Cover news reporter Zhang Jie
At the beginning of the new year, major publishing houses will release their 2022 publishing plans. However, due to the need to prevent and control the epidemic, many publishing houses have chosen to hold new book launches online. On the morning of January 12, CITIC Children's Books held a new product launch conference for 2022 online. On the live broadcast, CITIC Children's Book reviewed the achievements made in 2021 and talked about the new publishing plan for 2022.
The epidemic has brought a lot of shock to the publishing industry. Looking forward to 2022, Chen Wei, deputy secretary of the party committee, vice chairman and general manager of CITIC Publishing Group, said in his speech: "The market is always full of variables, but the value of publishing is unchanged, that is, to provide high-quality content for this society and everyone in the society." This is also the reason why CITIC Publishing can firmly and positively embrace 2022. High-quality content is always the core competitiveness of publishing. ”
So, what good books will CITIC Children's Books publish in 2022? Through the bibliography of the ages, the presenters connected 34 new book products. These include well-known IP projects such as "Little Dog Money 2", "Little Prince (Picture Book Edition)", "Little Bear Is Busy", "Sophie's World (Comic Edition)", "Guess Who I Am (Click Reading Edition)", as well as original books such as "Future X-Men", "Dunhuang Fantasy Travel" series, "Big Monsters in the Forbidden City (Comic Edition)", "A Day in Space", "Picturesque China", and more like "Penguin Classic Bilingual Graded Reading", "Highlights Popular Science English Graded Reading", "Graded Reading" English Graded Reading for Young Readers" is an English graded reading. At the same time, CITIC Children's Books has also launched works by well-known creators such as Ryoji Arai, Benji Davis, Huang Jingjie, Duan Zhangzhiyi, etc., so that young readers and big readers of different ages and different reading preferences have good books to read.
Appendix: CITIC Children's Books 2022 Key Features (Partial)
The Little Prince (Picture Book Edition)
[f] Antoni de Saint-Exupéry
Expected publication date: March 2022
Adapted from the famous fairy tale "The Little Prince", this picture book is jointly written by children's poetry writers and well-known illustrators, with beautiful language condensation and vivid painting style, perfectly presenting the storyline and profound meaning of classic fairy tales.
"Today I can go anywhere"
Sun: Ryoji Arai
Expected publication date: February 2022
This picture book of Ryoji Arai depicts a poetic story in brilliant colors: today, a grand celebration is held in the city. Before dawn, I set out with my horse "Asaka". I picked up a kitten on the road, passed through the forest, and over the hills, saw the baby born, saw the sun rise, and shone on the earth! Finally in town. Today, I can reach it from afar! Because no matter where we are, we will run forward!
The Life of a Poor Worm: A Short, Interesting History of Earthworms
[Italian] Noamy Wola
Expected publication date: May 2022
Through 200 cute and cute "earthworm" images and stories, the author teaches children to understand the earthworm family and enter the magical earthworm world. Blending scientific observation, imagination and creativity, it tells a brief history of earthworms in a lively, funny, witty and humorous language. The author discusses some of these very interesting issues based on a large number of scientific observations, especially the character of earthworms, which are full of "human intelligence", which is creative and expresses the author's own tribute to science.
A Day in Space
Duan Zhang took the art of painting
Expected publication date: June 2022
This is a set of picture books that popularize the knowledge of the space field to children, and present children with a romantic and vast universe through the stories of 30 different types of spacecraft characters. Take the "day" of each spacecraft as the timeline to tell children a childlike space story. Let the children follow a new perspective to explore the vast universe with many protagonists in the story, learn the knowledge of aerospace science, and stimulate their curiosity to explore the world of science.
Picturesque China series
This is a set of general picture books for children's Chinese cultural history. It takes the city as the carrier, from the time dimension, to take children to understand China's historical cities, explain the urban construction, economic characteristics, and political systems of important historical periods; as well as the living conditions of celebrities and ordinary people who promote history, just like a hundred urban landscapes that travel through time and space.
Sophie's World (Comic Version)
Jostan Judd Original
[f] Adapted by Vincent Zabies
Expected publication date: November 2022
Young Sophie continues to receive strange letters, and she does not know who the mysterious sender is, but the problems in the letters attract her. Guided by these mysterious letters, the young Sophie, who was growing up in life, met an important figure in the history of philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Hegel, Sartre, and so on.
The Course of Science
Written by Wu Guosheng
Carrot painted
Based on the original work of Wu Guosheng's "The Course of Science", taking the times as the clue and Chinese perspective, it tells the history of the development of the history of science. From the Greek period to the 20th century, it introduces the most important events and figures in the history of science.
"Little Fox No, No, Don't Be Afraid"
By Christian McKay Haydic
Publication date: January 2022
The forest is in season for hunting, and no fox is safe. When Mia and Uli are separated from their children, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a nest where they can make their home, they must venture through the fields and forests, facing the unimaginable things creeping in the darkness... Featuring eight interrelated stories and sixteen beautifully illustrated illustrations, it contains a variety of adventures and thrills to satisfy your curiosity to listen around a campfire at night.