{"id":1248,"date":"2009-12-18T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T02:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2009\/12\/18\/nian_du_you_20091218\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:38:41","slug":"nian_du_you_20091218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2009\/12\/18\/nian_du_you_20091218\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Top 10 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books and Spe\u00adcial Hon\u00ador Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/nibanews\/newsimg\/news_11926_R.gif\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/nibanews\/newsimg\/news_11926_R.gif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Decem\u00adber 16, 2009, the 2009 Top 10 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books were announced. Since 2005, when Par\u00adents Must Read mag\u00ada\u00adzine and Red Mud Book Club joint\u00adly launched the annu\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s book rank\u00adings, the \u201cTop 10 Annu\u00adal Excel\u00adlent Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d have been com\u00adpiled for five con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive years through a three-pronged eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion sys\u00adtem: read\u00ader self-eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal selec\u00adtion, and expert selec\u00adtion. This has estab\u00adlished Chi\u00adna\u2019s own media chil\u00addren\u2019s book rank\u00adings. Each year, the \u201cTop 10 Annu\u00adal Excel\u00adlent Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d has become a high\u00adly cred\u00adi\u00adble chil\u00addren\u2019s book award in Chi\u00adna, increas\u00ading\u00adly becom\u00ading a bench\u00admark for Chi\u00adnese par\u00adents\u2019 choice of chil\u00addren\u2019s books and a grand event for chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading pro\u00admot\u00aders and the chil\u00addren\u2019s book pub\u00adlish\u00ading indus\u00adtry.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The top 10 chil\u00addren\u2019s books of 2009 includ\u00aded \u201cRiv\u00ader Swim\u00adming with Uncle Gum,\u201d \u201cThe Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs,\u201d \u201cSecrets of the Sea,\u201d \u201cA Gar\u00adden of Veg\u00adeta\u00adbles Became Spir\u00adits,\u201d \u201cCrazy Tues\u00adday,\u201d \u201cA Stroll,\u201d \u201cMiffy Pic\u00adture Book Series,\u201d \u201cIn the For\u00adest,\u201d \u201cThe Most Beau\u00adti\u00adful Pop\u00adu\u00adlar Sci\u00adence: Four Sea\u00adsons Clock Series,\u201d and \u201cDavid Goes to School.\u201d Three spe\u00adcial hon\u00adorary awards were added in 2009: the \u201cChi\u00adnese Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic Award\u201d for \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Peach Blos\u00adsom Spring,\u201d the \u201cOrig\u00adi\u00adnal Pic\u00adture Book New\u00adcom\u00ader Award\u201d for \u201cThe Birth of the For\u00adest,\u201d and the \u201cMost Approach\u00adable Clas\u00adsic Award\u201d for the \u201cFriends of Chil\u00addren\u201d series of pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Place: Going on a Riv\u00ader Cruise with Uncle Gan (Inspi\u00adra\u00adtional Selec\u00adtion of Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Mas\u00adter Pic\u00adture Books Series)<br>\nJohn Burningham\/Text and Pho\u00adtos, Lin Liang\/Translation<br>\nHebei Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Press<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20003957_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20003957_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>Uncle Gum has a boat, and one day, he\u2019s going for a riv\u00ader cruise. Peo\u00adple and ani\u00admals keep ask\u00ading to ride on Uncle Gum\u2019s boat. First, a boy and a girl, then a rab\u00adbit, a cat, a dog, a pig, a sheep\u2026 Once on the boat, every\u00adone for\u00adgets what Uncle Gum warned them not to do. The pig starts wan\u00adder\u00ading around, the dog chas\u00ades the cat, the cat tries to catch the rab\u00adbit\u2026 Final\u00adly, the boat cap\u00adsizes. How\u00adev\u00ader, Uncle Gum does\u00adn\u2019t for\u00adget to invite all his friends to join him for anoth\u00ader riv\u00ader cruise.