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The gale

"One morning, so early that the fog still clings to the surface of the river, a young boy accompanies his yeye seven miles to the grassy field behind their home in order to cut satintail to feed the livestock.--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mo, Yan, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors:	Xiaoxiao, Guan, 1981- (adaptor.), Zhu, Cheng-Liang, 1948- (Illustrator), Hu, Ying-Hwa (Translator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English Chinese
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction. Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction. Grasses > Harvesting > Juvenile fiction. Windstorms > Juvenile fiction. China > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	"One morning, so early that the fog still clings to the surface of the river, a young boy accompanies his yeye seven miles to the grassy field behind their home in order to cut satintail to feed the livestock.--
Item Description:	"Originally published in China in 2021 by 21st Century Publishing Group."--Copyright page. "Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"--Cover.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 28 cm
Audience:	Ages 4-8. Grades 2-3.
ISBN:	9781665930628 1665930624
Author Notes:	Mo Yan is a writer and president emeritus of the Chinese Literature and Art Research Institute. In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize, becoming China's first Nobel Laureate for literature. He has written novels, essays, and short stories, and is best known for Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out , Frog , and Red Sorghum , which was adapted into the Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear-winning film of the same name. He has won multiple awards, including the International Nonino Prize, the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, and the Mao Dun Literature Prize. His picture book The Gale is adapted from his short story of the same name. Zhu Chengliang graduated from the Nanjing University of the Arts with a degree in oil painting and is a member of the China Artists Association. He loves creating illustrations for picture books and is honored to be the recipient of awards, including the Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award, as well as a runner-up for the UNESCO Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations. His best-known works include Flame , A New Year's Reunion , and All in a Day.