Book 1
《太阳想吃冰激凌》
Grade Level：G1-G3
Author：张纬
Publisher：中国中福会出版社
ISBN：9787507227079
Shelf Number：1F-073
Summer is here and the little animals want to eat ice cream! The Sun wants to eat ice cream, too, but what happens when it gets too close to ice cream? The little animals one-by-one took their favourite ice cream and climbed up the high ladder to give it to the Sun to eat, but the Sun still couldn’t eat it. Why?
The small animals, represented by the little fox, have the courage to actively solve problems and display the beautiful spirit of helpfulness. The small animals appear in this book with a cute and intelligent image, and you can feel their wisdom as they try to solve problems again and again, working together in a vivid and interesting world of small animals. This story also allows children to gain inspiration again and again!
Book 2
The House in the night
Grade Level: G1-G5
Author：Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrator: Beth Krommes
Publisher：Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780547577692
Shelf Number：1F-1280
In the house burns a light.
In that light rests a bed.
On that bed waits a book.
In that book flies a bird.
In that bird breathes a song…
A key opens the door of the house and lets the mind stretch endlessly in the wonderful night, quietly and slowly. Let us return to the home that is sprinkled with light.
Book 3
《丰子恺写梵高》
Grade Level：G6+
Author：丰子恺
Publisher：上海译文出版社
ISBN：9787532786565
Shelf Number：2F-0161
Feng Zikai and Van Gogh both have a simple and confident artistic heart. On the basis of The Biography of Van Gogh, written by Mr. Kuroda Shiutaro in Japan, Mr. Feng Zikai adds his own perception of Van Gogh’s art, compiling this Vincent Van Gogh, a book which summarizes the life and artistic achievements of Van Gogh, an immortal artistic genius.
The book is divided into five chapters: “Prelude”, “Preparation Era”, “Dutch Era”, “Paris Era”, and “Southern Era and the Last”, showing Van Gogh’s life full and affection for the world, but also a life that is lonely and bumpy. From the perspective of a painter, it discusses the formation process and distinctive characteristics of Van Gogh’s artistic concepts in various periods. This book, therefore, can not only be regarded as a biography of Van Gogh, but also an excellent entry for ordinary readers who want to understand Impressionist art more deeply.
Book 4
The Graveyard Book
Lexile measure: 820L
Grade Level: G6+
Author：Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
Publisher：HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060530945
Shelf Number： 2F-0463
The appearance of a baby broke the calm of the graveyard after thousands of years. Under the guidance of the God of Death, the ghosts adopted the baby and named it Nobody.
Since then, the graveyard became Nobody’s ‘school of witchcraft’. He began to learn invisibility, sleepwalking and dancing with witches. Growing up in the graveyard, Nobody is like flowers blooming in the rotten soil…gorgeous and fresh.
However, everyone has to experience his own life, and the life of the graveyard is destined to be just one stop in Nobody’s life-long journey. The graveyard boy prepares to finally bid farewell to it, and, with eyes full of warmth and with love behind him, faces the pain and joy of life, travelling all over the world.
The Graveyard Book was inspired by Neil Gaiman, 25, who saw his 18-month-old son riding a tricycle in a nearby graveyard. Since then, the idea of writing a Graveyard Book fermented in Gaiman’s mind. Gaiman completed the writing of the book in 2008 when his son happened to be 25 years old.