<\/p>\n<p>This is the mag\u00adnum opus of Kate Green\u00adaway Medal win\u00adner John Burn\u00ading\u00adham. The book is per\u00adme\u00adat\u00aded with an atmos\u00adphere of free\u00addom, tol\u00ader\u00adance, and a will\u00ading\u00adness to embrace chil\u00addren\u2019s nature. Through the author\u2019s unflinch\u00ading nar\u00adra\u00adtive, we wit\u00adness a group of chil\u00addren with diverse per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties, a \u201cles\u00adson\u201d of growth, and a mod\u00adel of accep\u00adtance and trust between adults and chil\u00addren. It\u2019s a book worth savor\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sec\u00adond Place: The Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs (Genglin Cul\u00adture Select\u00aded Pic\u00adture Book Series)<br>\nDavid Wiesner\/Text and Pho\u00adtos, Peng Yi\/Translation<br>\nZhe\u00adjiang Juve\u00adnile and Chil\u00addren\u2019s Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005822_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005822_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>This is a twist on the clas\u00adsic fairy tale \u201cThe Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs.\u201d The three lit\u00adtle pig broth\u00aders build their own lit\u00adtle hous\u00ades, and once again, the Big Bad Wolf comes knock\u00ading. But this time, instead of falling down the chim\u00adney into boil\u00ading soup, the Big Bad Wolf blows the three lit\u00adtle pigs out of the sto\u00adry. Is it safe out\u00adside the sto\u00adry? How can the three lit\u00adtle pigs escape the evil Big Bad Wolf?<\/p>\n<p>Unbe\u00adliev\u00adable, post\u00admod\u00adern, uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal, refresh\u00ading\u2026 these are all words that thou\u00adsands of read\u00aders have gen\u00ader\u00adous\u00adly attrib\u00aduted to this Calde\u00adcott Medal-win\u00adning pic\u00adture book. This time, cre\u00adator David Wies\u00adner wants to let you know: It turns out that sto\u00adries can be told this way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place: Secrets of the Seabed (Inspi\u00adra\u00adtional Selec\u00adtion of Calde\u00adcott Medal Pic\u00adture Books)<br>\nDavid Wiesner\/Text and pho\u00adtos by Yu Zhiy\u00ading<br>\n\/Translated by Hebei Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Press<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005901_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005901_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>The sea\u00adside, a boy, and a drift\u00ading old camera\u2014this open\u00ading sounds like a rather unex\u00adcit\u00ading adven\u00adture film. Yet, David Wies\u00adner uses inge\u00adnious plot\u00adting to unfold a mag\u00adi\u00adcal and mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent world: a mechan\u00adi\u00adcal fish, a fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s evenings under the sea, a seashell city, aliens sight\u00adsee\u00ading on the seafloor\u2026 This is just the first of the book\u2019s inter\u00adlock\u00ading \u201csecrets.\u201d What oth\u00ader sur\u00adpris\u00ades lie hid\u00adden with\u00adin this hum\u00adble cam\u00adera?<\/p>\n<p>A bril\u00adliant\u00adly con\u00adceived word\u00adless book, a fan\u00adtas\u00adti\u00adcal fairy tale. Even know\u00ading it\u2019s a fan\u00adta\u00adsy, the inti\u00admate and real\u00adis\u00adtic images will make you exclaim: \u201cIsn\u2019t this the dream I had as a child?\u201d It offers curi\u00adous chil\u00addren a gate\u00adway to fan\u00adta\u00adsy, and makes adults who no longer believe in fairy tales believe again in the pow\u00ader of dreams. How fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading, how won\u00adder\u00adful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tied for fourth place: A Gar\u00adden of Green Veg\u00adeta\u00adbles Becomes a Spir\u00adit (Xinyi Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Pic\u00adture Book Series)<br>\nAdapt\u00aded from a north\u00adern nurs\u00adery rhyme by Zhou Xiang\/Photo<br>\nTomor\u00adrow Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005630_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005630_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>Out the gate, fac\u00ading due