May 12–18 “When Eastern Mimi Meets Western Stars and Moons” Tour (Meetings in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou)

   
“Stars and Moon” is one of the most impor­tant con­tem­po­rary Amer­i­can pic­ture book clas­sics. The “Mimi Series” is the most pop­u­lar orig­i­nal chil­dren’s pic­ture book in Tai­wan, hav­ing suc­cess­ful­ly sold copy­rights in over ten coun­tries. All of these books have recent­ly been pub­lished in main­land Chi­na by Hebei Juve­nile and Chil­dren’s Pub­lish­ing House. From May 12th to 18th, the two cre­ators will hold read­er meet­ings and cre­ative work­shops in Bei­jing, Yi Coun­ty, Hebei Province, Shang­hai, Shen­zhen, Guangzhou, and oth­er cities. Stay tuned.
   
This event was ini­ti­at­ed and host­ed by Bei­jing Hey­ing Cul­ture Com­pa­ny, co-orga­nized by Hongniba.com, and strong­ly sup­port­ed by pub­lic wel­fare orga­ni­za­tions such as Green Chil­dren, Smile Library, and Clover Sto­ry Fam­i­ly, as well as rel­e­vant kinder­gartens, schools, and libraries across the coun­try. Details of the event are as fol­lows:
 
【Activ­i­ty 1】Beijing
Time: May 12 (Thurs­day) after­noon
Loca­tion: Bei­jing Nor­mal Uni­ver­si­ty Exper­i­men­tal Kinder­garten
Theme: If you love him, read him a good sto­ry and sing nurs­ery rhymes with him.
 
 【Activ­i­ty 2】Yi Coun­ty, Hebei
Date: May 13 (Fri­day)
Loca­tion: Hebei Dalonghua Pri­ma­ry School
Theme: My Growth and Read­ing (Invit­ing writ­ers and painters to com­mu­ni­cate with chil­dren in rur­al pri­ma­ry schools)
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
 
 【Event 3】Beijing (Accept­ing Appli­ca­tions)
Time: May 14 (Sat­ur­day) 9:30–11:30
Loca­tion: Bei­jing YWCA (No. 33, Xitangzi Hutong, Wang­fu­jing Street, Dongcheng Dis­trict)
Trans­porta­tion: Take Metro Line 5 to Deng­shik­ou Sta­tion, exit C, and walk west to the end of Xitangzi Hutong.

Take bus No. 103, 104, 803, or 814 to the “Xin­dong’an Mar­ket” stop, which is oppo­site the north gate (behind the Tai­wan Hotel); or take bus No. 110, 116, 684, or 813 to the “Mishi Dajie” stop, and walk to the end of Xitangzi Hutong on the west side of the road.
 Theme: Hey­ing chil­dren’s book sto­ry­telling, read­ers’ meet­ing
Con­tent: Sto­ry­telling, singing nurs­ery rhymes with folk music accom­pa­ni­ment; the author of Mimi and the Stars and Moon meets with read­ers of all ages.
Host: Argen­tine Primera División
Tar­get audi­ence: Pic­ture book enthu­si­asts of all ages (rec­om­mend­ed age: 4 years and up; lim­it­ed space, accom­mo­dat­ing only 50 fam­i­lies; inter­est­ed par­ties please make an appoint­ment; free)
Inquiry email:heryin@heryin.com(Bei­jing and Eng­lish)
Reg­is­tra­tion phone num­ber: 010–64934774 64934784 (Hongniba.com)
 
【Event 4】Beijing (Accept­ing Reg­is­tra­tion)
Date: May 14 (Sat­ur­day) (1:30 PM — 5:00 PM)
Loca­tion: Bei­jing YWCA (No. 33, Xitangzi Hutong, Wang­fu­jing Street, Dongcheng Dis­trict)
Trans­porta­tion: (See Activ­i­ty 3 for details)
 Con­tent 1:
Theme: When East­ern Mimi Meets West­ern Stars and Moon
Speak­ers: Janelle Ken­non & Zhou Yifen
Host: Argen­tine Primera División
Con­tent 2:
Top­ic: Janelle Ken­non’s Cre­ative World (Work­shop)
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
Host: Argen­tine Primera División

Tar­get Audi­ence: Par­ents, pic­ture book enthu­si­asts, cre­ators, and edi­tors (Not rec­om­mend­ed for chil­dren under 10 years old; lim­it­ed space allows only 120 par­tic­i­pants. Inter­est­ed par­tic­i­pants please make an appoint­ment to reg­is­ter; free)
Inquiry email:heryin@heryin.com(Bei­jing and Eng­lish)
Con­sul­ta­tion and reg­is­tra­tion phone num­ber: 010–64934774 64934784 (Hongniba.com)
 
