Reporter 丨He An'an
"Fly it fly it little petals, go around the southeast, northwest and southeast." Lightly touching the ground, my wish came true. Please let... Go for it! This familiar phrase comes from the world's children's classic "Seven Colored Flowers". Written by the Soviet writer Va Kadayev, "Seven Colored Flowers" is the recommended bibliography of the second-grade volume of the unified language" "Happy Reading", and many versions of "Seven Colored Flowers" are currently circulating in the market, and some versions of language textbooks have also been included. However, Lu Jinbo, chairman of Guomai Culture Media Co., Ltd., said at the "Seven Colored Flowers" book launch and copyright statement meeting held on May 9 that Kadayev's works are still under copyright protection, and many previously published versions of "Seven Colored Flowers" have not been authorized.
"Seven Colored Flowers", by [Su] Wa Kadayev, translated by Zhang Shu and Hu Zhiyuan, Guomai 丨 Tianjin Education Publishing House, May 2021 edition.
The story of "Seven Colored Flowers" revolves around the protagonist Genia and a seven-colored flower that can fulfill her wishes. In the book, the little girl Genia gets lost and gets a magical seven-colored flower. She used this flower to make a wish to return home safely, made a wish to restore her mother's vase, made a wish to go to the North Pole, and wished to have many toys... After an empty scene, Genia uses the last petal of the flower to help the lame boy Vega get back on her feet, and also allows her to find true happiness.
At the event site, Lu Jinbo said that Guomai Culture and Evgenia Valentinovna Kadayeva, the heir of the inheritance of the author of "Seven Colored Flowers", and Marina Vasilievna Ajubeyi, witnessed by the Moscow notary, signed the "Exclusive Authorization Agreement" and obtained the exclusive right to translate and disseminate 10 works (including paper books, e-books and audiobooks) in China, including "Seven Colored Flowers".
On May 9th, at the "Seven Colored Flowers" book launch and copyright announcement meeting, Li Yiwan, member of the Academic Committee of the New Education Experiment and the first gold medal reading promoter in Beijing, Zhou Qun, a special teacher in Beijing and a member of the Peking University expert team of the Ministry of Education's National Training Project, and Li Zhengrong, senior editor of Beijing Evening News Reading Growth Weekly and director of the China Children's Literature Research Association, held a dialogue on the "Educational Significance of The Classic Reading of "Seven Colored Flowers".
According to reports, the new edition of "Seven Colored Flowers" published this time includes 9 fairy tales of the same name, including "Seven Colored Flowers", "Flute and Jar", "Pearl", "Dear and Lovely Grandpa", "Dove", "Mushroom", "Tree Stump", "Surprise", "Music", all written by the former Soviet children's literature writer Va Kadayev, of which 7 stories are the first time to meet Chinese readers. Unlike other versions of "Seven Colored Flowers" on the market, which includes works by different writers, the new version of "Seven Colored Flowers" is the most complete collection of fairy tales by Va Kadayev, and the new version of "Seven Colored Flowers" is a full-color illustrated version.
Illustration of the inner page of The Seven Colored Flowers.
Author 丨He An'an
Editor 丨 Shen Chan
Proofreading 丨 Liu Baoqing
Source: Beijing News