east, a gar\u00adden of lush green veg\u00adeta\u00adbles. No one had both\u00adered to notice them these past few days, but they\u2019ve all become quite spir\u00adit\u00aded. The green-head\u00aded radish calls itself king, the red-head\u00aded radish queen. The lotus roots next door are get\u00adting angry, send\u00ading a dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of war into the gar\u00adden\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Painter Zhou Xiang spent two years trans\u00adlat\u00ading this catchy north\u00adern folk song into pic\u00adture book form, vivid\u00adly depict\u00ading the live\u00adly bat\u00adtles among a gar\u00adden of veg\u00adeta\u00adbles, each show\u00adcas\u00ading their unique tal\u00adents. The paint\u00ading is imbued with the artist\u2019s care\u00adful\u00adly craft\u00aded humor and charm, allow\u00ading adults to relive their own child\u00adhood mis\u00adchief, while chil\u00addren can ful\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00adence a joy\u00adful game of trans\u00adform\u00ading into veg\u00adeta\u00adbles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tied for fourth place: Crazy Tues\u00adday (Inspired Selec\u00adtion of Calde\u00adcott Medal Pic\u00adture Books)<br>\nDavid Wiesner\/Text and pho\u00adtos, Hebei Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Press<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004036_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004036_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>A group of frogs soar into the sky on a lotus leaf. Where will they fly to? What crazy things will they do? Lat\u00ader, the shad\u00adow of a pig appears in mid-air\u2026 The plot is mag\u00adi\u00adcal, but the pic\u00adtures are incred\u00adi\u00adbly real\u00adis\u00adtic. This is a rec\u00adog\u00adnized clas\u00adsic of word\u00adless pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n<p>The most daz\u00adzling aspect of this book is its bold and unre\u00adstrained imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, which is sure to delight you and your child. Since it is word\u00adless, use it as a pic\u00adture script to chal\u00adlenge your imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. You will def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly be impressed by your child\u2019s col\u00ador\u00adful fan\u00adta\u00adsy world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tied for sixth place: Miffy Pic\u00adture Book Series (10 vol\u00adumes)<br>\n(Nether\u00adlands) Dick Bruna\/Text and Pho\u00adtos, Argen\u00adtine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\/Translation<br>\nTongqu Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005877_s.JPG\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005877_s.JPG<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>This is a clas\u00adsic series of enlight\u00aden\u00adment pic\u00adture books, cre\u00adat\u00aded by Dick Bruna, a pic\u00adture book mas\u00adter from the Nether\u00adlands. For half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry, this series of books has been called \u201ca child\u2019s first book\u201d and has had an impact around the world.<\/p>\n<p>This reprint of \u201cMiffy\u201d respects the orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u2019s lay\u00adout and fea\u00adtures a revised trans\u00adla\u00adtion, pre\u00adserv\u00ading the rhyme\u2019s fla\u00advor. The accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading guide\u00adbook intro\u00adduces Bruner\u2019s life, cre\u00adative process, and char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics, as well as the sto\u00adry behind Miffy\u2019s rise to world-class pic\u00adture book sta\u00adtus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tied for sixth place: A Tour (Inspir\u00ading Selec\u00adtion of World\u2019s Best\u00adselling Pic\u00adture Books)<br>\nText and pho\u00adtos by Jo Annales (USA); trans\u00adla\u00adtion by Pan Muren<br>\nHebei Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Press<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004188_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004188_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>Open\u00ading the first page, one begins in the coun\u00adtry\u00adside, pass\u00ading through fields, roads, and cities, until the final page, \u201cclimb\u00ading the tallest build\u00ading to over\u00adlook,\u201d a jour\u00adney com\u00adpletes. Then, turn\u00ading the book upside down, a mir\u00ada\u00adcle occurs: the last page becomes the first stop on the return jour\u00adney. Turn\u00ading the pages again, build\u00adings trans\u00adform into stars, cin\u00ade\u00admas into restau\u00adrants, and water plants into fire\u00adworks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On the first page, we\u2019re back where we start\u00aded, tru\u00adly \u201ccir\u00adcling the cir\u00adcle.