Breeze supports dew

Author: An Wulin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: What one sentence should we say to children? Be brave and persistent in doing what you love, steadfastly defend your own personality, and believe you are the star in the night sky—Chen Peijing.
I have a 12-year-old son. Every day when he comes back from school, I must ask him: Did you have a happy day at school? Every night before he goes to sleep, I must ask him: Did you gain anything today? Did you make progress? I have always firmly believed that for a young person in the process of growing up, "maintaining physical and mental happiness" and "growing and progressing" are the top priorities!—Ming Xiaoling
I am very lucky. I was once a child too. What’s even luckier is that I am still a child now. I have a child’s heart, and a heart that loves children. I am a little kid who looks a bit like an adult, an adult who always has a child in their heart. I am very willing to be friends with everyone. It’s a deal—lifetime friends!—Xiao Mao
China Juvenile and Young Adult Publishing House has a glorious history of nearly 50 years, and the children’s literature magazine Children’s Literature has also celebrated its 42nd birthday. For many years, China Juvenile and Young Adult Publishing House has taken Children’s Literature magazine as its leading brand, gathering hundreds of outstanding writers from different generations who diligently cultivate children’s literature. Their works have influenced children across generations.
The Pure Age is a six-volume series that specially invites the most renowned children’s literature writers from the 1980s and 1990s. It includes their classic and award-winning works from decades of time, all of which have had a significant impact and are considered masterpieces of children’s literature.
This volume collects dozens of wonderful fairy tales from nearly twenty writers. The works incorporate new elements and imagery, offering a fresh aesthetic pleasure. Some are imaginative and full of a sense of play, others advocate scientific fantasy and are rich in the spirit of the times, while some contain profound philosophy and explore eternal themes. These works have also gained widespread popularity due to their awards. Among them, The Birthday of the Clock and The Horse Living on the Top Floor of a Skyscraper won the Chen Bochu Children’s Literature Award; Looking for Happy Forest won the Bingxin Children’s Literature Award and the Cross-Strait Fairy Tale Writing Competition First Prize; Three Mice and Three Mu of Land won the National Children’s Newspaper Joint Writing Competition Excellence Award; One Hundred Beds of the Old Spider won the Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale Award Gold Medal; The Battle for the Castle won the Science Fiction Writing Competition Second Prize; and The Exclamation Mark Falling from the Skyscraper won the Story King First Prize. And so on. These works showcase the style of contemporary children’s literature, like (crystal-clear dewdrops), fresh and sparkling.