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Seven years old is undoubtedly a turning point in the growing journey. They are about to step into an ocean of knowledge after leaving the pool of fun—Kindergarten. They are about to be on their own after freeing from their teachers’ and parents’ protection. What adventure will the children get into? What strange ideas will the children burst in their little mind? What about the parents after their children go to the primary school?

This book is a long documentary novel and it was written by Liu Jianping when his son was seven years old. This book depicts the dawn of every morning and leaving and returning of his sone. This book was once adapted into a four-episode TV show-《The Great Bangbang》by Nanjing TV Station and it won “Feitian Award”

The Selling Points:

The hero –Abo in this book is the only child in his family and he lives a happy life with his parents. The author vividly and detailedly records abo’s one-year campus life after he goes to school.

His babyish kindness, his babyish mistakes, his new-born vanity and his stubborn and aggressive character forms a colorful and interesting life of this seven-year-old boy. His lively vitality and lovely interest form an innocent song of life.

Commented by Tang Sulan

Author Biography

Liu Jianping, a member of Chinese Writers Association, was born on November 18, 1953 accoriong to the Chinese lunar calendar, in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. In 1974, he began to publish works, and has published more than ten books by now, including children's literature collection of short stories, and novels. Among his works, the short story 《I Want My Carving Knife》won the First National Excellent Children's Literature Award, and 《You Are Seven Years Old This Year 》won the Second National Excellent Children's Literature Award and Soong Ching-ling Prize for Children's Literature as well. In June 1973, he went to live and work in a production team of a nursery garden in Kunshan, and in April 1976 he was transferred to Kunshan cultural center as a creator. Two years later, in October 1978, he was transferred to the Jiangsu editorial department of Juvenile Literature as a novel editor. From October 1988 he became the director of Literature Department in Phoenix Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, and then in April 1996, he started to serve as the vice president of Phoenix Juvenile and Children's Publishing House. In June 1999, he was transferred to the president and chief editor of Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, and in January 2006, the president and chief editor of Jiangsu People's Publishing House. From 2011 he kept working as Phoenix Publishing & Media Group deputy general manager till his retirement in 2015.