The Twenty-Four Solar Terms for Children·Enlightenment Picture Book on Traditional Chinese Culture and Natural Science (4 volumes in total)

by Liu Xingshi
Illustrator Duan Zhang Qiyi Studio
PublisherChangjiang Children's Publishing House
Published May 2018

Ages 3-10 years old

About

"The Twenty-Four Solar Terms for Children" is a set of original popular science picture books about the twenty-four solar terms for children. It was co-created by the famous science popularization writer Liu Xingshi and the well-known domestic illustration team Duan Zhang Qiyi. It is divided into "Spring" and "Summer". "Autumn" and "Winter" are 4 volumes, each containing 6 solar terms, including solar terms theory, animals and plants, traditional customs, poems and songs, solar terms stories, etc., told through simple and elegant Chinese-style pictures and poetic language. The historical origin of the twenty-four solar terms, an ancient and great Chinese invention, and its impact on people’s production and life. The Twenty-Four Solar Terms are the crystallization of wisdom presented to the world by the great Chinese people. This book uses real pictures to depict traditional Chinese streets, courtyards and the changing seasons of the land that children rarely see, showing the charm of nature and the interest of agriculture and rural areas; it integrates wonderful traditional Chinese stories, customs and festivals, seasonal proverbs and animals. Plant climate allows children to experience the beauty of traditional culture and natural science; it includes ancient poems, solar terms songs, proverbs, school songs and other audio and video, as well as interactive columns such as traditional games and plant paintings, presenting a three-dimensional set of interactive columns that children can truly participate in The "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" picture book has become a fine reading material for the enlightenment of China's excellent traditional culture and natural science education.

About the Author

Liu Xingshi: Famous science popularization writer, geology professor, prehistoric archaeological researcher, honorary director of China Popular Science Writers Association. Born in 1931, graduated from Peking University. . So far, more than 240 books have been published at home and abroad, including "Columbus from America", "Star Child", "Old Goblin in the Creek", etc. He has won 147 awards, including the China Publishing Government Award, the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Bing Xin Children's Book Award, and the National Outstanding Popular Science Work Award. He was commended by the China Popular Science Writers Association as a popular science writer with outstanding achievements, and was selected as a "popular science writer loved by children" by relevant organizations.

Duan Zhang Chuyi Studio: a well-known picture book illustration team in China, founded in 2009, has created and published nearly 300 picture books.

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