\u201d This inspir\u00ading black-and-white sil\u00adhou\u00adette book, flipped and turned, beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly com\u00adpos\u00ades a sto\u00adry. The idea of \u201csee\u00ading the world from a dif\u00adfer\u00adent per\u00adspec\u00adtive\u201d sub\u00adtly cul\u00adti\u00advates chil\u00addren\u2019s cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. In the For\u00adest (Pop\u00adu\u00adlar Pic\u00adture Book Series)<br>\nText and pho\u00adtos by Mary Ho Ace, trans\u00adlat\u00aded by Zhao Jing<br>\n21st Cen\u00adtu\u00adry Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005688_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005688_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>A lit\u00adtle boy, wear\u00ading his new trum\u00adpet and a paper hat, wan\u00adders into the for\u00adest. A lion combs his hair, a baby ele\u00adphant takes a bath, a large brown bear feasts on hon\u00adey and peanuts, and a fam\u00adi\u00adly of kan\u00adga\u00adroos teach\u00ades their baby kan\u00adga\u00adroos how to high jump\u2026 More and more ani\u00admal friends join the boy on his jour\u00adney. They play togeth\u00ader until his father takes him home.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nao Mat\u00adsui has repeat\u00aded\u00adly stat\u00aded that this is his favorite pic\u00adture book. While the sto\u00adry appears sim\u00adple and child\u00adlike on the sur\u00adface, it con\u00adceals pro\u00adfound reflec\u00adtions on life and nature. Peo\u00adple of dif\u00adfer\u00adent ages and moods will inter\u00adpret it differently\u2014perhaps this is the beau\u00adty of pic\u00adture books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. The Most Beau\u00adti\u00adful Pop\u00adu\u00adlar Sci\u00adence: Four Sea\u00adsons Clock Series (6 Vol\u00adumes) (Genglin Cul\u00adture)<br>\nUna Jacob (Ger\u00admany) Ing\u00adgard Root (Ger\u00admany) \/ Text and Pho\u00adtos, Gu Bai \/ Trans\u00adla\u00adtion<br>\nWan\u00adjuan Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><br>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004238_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004238_s.jpg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>Put 20 dif\u00adfer\u00adent kinds of leaves togeth\u00ader and tell their names? How do plants and ani\u00admals spend their days and nights? \u2026 This is a series of long-last\u00ading and read\u00adable nat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00adence pic\u00adture books that use vivid lan\u00adguage to tell peo\u00adple the lit\u00adtle-known secrets of the sun, earth, trees, grass, flow\u00aders and but\u00adter\u00adflies.<\/p>\n<p>The author is a famous nat\u00adur\u00adal sci\u00aden\u00adtist, chil\u00addren\u2019s book writer and illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, with beau\u00adti\u00adful writ\u00ading and illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. This book has won the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 10: David Goes to School (Inspi\u00adra\u00adtional Selec\u00adtion of World\u2019s Out\u00adstand\u00ading Pic\u00adture Books Series)<br>\nDavid Shannon\/Text and Pho\u00adtos, Yu Zhiying\/Translation<br>\nHebei Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Press<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005750_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10005750_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>David, the incred\u00adi\u00adbly mis\u00adchie\u00advous lit\u00adtle trou\u00adble\u00admak\u00ader from \u201cDavid Can\u2019t,\u201d has grown up and is ready to go to school. Like every oth\u00ader boy, he hates school. This renowned trou\u00adble\u00admak\u00ader wreaks hav\u00adoc at school! But, odd\u00adly enough, even though he bul\u00adlies girls, knocks over lunch box\u00ades, and scrib\u00adbles all over his desk with col\u00adored pen\u00adcils, the teacher always says, \u201cWell done, David!