【Event 5】Shanghai (Reg­is­tra­tion Accept­ed)
Time: May 15 (Sun­day) (13:30~17:00)
Loca­tion: Mul­ti-func­tion Hall on the 4th floor of Shang­hai Dapu Com­mu­ni­ty Cul­tur­al Activ­i­ty Cen­ter
Detailed address: No. 223 Mengzi Road, Luwan Dis­trict, Shang­hai (near Xietu Road)
Con­tent 1:
Theme: When East­ern Mimi Meets West­ern Stars and Moon
Speak­ers: Janelle Ken­non & Zhou Yifen
Host: Argen­tine Primera División
 Con­tent 2:
Top­ic: Janelle Ken­non’s Cre­ative World (Work­shop)
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
Host: Argen­tine Primera División

 Tar­get Audi­ence: Par­ents, pic­ture book enthu­si­asts, cre­ators, and edi­tors (Not rec­om­mend­ed for chil­dren under 10 years old; lim­it­ed space allows only 140 par­tic­i­pants. Inter­est­ed par­tic­i­pants please make an appoint­ment to reg­is­ter; free)
Inquiry email:heryin@heryin.com(Bei­jing and Eng­lish)
Con­sul­ta­tion and reg­is­tra­tion tele­phone num­ber: 021–53069187 (Luwan Dis­trict Youth League Com­mit­tee)
010–64934774 64934784 (Red Mud Net­work)
 【Activ­i­ty 6】Shenzhen
Time: Tues­day, May 17, 9:30 AM — 11:30 AM
Loca­tion: Nan­shan Affil­i­at­ed School of Shen­zhen Cen­tral Insti­tute of Edu­ca­tion­al Sci­ences
Theme: My Growth and Read­ing
Con­tent: Writ­ers and painters share their growth and read­ing expe­ri­ences; inter­ac­tive activ­i­ties with pri­ma­ry school stu­dents; paint­ing exchanges, etc.
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
 【Event 7】Shenzhen (Accept­ing Appli­ca­tions)
Time: May 17 (Tues­day) (1:30 PM — 5:00 PM)
Loca­tion: Nan­shan Affil­i­at­ed School of Shen­zhen Cen­tral Insti­tute of Edu­ca­tion­al Sci­ences
 Con­tent 1:
Theme: When East­ern Mimi Meets West­ern Stars and Moon
Speak­ers: Janelle Ken­non & Zhou Yifen
Host: Argen­tine Primera División
 Con­tent 2:
Top­ic: Janelle Ken­non’s Cre­ative World (Work­shop)
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
Host: Argen­tine Primera División

 Tar­get audi­ence: Par­ents, pic­ture book enthu­si­asts, cre­ators, and edi­tors (this event is pri­mar­i­ly for mem­bers of the Clover Sto­ry­telling fam­i­ly; inter­est­ed par­tic­i­pants can also make an appoint­ment to reg­is­ter; free of charge)
Inquiry email:heryin@heryin.com(Bei­jing and Eng­lish)
Con­sul­ta­tion and reg­is­tra­tion phone num­ber: 13480778848 (Shen­zhen Star Clover)
010–64934774 64934784 (Red Mud Net­work)
 【Activ­i­ty 7】Guangzhou
Time: Wednes­day, May 18, morn­ing
Loca­tion: Mil­i­tary Region Head­quar­ters Kinder­garten
Theme: If you love him, read him a good sto­ry and sing nurs­ery rhymes with him.
 【Event 8】Guangzhou (Accept­ing Reg­is­tra­tion)
Time: May 18 (Wednes­day) 1:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Loca­tion: Lec­ture Hall, 3rd Floor, Guangzhou Library (No. 42, Zhong­shan 4th Road, Guangzhou)
Trans­porta­tion: Sub­way Line 1, Agri­cul­tur­al Col­lege Sta­tion, Exit C, or take the bus to Agri­cul­tur­al Col­lege Sta­tion.
 Con­tent 1:
Theme: When East­ern Mimi Meets West­ern Stars and Moon
Speak­ers: Janelle Ken­non & Zhou Yifen
Host: Argen­tine Primera División
 Con­tent 2:
Top­ic: Janelle Ken­non’s Cre­ative World (Work­shop)
Speak­er: Janelle Ken­non
Host: Argen­tine Primera División

 Tar­get Audi­ence: Par­ents, pic­ture book enthu­si­asts, cre­ators, and edi­tors (Not rec­om­mend­ed for chil­dren under 10 years old; due to lim­it­ed capac­i­ty at the main venue, inter­est­ed par­tic­i­pants are request­ed to reg­is­ter in advance. How­ev­er, those who have not reg­is­tered or arrive late can still watch the event through the closed-cir­cuit tele­vi­sion in the muse­um; free of charge)
Inquiry email:heryin@heryin.com(Bei­jing and Eng­lish)
Inquiry and reg­is­tra­tion tele­phone num­ber: Guangzhou Library Chil­dren’s Depart­ment 020–83884389 (direct line), 020–83333885 ext. 2048
Chil­dren’s Depart­ment of Zhong­shan Library of Jiang­su Province: 020–83324362
010–64934774 64934784 (Red Mud Net­work)
 【Intro­duc­tion to the two speak­ers】
Janell Can­non
   
