The Flame Bird

Author： Sun Yu Illustrator： Hassan [Iran]

Changjiang Children’s Press Ltd.

November 2018

48.00 （CNY）

Brief introduction：

This is a story about greed and loss， a book for children to start understanding themselves as well as others， and how they interact with the world.

Once upon a time， there was a king. A keen collector of all sorts of eccentrics from around the world， he had in his collection the joke-telling parrot， the chess-playing monkey and the tiny elephant that would never grow. It just happened that one day he heard about this miraculous bird that appeared only in the fire — the flame bird. The king wanted this bird so bad that he banned the use of fire in the whole country， leading to great suffering and unceasing complaints from the people. The flame bird finally discovered the flashing fire in the royal palace and made its way in， however the fire grew uncontrollable as a result of the king’s greed， and he got the punishment he deserved.

Sun Yu

Author of children’s books， translator， and MA in Children’s Literature. She won multiple awards， including but not limited to： the “Golden Pinwheel” Chinese Original Children’s Book Award at the 1st China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair （CCBF）， Grand Prize in the junior group of Bing Xin Children’s New Literature Works Award， Bing Xin Children’s Literature Award， Grand Jury Prize of Taiwan Jiuge Modern Literature for Teenagers Award. The copyright of her works has been exported to other countries such as Malaysia.

Hassan [Iranian]

Hassan Amekan is a world-renowned Iranian painter and illustrator. He has held exhibitions in Italy， France， and Japan， to name a few. His works have been published in multiple countries， including Spain， Japan， South Korea， and the UK. He has been nominated three times for the Bologna Illustration Exhibitions.