Beautiful Qiao

Author: (US) Sanders Translator: Hu Jianhong Country: Canada
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This is a heartwarming read about love and tolerance. In the book, a little dog named "Beautiful Joe" will personally tell everyone how he escaped a cruel owner and came to a new home, where he lived a happy life. Author Sanders was born in the United States and later moved to Canada. In 1892, she met the little dog "Beautiful Joe" and was deeply moved by his story. She specifically went to the dog's owner's home and lived with them for six months before writing this book. After its publication in 1893, the book became a huge success and quickly became Canada's first book to sell over a million copies (at the time, Canada's population was less than 9 million), creating a miracle in the history of human publishing. It is the first novel in Canada to be translated into 54 languages, including French, English, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese. In 1900, the book's sales in the United States exceeded 800,000. By 1930, the book's global sales had surpassed 10 million, making it the best-selling book on animals in the world. Even today, at many world-renowned universities such as Harvard, Cambridge, and Toronto, "Beautiful Joe" remains a required course.