This book is a tribute to nature and life by Golden Tripod Winner Tom Liu. With vivid imagination, the author depicts Grandma Tao Lin’s peach tree, and brings out the story of a modern “Promised Land.”
The 5th Picture Book Award Winning Books
Synopsis
Book Details
- Author：Tom Liu
- Illustrator：Tom Liu
- Publisher：Global Kids Books, a division of Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group
- ISBN：978-986-479-034-0
- Age Range：5-8
- Publication Date：8 – 2016
Winners
Tom Liu
Author and Illustrator of Grandma Lin's Peach Tree
Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award
Author and Illustrator of The Scariest Day of My Life
Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award
Author and Illustrator of It's Raining!
Judging Panel's Recommended Award
Ever since he was a child, Chen-Kuo Liu (born in Taipei, 1966) has lived a life as eventful as one in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Chen-Kuo has been engaged in creative work since he graduated from the sculpture department of the National Taiwan University of Arts. Now he lives a simple and well-ordered life, and has a particular interest in the composition of simplistic shapes. His major works include The Cow Who Loves to Eat Fruits, The Crocodile Who Loves to Eat Greens, Jack the Architect, Tom the Dress Maker, The Large-Beaked Bird Delivery (published by Hsin-Yi Foundation Publications), Doesn't Matter if it Looks Alike, it is Raining!, and The Scariest Day of My Life (published by Global Kids Books), Kling Kling Cusi's Fantastic World of Arts (published by Artco Kids), and more. Chen-Kuo's work has received the following honors: Hsin-Yi Picture Book Award, Taipei Public Library Best Children's Book of the Year, Golden Tripod Award, and Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award. His works have also been selected as the recommended illustrated work at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and the Taiwan Pavilion of the Frankfurt Book Fair several times.
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