\u201d Guess how he does it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spe\u00adcial Hon\u00ador Award \u2014 Chi\u00adnese Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics Award:<br>\n<\/strong><strong>The Sto\u00adry of Peach Blos\u00adsom Spring (Dol\u00adphin Pic\u00adture Book Gar\u00adden)<br>\n(Japan\u00adese) Mat\u00adsui Nao\/Text Cai Gao\/Photos Tang Yam\u00ading<br>\n\/Translation: Shang\u00adhai Peo\u00adple\u2019s Fine Arts Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House<\/strong><br>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10006045_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10006045_s.jpg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>A mas\u00adter\u00adpiece steeped in Chi\u00adnese cul\u00adture. The sto\u00adry, adapt\u00aded by Nao Mat\u00adsui based on Tao Yuan\u00adming\u2019s \u201cPeach Blos\u00adsom Spring,\u201d is depict\u00aded by artist Cai Gao in beau\u00adti\u00adful, tran\u00adquil illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, cap\u00adtur\u00ading the authen\u00adtic Peach Blos\u00adsom Spring. This tru\u00adly clas\u00adsic work is sure to evoke child\u00adhood mem\u00ado\u00adries of a peace\u00adful, idyl\u00adlic par\u00adadise.<\/p>\n<p>Tell it to your chil\u00addren. I believe that one day in the future, he will also tell it to his chil\u00addren. This is the charm of Chi\u00adnese cul\u00adture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spe\u00adcial Hon\u00ador Award for Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Pic\u00adture Book New\u00adcom\u00ader:<br>\nThe Birth of the For\u00adest (Wuse\u00adtu Orig\u00adi\u00adnal Pic\u00adture Book Series, Vol. 1)<br>\nWang Zibao\/Text and pho\u00adtos, Anhui Juve\u00adnile and Chil\u00addren\u2019s Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004119_s.jpg\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_20004119_s.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>First, there was a bird. It brought a seed, which land\u00aded on a bar\u00adren patch of land. Sun\u00adlight shone, rain and dew moist\u00adened the ground, and the seed qui\u00adet\u00adly sprout\u00aded and grew, even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly becom\u00ading a large tree. The tree\u2019s lush\u00adness attract\u00aded more birds, who brought more seeds\u2026 When the bird passed by again, the patch had become a for\u00adest.<\/p>\n<p>This is a thought\u00adful and impres\u00adsive orig\u00adi\u00adnal pic\u00adture book. Com\u00adbin\u00ading paper-cut\u00adting and print\u00admak\u00ading styles, it teach\u00ades chil\u00addren to view life and the ever-chang\u00ading nature with a poet\u00adic eye.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spe\u00adcial Hon\u00ador Award: Most Approach\u00adable Clas\u00adsic Award:<br>\nThe Giv\u00ading Tree Pic\u00adture Book Series: Friends of Chil\u00addren 1\u201312<br>\nNan\u00adhai Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10006013_s.gif\">http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bookclub\/images\/books\/book_10006013_s.gif<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded rea\u00adsons:<\/strong>\u201cFriends of Chil\u00addren\u201d was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly a month\u00adly pic\u00adture book mag\u00ada\u00adzine found\u00aded by Japan\u00adese pic\u00adture book pub\u00adlish\u00ader Nao Mat\u00adsui. Many of its titles have become clas\u00adsics. The series, import\u00aded and pub\u00adlished by the Giv\u00ading Tree Pic\u00adture Book Library, main\u00adtains the orig\u00adi\u00adnal print\u00ading style while main\u00adtain\u00ading afford\u00adable pric\u00ading, almost like mag\u00ada\u00adzine prices, mak\u00ading it high\u00adly acces\u00adsi\u00adble. Since its pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion, many titles have been short\u00adlist\u00aded for the top 10, includ\u00ading \u201cPulling the Radish,\u201d which made the 2008 top 10 rank\u00ading. 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