Popular titles by Cao Wenxuan, Hans Christian Anderson Award Winner 2016

Bronze and Sunflower

The story of two children bound to each other through familial affection and the determination to survive. Sunflower is the daughter of an artist banished to do hard labor at a rural cadre school and Bronze is the mute son of impoverished villagers who live nearby. After Sunflower's father dies, Bronze persuades his parents to take her in and the family devotes itself to giving her a decent life in the face of extreme hardship that threatens repeatedly to destroy them. The unique and unforgettable characters, the succinct style and fluent narration, the beautiful and elegant language, the lingering charm of its artistic conception, and the expression of deep and sincere emotion all make this book heartwarming and enchanting. This book sold 2.5 million copies after the first edition was published in 2005.

Copyrights sold: South Korea, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Vietnam, Slovenia, etc.

Awards:

The 7th National Children's Literature Award of the Chinese Writers Association

The 10th "Five-One Project Award" of the Communist Publicity Department

The 1st Chinese Government Award

Excellent Books of Jiangsu Province

The English PEN Award