[Touch-and-Talk Edition] Summer Farm: Reading the Poem of Diligent Farming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bux_9zcjY9M "Hoeing the fields under the midday sun, sweat drips onto the soil." Summer is a busy season on the farm, and our dog shopkeeper and friends are diligently planting and harvesting under the summer sun. Want to know how a bountiful dinner comes to be? Quickly open this book to experience farm life together, and remember to cherish the hard-earned food! **★ The perfect companion for touch-and-talk picture books! Introducing the Magic Touch-and-Talk Pen | Smohouse ft. KidsRead ** https://youtu.be/l-kHfmqYbds 📌 To purchase the touch-and-talk pen, please visit the official Smohouse website. ............................................ **Recommended Age: 0-7 years old; Parents are recommended to read along with children under 3 years old.** **Phonics: Yes** **【Introduction】** __**★ Rooted in Culture, Your Baby's First Tang Poetry Enlightenment Picture Book ★**__ Tang poetry, with its elegant verses, is the essence of literature refined through the passage of great eras. The "Happy Reading Poetry with the Dog Shopkeeper" picture book series uses an innovative approach, allowing children to engage with beautiful poetry readings during their golden learning years through shared reading of picture book stories. This nurtures a sense of linguistic beauty in children, making it the ideal introductory picture book for guiding toddlers into the world of classical Chinese literature. __**★ Aesthetic Development, Natural Cognition ★**__ The illustrations are delicate and warm, with exquisite and elegant color palettes, providing visual enrichment during reading. The entire series depicts the changes across the four seasons, showcasing the beautiful scenery of various plants and animals in nature, as well as the transitions of dawn, dusk, day, and night. Modern, everyday stories are inspired by the Tang poetry content, making it easy to connect with the life experiences of contemporary readers. __**★ Bilingual Design (Chinese & English), Satisfying Language Learning at Once ★**__ Includes both Chinese and English. The Tang poetry verses are also accompanied by phonetic symbols and Pinyin, offering a multi-layered language structure that allows for flexible use. This enables young children to progress from listening to their parents read, to reading along, and eventually to reading independently. __**★ Rich and Engaging Interactive Elements to Train Fine Motor Skills ★**__ Each book also features five specially designed push, pull, and turn mechanisms made of thick cardboard. These not only train young children's hand muscles and add dynamic fun to the story, but also spark interest and enhance concentration, allowing parents and children to enjoy a reading time filled with fun and interaction. __**★ Origin of Creation ★**__ The author of this book, Huang Yu-hsuan, is a native of Taiwan. He has long collaborated with picture book publishers in key markets like the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, and has accumulated over thirty works to date. Sensing the low proportion of local picture books in the Taiwanese market, he dedicated a year of meticulous planning and launched the first original Tang poetry picture book series in 2017. Leveraging the experience, creative methods, and market insights from his collaborations with European and American picture book teams, combined with his own background of being immersed in Chinese culture since childhood, he brings these internationally-influenced creative perspectives back to Taiwan, dedicated to creating the highest quality original Chinese educational publications for readers of all ages. __**★ The Birth of the Picture Book: Happy Reading Poetry with the Dog Shopkeeper ★**__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUnpHthUEKI __**★ Celebrity Recommendations ★**__ This is a picture book series perfectly suited for children aged 0-7. Every detail is designed to meet the developmental needs of children at each age. The warm and whimsical art style, combined with the presentation of Chinese Tang poetry integrated with English stories, makes it irresistible to children and an absolute treasure for families to cherish. *— Fio Chen, Director of Music Together by Fio, Taichung* The "Happy Reading Poetry with the Dog Shopkeeper" series uses picture books to introduce children to Tang poetry. Divided into four sub-themes representing Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, original picture book content enriches the stories, helping children understand new interpretations of Tang poems in a modern context. Coupled with cleverly designed interactive elements, this multi-functional book is a fantastic aid for early language learning, effortlessly achieving the goal of combining education with entertainment. The warm and adorable illustrations by Huang Yu-hsuan (Xiao Xiao) also bring a fresh new look to children's reading selections of "poetry with pictures, and pictures with poetry"! *— Ching-Ping Lee, Brand Director of Circle Children's Pop Music* Traditional Tang poetry combined with fairy tales, accompanied by Yu-hsuan's cute and warm animal character illustrations, and unique interactive designs, not only captivates children as they become familiar with the beauty of Chinese poetry through play and stories, but also enhances parent-child interaction for those reading along. The bilingual presentation with Chinese phonetic symbols and Pinyin is a thoughtful touch, making the book enjoyable for both Chinese speakers and non-Chinese readers. This series is an internationally high-standard children's enlightenment picture book in terms of art, text, design, and education. It is highly recommended not only for parents with school-aged children but also for picture book illustration enthusiasts like myself as a collection-worthy exquisite work! *— Anaïs Lee, Illustrator / Pattern Designer* The Tang Dynasty was a golden age for poetry and music creation. Poetry is the art of language, and music is the imagery of sound. The beautiful world constructed by Tang poetry, rendered through "Xiao Xiao's" delicate painting style, presents rich and colorful scenes, effortlessly expressing the rhythmic beauty of poetry, and unlocking boundless imaginative space for children's engagement with Tang poetry. Let us wander and play together amidst the wonderful world of Tang poetry. *— Shih Meng-Chi (miki), Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Chaoyang University of Technology* The "Happy Reading Poetry with the Dog Shopkeeper" series uses picture books to allow children to appreciate the textual beauty and profound meaning of classical poetry, integrating it with their lives through new picture book stories. The interactive nature of these toy books offers children a brand-new reading experience that engages both their hands and minds. This is a valuable collection for reading aloud, cultivating children's language sense, and playing together. *— Yen Shu-Nu, President of SCBWI-Taiwan (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - Taiwan Chapter)* **【Illustrator Biography】** Huang Yu-hsuan A native of Taichung City, Taiwan. Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University. In 2012, he founded the illustration brand "Smohouse" and published his first picture book, "Wabby and Shabby." His work is characterized by a warm and cute style, with the hope of creating heart-touching illustrations through his brush. He has authored and illustrated over dozens of picture books, collaborating with Taiwanese publishers such as Jiuge, United Daily News, Locus Publishing, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. He has also worked with renowned international publishers from the UK, USA, and France, including Campbell Books, Nosy Crow, Chronicle Books, Nathan, Auzou, and Albin Michel on children's picture book series, such as the highly acclaimed "Sing along with me!" series and the Chronicle Books classic animal puppet book series. His works were selected as part of the main visual identity for the Taipei International Book Exhibition in 2013 and 2017. He is currently an illustrator and picture book creator, while also managing picture book creation, illustration licensing, product design, and collaborative product development.