Artist Xiong Liang's works are a blend of tradition and modernity, reflecting the strong characteristics of Chinese culture. At the same time, he uses art as a narrative medium, which is in common with other artists. Through an illustration, he tells stories and conveys emotions, and his art style is abstract and infectious.
--The Hans Christian Andersen Award Committee

Xiong Liang’s picture books intend to explore the world. The way for children to connect with the world is not to be directly informed by experience, but to slowly feel their way to understand the world.
--New Beijing News

Xiong Liang is a humble person who considers the feelings of others at all times. However, he is a maverick when it comes to the creation of picture books. In the domestic picture book industry, he is a rare master, and an experienced picture book writer, who has won various painting awards at home and abroad.
--Beijing Daily

I found that Xiong Liang is special. His love of nature, traditional art, and life, his childlike heart, his unparalleled simplicity and honesty towards people, his Wing Chun, his paints, his brushes, his thick beard, his strange hats ...... make up a "Xiong Liang".
--San Chuan Ling (Children's Book Author)

★It is the work of Xiong Liang, the illustrator who has been shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and the winner of Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award!
★Every picture book of the author is a professional work with story and picture blended into one, and his picture books have won many awards such as "Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award", "Golden Monkey Award" of China International Animation Festival, "Golden Bull Cup" Silver Award for Art Books, and so on!
★It presents traditional culture in the form of lively comedy! The story is inspired by the Chinese folklore "The Chinese Ghostbuster", and the art modeling comes from Gong Kai's "Zhongshan Outing" in the Yuan Dynasty, which not only retains the traditional Chinese cultural core, but also gives the modern vivid art modeling. There is also a plot that makes people laugh.
★Warm and upward story kernel: the author has given each character a different personality, the clever and resourceful little kid, the caring Zhong Kui, the strong but timid big demons, and the courageous kids...No matter which character, you can feel the power of positive warmth.
★ Unique picture style: the picture is created in a way that combines hand-drawing, paper-cutting and splicing, computerized drawing and other complex creative techniques, making the picture richly layered and suitable for repeated reading.
★This is an adventure about love, courage and overcoming fear. Two cowards overcame their fears in their own way, and at the same tiem they also gained love and courage. The fantasized fears are not scary!

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)”

It is adapted from a northern nursery rhyme. Green vegetables, radishes, bean sprouts, cabbages, scallions, all the usual fresh and crisp vegetables came to life one by one and started a big battle with the king of lotus root. The scene is lively, both camps are evenly matched, until the ox-legged gourd fired the cannon, the green bean curd lit the fire rope, the eggplant, cucumber, garlic, chili peppers beat the hell out of them, and the king of the lotus root fled into the mud pond in a losing battle. The nursery rhymes are catchy, and the words are lively and fun.

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.