A renowned Amer­i­can chil­dren’s author and illus­tra­tor cur­rent­ly liv­ing in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, her works have won numer­ous awards and are wide­ly beloved by chil­dren. Before devot­ing her­self full-time to chil­dren’s book writ­ing, she worked for many years at a pub­lic library, plan­ning and pro­duc­ing sum­mer read­ing pro­grams. She has writ­ten a series of sto­ries about ani­mals that are gen­er­al­ly con­sid­ered unlov­able and unpop­u­lar. Upon its release in the Unit­ed States, “Star and Moon” imme­di­ate­ly won the ABBY Best­seller Chil­dren’s Book of the Year award. The adorable lit­tle bats, Star and Moon, cap­ti­vat­ed count­less chil­dren, cat­a­pult­ing Ken­non to fame as one of the most impor­tant con­tem­po­rary Amer­i­can chil­dren’s book cre­ators.
   
Two of Janelle’s pic­ture books, “Stars and Moon” and “Green Flute,” will soon be pub­lished in sim­pli­fied Chi­nese. The sim­pli­fied Chi­nese ver­sions have been reviewed and trans­lat­ed by Ajia. These two books are extreme­ly pop­u­lar in Amer­i­can ele­men­tary schools. Besides their lit­er­ary val­ue, they also offer sol­id sci­en­tif­ic con­tent, mak­ing them ide­al for sci­ence teach­ers. Con­se­quent­ly, they have con­sis­tent­ly ranked among the top 10 in recent read­er polls.
   
The Tra­di­tion­al Chi­nese ver­sion of “Xingyue” can be found at the fol­low­ing web­site:
    http://www.heryin.com/grup_01.htm
 Zhou Yifen (Edi­tor-in-Chief, Tai­wan Hey­ing Pub­lish­ing House)

    
A moth­er of two. After earn­ing a mas­ter’s degree in Japan­ese lit­er­a­ture in Tai­wan, she went to the Unit­ed States to obtain a mas­ter’s degree in edu­ca­tion­al psy­chol­o­gy. In 2002, she received her doc­tor­ate from Bei­jing Nor­mal Uni­ver­si­ty, with a dis­ser­ta­tion titled “An Explo­ration of Chil­dren’s Favorite Pic­ture Books from the Per­spec­tive of Cog­ni­tive Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chol­o­gy.” She has been an edi­tor of chil­dren’s books for over a decade and has won the Gold­en Tri­pod Award for Best Edi­tor. Her pic­ture books include “Mimi Says No,” “Mimi Loves to Imi­tate,” “Mimi Learns to Tidy Up,” “Mimi Sit on the Toi­let,” and “Dong­dong’s First Flight.” The copy­rights for the Mimi series have been sold in over ten coun­tries, and it has topped the Eslite Book­store best­seller list for three con­sec­u­tive years. “Dong­dong’s First Flight” won the “Good Books for Every­one” Chil­dren’s Book of the Year Award.

    
The “Mimi Series” co-cre­at­ed by Zhou Yifen and Chen Zhiyuan is cur­rent­ly the most impor­tant orig­i­nal chil­dren’s pic­ture book brand in Tai­wan. Her encounter with Janelle Ken­non also has an inter­est­ing sto­ry, and the con­ver­sa­tion between the two about the humor and fun in pic­ture books should also be very inter­est­ing.
 
About the Host:

Ajia, a chil­dren’s read­ing pro­mot­er, grad­u­at­ed from the Law Depart­ment of Fudan Uni­ver­si­ty in Shang­hai and a vora­cious read­er. Hav­ing worked in var­i­ous pro­fes­sions, his pas­sion for “doing some­thing for chil­dren” ulti­mate­ly led him to a career filled with chil­dren, where he spends his days hav­ing fun. In 2000, he co-found­ed the chil­dren’s web­site “Red Mud Vil­lage” with Car­rot Detec­tive and oth­ers, and worked hard to make it the most pop­u­lar chil­dren’s web­site in Chi­na. In 2002, he co-found­ed the Red Mud Read­ing Club, active­ly pro­mot­ing chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture and read­ing activ­i­ties. He is the co-author of “101 Books That Will Hook Chil­dren,” “100 Key Ques­tions About Chil­dren’s Read­ing,” “Help­ing Chil­dren Fall in Love with Read­ing: A Chil­dren’s Read­ing Pro­mo­tion Hand­book,” and “Six Peo­ple Talk­ing About Read­ing in Chi­na.” He has also trans­lat­ed numer­ous pic­ture books, includ­ing “Courage,” “The Lit­tle House,” “Stone Soup,” and “Where the Wild Things Are.”
 
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