A Legend of Giant Pandas

Description

A Legend of Giant Pandas

Author: Liu Xianping

Order No. 1206

ISBN-13: 9781622461004

ISBN-10: 1622461002

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books

Pub Year: 2022

Language: English

Size: 6.5 x 9.5

Page: 280

Price: $24.95. You pay only $14.97 (after 40% discount).

About the Book

This is a story about giant pandas protection, scientific exploration and human brilliance. It describes an adventure of Guoshan and Xiaoqing, two courageous teenagers who, in order to find a pair of hungry giant panda mother and son, show the children's complex intimacy and love for nature, especially for the animal world. The work presents the braveness, wisdom, a strong sense of responsibility and selflessness and dedication to science, which brings people spiritual shock and reflection on the wildness of life.

About the Author 刘先平

Liu Xianping, regarded as the father of contemporary Chinese nature literature, has been exploring nature for more than 40 years. He has written four novels and dozens of adventure stories about exploring in the wildlife world. His works have won three national prizes for children's literature. He has received a National Outstanding Children's Literature Award on two occasions. In 2010, Liu Xianping was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. In 2011 and 2012, he was listed as a candidate for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He is an honorary member of the Chinese Writers Association.

About the Translator 姜巍

Jiang Wei obtained his B.A. degree from Shanghai International Studies University and his M.A. degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is pursuing his M.Phil. degree in the Department of Translation at CUHK. His research interests are in the Chinese translation of English detective fiction in early Republican China and studies of the authorship of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school.

CONTENTS

THE HOWLING AND COLORFUL WIND ON THE SNOW MOUNTAIN……………………………………………………………………………….. 1

DONGGA, WHERE ARE YOU?……………………………………………………. 2

THE HALF A PAW PRINT………………………………………………………….. 34

THE GORGEOUS SILHOUETTE……………………………………………….. 63

THE CUNNING INHABITANT IN THE FOREST……………………… 82

THE HORRIFIC ALPINE MEADOW………………………………………… 118

BREAK THE SIEGE………………………………………………………………….. 153

SETTING FIRE TO THE PASS OF YALANG MOUNTAIN………… 184

THE DEVIL HILL…………………………………………………………………….. 221

THE FLEET HOOFBEATS ON THE SNOWFIELD…………………… 255

Epilogue……………………………………………………………………………………. 293