56 warm and humorous dialogues between parents and children illustrated into humorous cartoons. You will laugh when reading the children’s words and feel the complex feelings of upset but amused parents. <Compliment > Child: Mom, you don’t look good, but your cooking is good! (Mom: Is this a compliment or….?) <5 Chances> Dad: If you keep causing trouble, I will not sleep with you! Child: OK, OK! Just gave me 5 more chances! (Dad: Aren’t 5 chances too many?) <What room?> Child: Dad, do you know what “room” can be eaten? Dad: Living room? Bedroom? Umm…I can’t figure it out! Child: It’s “mushroom”! (Dad: Wow! Genius!) This title is a collection from the cartoon columns of children’s newspaper and the stories are from the author’s daily life with his family. The author added the parents’ reactions and inner thoughts after every cartoon to make this title more interesting when reading. The family was created as cute elephants and drawn by colored pencils, so the illustrations and the tone of this book is warm and soft.   Size: 19.6 x 17.5 cm    

Rights sold: Simplified Chinese A selected best Taiwanese children’s book for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. A tender, loving tale about care that is delicately passed down through generations. Grandma walks a long way into the mountain to pray for her grandson’s safety and gets him an amulet that will protect him during his travels––an amulet with five hundred strong arhats who will fight against any danger. Ever since then, no matter where the grandson goes––when he almost falls off of the cliff, or almost gets carried away by the sea waves, the arhats shield him with their lives. Gradually, grandson grows into a teenager, and one day, he travels in a train with only one arhat left by his side…. Five Hundred Arhats Protect Your Transit Safety is a warm, humane tale about love that is passed down through generations. Through drawings that bring colors of comfort, writer and illustrator Liu Shu-Gong recounts a family fable on grandparents’ loving dedication and care, a boy’s coming-of-age, and what it means for a child to grow into independence, especially having been shielded by family love. Liu incorporates Taiwanese local religious folklore and belief system, along with gentle touches of thin-lined drawings and simplistic language to render ceaseless protection and support that a child needs upon growing up.  

Rights sold: simplified Chinese, Thai , Korean Doggy, Kitty, and Piggy decide to go swimming in a mountain pool but forget to bring their floats. Worried that the water will be too deep, they ask the other animals if they can touch the bottom. When all say yes, the three friends jump in but, to their horror, the bottom is out of reach! What will happen next?   Size: 20 x 28 cm            

Rights sold: simplified Chinese, French A snake, a rabbit and a bear took a bus to go home. These passengers got off the bus one by one when they reached their own homes. Later the bus continued the trip alone and then got home at sunset.        

It was going to rain. “Did you smell the scent of rain?” three animals were discussing. What kind of smell was the rain like? Did it smell like the wind blowing on the beach? Or did it smell like the scent of grass? They climbed to the top of the hill and waited for the rain. Suddenly, it rained. Raindrops fell on the streets and the animals. They had a shower happily in the rain, and now they knew what the smell of rain was like....    

Rights sold: simplified Chinese, Thai, Korean, Malaysia Little mouse had a sudden urge for durians which he had never tried before. He asked his friends what the fruit tastes like. His friends, who have never tasted the fruit neither, all gave him an imaginary, satisfactory answer. When little mouse did get the durian from the market, all his friends scattered away because of the strong and strange smell. Little mouse finally took a bite of durian and found out it's not that bad at all.   Size: 16.8 x 25.2 cm    

Rights Sold: English, Korean, Estonian   The Bus is about to leave, so the bus driver asks the passengers to take out their tickets. Suddenly, a blast of wind blows everyone's tickets far away. The driver decides right away that he should get back the tickets. Therefore, the passengers follow the driver and embark on their journey, from the city to the incredible places! They ascend the mountains, climb the cliffs, and pass the seaside and the snow; they meet the fairy, the sea dragon king, and the snow monster… they even break into the racing tracks! At last, in the place where the sun sets, they find the tickets on a tall tree. Will they get back the tickets without a hitch? What amazing scene will there be on the tree? Hsu-Kung Liu uses orange and blue as his main colors throughout the book. His brushstrokes are simple and of childlike fun, and by using lively lines and large areas of color, he successfully presents a sense of vibrancy. His unique sense of humor makes this seemingly unrestrained story a little more philosophical and warm. (sourced from Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award website)   Size: 21.6 x 28.5 cm

Rights sold: English, Korean, Thai, Slovak, Simplified Chinese Ahhhh, look at the office of Mr. Minister, the kitchen of his wife, the room of her child, and the place of the homeless man… what a mess they made! With illustrations in details and interesting repetition cycle of the texts, this simple story, just like a modern fable, is full of sense of humor and implied meaning.   Size: 27 x 21.6 cm    

Rights sold: English, Simplified Chinese (China), Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)   Won the Golden Tripod Awards, Openbook Book of the Year, Best Children’s Book Award Selected for Hope Reading Project Top 100 and Reading List for Primary and Middle School Students   Growing up in the temple, Little Monk practices calligraphy everyday by writing a single character 雨 (rain). As he writes, slowly, his agitated heart grows calm and quiet. Written with effort and sincerity, the sheets and sheets of 雨 eventually transform into sweet rain, nourishing the parched earth and soothing sorrowful souls. A tale of gratitude, compassion, faith, and meditation.   Size: 21 x 29.7 cm