Author Biography

Xue Tao is a national first-class writer in China. He is currently the curator of the Liaoning Literature Museum. In 2017, he was identified as a "National Cultural Master" and obtained the State Council special allowance. He has published more than 50 works of children's literature, among which The Girl Flying with Dandelions, Bubbles Go Travelling, The Small Fortress, and White Milky Way are very influential. He is considered "an outstanding representative of the fifth generation of Chinese children's literature writers."

Taozi is one of the top ten folk artists in China. Since childhood, she has loved the art of painting, and has done screen printing and pattern design for children's clothing. Specializing in the creation of folk paintings for many years, she has created more than 100 pieces of folk art. The works are diverse in form and full of regional characteristics. Her representative works are: Field of Hope, Stubborn Calf, Pickle Cabbage, Making Flowers, Northeast Customs, and Fish Swimming to Spring.