Pu Songling's Desk-mate is A Flower Fairy

by Chang Li

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The Picture Book of Philosophical Stories for Children inspired by four Chinese and foreign literary classics (Tales from a Carefree Studio, Moby Dick, Don Quixote, and A Midsummer Night's Dream), this book carefully retells the works of four famous writers - Pu Songling, Herman Melville, Cervantes, and Shakespeare - all set in the context of modern children's lives, containing profound philosophical ideas, and skillfully incorporating the true meaning of wisdom and discernment. The form of this book is children's favorite picture books style, so that children can talk to literary classics and understand the philosophy in the stories. According to Pu Songling's "Liao Zhai Zhiyi", the persona of Pu Songling is preserved and taken from the autobiography of "Liao Zhai Zhiyi" as well as part of the storyline. A lonely child with a world of his own. Showing a journey of waves, a history of retrospection and reflection, a future that should be even better. A lonely child, in need of friendship, a friend in trouble, in need of help. When the individual fights against power, the whole of nature comes to help, and the plant grows wildly, both in anger and in ecstasy.

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Author Biography

Chang Li, a writer of children's literature, has a PhD in literature from Fudan University, teaches at the College of Humanities, Zhejiang Normal University, and is a master's student supervisor at the Children's Literature Research Center. He is the author of academic books such as "Let's Tell Stories Better: A Study of Picture Book Narrative Discourse" and "Creative Writing", and picture books such as "Letters from Animals", "How to Get an Elephant Off a Swing?", "Whispering about Viruses", and "How to Get an Elephant Off a Swing?" was shortlisted for the 2020 "Children's Book Laureate".

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Hunan Juvenile & Children's Publishing House
  • Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
  • ISBN/Identifier 9787556261352
  • Publication Country or regionChina
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 45.80 CNY
  • Pages48
  • ReadershipChildren
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language Title蒲松龄的同桌是花仙
  • Original Language Authors常立
  • Dimensions245×255 mm
  • SeriesPicture Book of Philosophical Stories for Children
  • Series Part4

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