Highlighting issues of environmental protection, human identity, and the pursuit of self, this remarkable modern fable brings philosophical subjects to the forefront through humor and imagination. When a brown bear awakes from hibernation, he is surprised to find that a modern factory has been built right over his den. His bewilderment only grows when a factory guard mistakes him for an unshaven human and, failing to prove his identity, is forced to become a factory worker.

The Bear Who Wanted to Be a Bear

Children's Books

Steiner, Jörg

Animals

Heryin Books, Inc.

In a small Chinese village a stone-carved lion sits and watches as a guardian spirit and holder of the villagers' collective memory. Older people stop, stroking his head to remember the past and children walk by knowing he watches over them to keep them safe. Whimsical illustrations and inventive visual perspectives depict the lion's expressions as he recounts his memories of the villagers over the years in daylight and evening and in the changing of the seasons.

The Little Stone Lion

Xiong, Kim

Christmas at the Bear family household is slim this year, but Mother Bear and Father Bear create holiday spirit by adorning their home with decorations sewn from outgrown clothes and a tree assembled from gathered branches dusted with flour. Little Bear worries whether Santa will come and ultimately proves to be the most resourceful to ensure that gifts are under the tree. On Christmas day everyone has a present—a mended kite for Brother; a once-missing umbrella for Sister; a favorite old hat for Father; and, for Mother, a long-lost button that has been conspicuously missing from her red dress. This charming tale demonstrates that even the smallest person can give big gifts, requiring only love and ingenuity.

The Best Christmas Ever

CHIH-YUAN CHEN

Recreating images of little creatures in their natural environment, this children’s poem evokes the tender, warm feelings associated with home. Lyrical words and rich, lively scenes brim with innocent childhood fun and imaginatively evoke home’s comfortable and inspiring qualities. Intended to stimulate imagination in children, the simple and minimalist lineswith just more than 100 wordsare songlike in their richness of rhythm and meter.

Homes

Yang-Huan

Hsiao-yen Huang ( Illustrator )

Literature & Fiction

Seven huge, detailed, trifold posters make up this unique depiction of a small village as it changes, over two decades, from a town to a city. Each painting is executed from the same perspective, allowing viewers to easily compare and contrast the different buildings, vehicles, and people in the pictures. The large format of each image immerses viewers in the evolving landscape, serving as a discussion starter about issues from land use to urban planning. Perfect for teachers, this wordless panorama of a vanishing village will awaken concern and inspire reflection about how people live on the land.

The Changing Countryside

Müller, Jörg

Arts & Photography

A comic misunderstanding lies at the heart of this story about a mysterious monster and a village of fearful pigs. When Bubba the white pig encounters a spiny, snarly, sharp-toothed monster that chases him down Palapala mountain, his fearful panic spreads throughout Sugarplum village. Frantically, his neighbors begin to develop increasingly complex ways to protect themselves from the monster, but their methods more often result in injuries and mistakes than safety and protection. All of the villagers' efforts prove to be comically unnecessary, however, when the monster pads down from the mountain—and is discovered to be much less horrible than Bubba remembered.

The Monster of Palapala Mountain

Lai, Ma

Written from the perspective of the schoolyard, this simply illustrated tale stimulates thought on issues of responsibility. When the classmates of a young boy who has been bullied all deny blame for the incident, they offer many common excuses why they declined to step in on their peer's behalf. The familiar, first-person narration of the young characters begs the question, Does it really have nothing to do with me? The story closes with a series of powerful images of global strife, making the connection between simply not stepping in to help someone and standing by while wider atrocities go on.

Not My Fault

Kristiansson, Leif

Growing Up & Facts of Life

This modern fairy tale follows the wondrous journey of Willie—a bicycle wheel who has to learn to accept and embrace a new role in life. No longer a true bicycle wheel, Willie has become part of a piece of artwork and he must now cope with his loss of biking journeys and high-speed adventures, while finding new ways to take pride in being a wheel. From building self-esteem to developing independence, this unique story highlights important themes for children.

Willie the Wheel

Chenn, Eric

Sports & Outdoors

When a young boy sends his kite up into the air to ask the world Where is Spring?, the abstract concept of the season comes to life through spare verse and lush illustration. The sparrow, the seagull, the swallow, and the sun gently open the reader's eye to the surrounding beauty of the blossoming world. The poem's rhythmic language and strong musicality take young readers on a creative journey over field, forest, meadow, and lake. Simple language and gentle repetition create a comforting, lyrical flow that is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves.

Where Is Spring?

Filled with bold illustrations and wry humor, this twist on the ugly duckling tale places a chicken in the lead role. The chicken has no feathers and he longs to play with the other beautiful chickens in the yard, but they turn him down, ridiculing him for his bare skin. When he discovers a creative camouflage for his paltry plumage, however, the other chickens allow him to join them on a boat ride, never expecting that a surprising accident will change the way they see themselves and the (formerly) featherless chicken.

The Featherless Chicken

Chen, Chih-Yuan

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