Angel on Earth - Fairy Tale Volume II (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Gao Hongbo
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: As new media like television and the internet become increasingly captivating for children, do they still need traditional reading? The answer is undeniably yes. However, in today's world filled with a vast array of children's literature, what should they read? This is a question worthy of attention and reflection from society as a whole. The reading a person engages in during childhood plays an immeasurable role in shaping their intellect, emotions, and personality, serving as essential nourishment for a specific stage of life. Yet, parents often focus on quickly boosting their children's physical growth by ensuring they get enough calcium, while frequently overlooking the provision of rich spiritual sustenance. In children's reading, classic works that have been tested by time and countless readers are an invaluable resource. They help cultivate children's pure and healthy aesthetic tastes and enhance their comprehensive qualities as modern civilized individuals. A significant portion of these works has accompanied several generations of children, offering gentle comfort to their young hearts when they need it most. We believe that childhood can be shared, and the spirit of childhood is universal. These high-quality works will undoubtedly provide today's children with rare literary nourishment and spiritual solace. This is precisely the motivation behind compiling this series, "Angels Among Us—Selected Works by Renowned Love Reciters." This series is not a comprehensive showcase of China's nearly century-old achievements in children's literature but is instead curated around the theme of "love," featuring two volumes of novels, one volume of fairy tales, and one volume of essays. During the curation process, we were once again deeply moved by the richness and vastness of "love." We had not expected that such a seemingly conventional and singular theme could encompass such diverse forms, and it allowed us to truly understand why "love" has become an eternal theme in literature. "Love," indeed, is an enduring narrative. From these works, we also discover that children's young hearts are so sensitive to "love"—whether it be familial love, friendship, teacher-student bonds, or even nascent romance. They yearn for it so deeply. I believe today's children share this same longing. This series can nourish their hearts, helping them to experience, contemplate, and seek the true essence of love. At the same time, this series holds significant historical value. China's Children's Publishing House has recently published a series of classic works, such as the "Children's Literature Treasury" and the "Complete Collection of Bingxin Children's Literature" (Illustrated Edition). Their efforts to rediscover China's classic children's literature have made sincere and practical contributions to promoting a healthy and pure new mainstream reading orientation in children's literature and safeguarding the development of China's original children's literature. The planning and publication of "Angels Among Us—Selected Works by Renowned Love Reciters" undoubtedly demonstrate their vision, magnanimity, and taste once again. The reading and promotion of children's literature is a long-term, comprehensive systematic project that requires the collective attention and support of schools, families, authors, publishers, and society as a whole. I believe this series will provide an excellent model for the reading of children's literature.