Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award
Where Are You Going, Grandpa Mulati
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The 9th Picture Book Award Winning Books

Synopsis

This is a humorous and witty picture book imbued with rich local flavor. The work narrates the story of an elderly man from Xinjiang, Grandpa Mulati, who set off to Beijing with his donkeys to visit his old friends. Throughout the journey, they climbed mountains and crossed rivers, and as they moved forward, a magnificent and delightful tapestry of life unfolded, depicting a warm and caring daily routine among people. Children, while laughing heartily, can not only immerse themselves in the joyful and winding journey but also appreciate the value of friendship and the warm feelings among people.

As an original picture book for integrated publishing, this book invites the internationally renowned yangqin master Guo Min passionately to provide music. By scanning the QR code in the book, readers can listen to the cheerful melodies, which complement the text and illustrations perfectly, creating a vivid and culturally rich journey on paper.

Book Details

  • Author：Yaming Tang
  • Illustrator：Xiang Zhou
  • Publisher：Tomorrow Publishing House
  • ISBN：978-7-5708-2564-6
  • Age Range：3-6
  • Publication Date：11-2024

Winners

Yaming Tang

Author of Where Are You Going, Grandpa Mulati
Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award

Tang Ya Ming was born in Beijing in 1953, and left for Japan in August 1983. He graduated in the Department of Arts, Waseda University, and received his postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Tokyo University. He then became the first foreign formal editor in Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., the most authoritative children's book publishing house in Japan, and has been working there for 28 years. He has edited many picture books, and has received many national and international awards. Many of his works are published in Japanese newspaper and magazines. His main translation works include The Jade Dew (received the 8th Takeshi Kaiko's award), Nezha and the Dragon King (received 22nd Picture Book Award of Kodensha Cultural Award), and Journey to the West (received 48th Sankei Children's Book Award). He is a former Asian representative and the illustration judge of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy. He is now the board member of JBBY, lecturer in Toyo University, Waseda University, and Sophia University. He also writes series articles in the NHK television network Chinese textbooks.

Xiang Zhou

Illustrator of Where Are You Going, Grandpa Mulati
Outstanding Children's Picture Book Award

For more than 30 years, Zhou Xiang has been producing prolific works in the world of children's publishing. Such works have been showcased in exhibitions of original paintings, and are now found in modern Chinese picture books. As Director of the Jiangsu Sino-Japanese Children's Literature and Art Exchange Association, Zhou has also engaged in cultural exchanges with Japan. Using Oriental Baby Press as a platform for his work, his repertoire includes the creation of picture books, concept editing, the promotion of picture book reading practices, mentoring Chinese local picture book editors, as well as talent scouting. Zhou creates illustrations for children's picture books. Among them, One Garden of Greens Turning into Spirits and The Morning Market of the Lotus Town were both inspired by his childhood experiences and won both the Jury Award of the first Feng Zikai Children’s Picture Book Award, in addition to the Excellent Children's Picture Book Award.