
2020 "Original Children's Literature Writers' Award" at the 6th Dangdang Influencer Writers' Award
2017 "Most Anticipated Writer of the Year" by Eslite Bookstore, Taiwan
2016 "Annual Quality Picture Book" by Sina Parenting
2013 New Beijing News Book Review Weekly Top Ten Best Books (work "The Monster of Mould Rains")
2012 Included in "China's Basic Reading Books for Young Children" (work "Wu Song Beats the Tiger")

International Exchange:
2019 Invited by the French Government Foundation to hold a solo exhibition of the original works of the "Ink Flowers" series at the Gaillac Museum of Art and the Museum of Nature in the South of France.
2018 Invited by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy, to give a lecture on "The Many Faces of the East" in Oriental Painting.
2012 As a representative figure of contemporary Chinese illustration art, exhibited book illustrations of "The Monster of Mould Rains" at the British Museum.