Cover news reporter Zhang Jie
Years ago, Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" told readers a suspense novel of puzzle solving and searching with unprecedented brushwork and layout, which became a phenomenon in China, with good sales and enthusiastic fans. In May 2018, Dan Brown was invited to Shanghai, and in an exchange with Chinese publisher Huang Yuhai, a new idea came into being – to create a book for children, a book like no other.
After returning home, Dan Brown decided to stop most of his work and devote himself to creating this children's book. He not only composed 20 catchy nursery rhymes, 20 vivid and interesting animal characters, but also composed 20 symphonies himself. Let it present a reading experience of literature, painting and music.
After all this, Dan Brown was not satisfied, and continued to add weight, not only flew to Croatia to record symphonies, but also developed an exclusive book APP "wild symphony" to interact with the book, and even did the "old line" in the book, hiding several interactive games (treasure hunting, reasoning, decryption). Everything is interlocked, and the Easter egg blessing, all the details are amazing. In the process of creating this book, the author has taken his status as a composer and English teacher to the extreme.
The English version of Animal Rhapsody was first published in September 2020 and reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks, followed by a language version that topped bestseller lists in Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands, and Portugal, with more than 500,000 copies circulated worldwide by March 2021.
On the eve of Children's Day in 2021, Shanghai Jiujiu Readers and People's Literature Publishing House jointly launched the Chinese edition of Dan Brown's first children's book picture book, "Animal Rhapsody", and finally met with readers.
According to Mr. Huang Yuhai, general manager of 99 Readers, in addition to the 1:1 restoration of the appearance of the original book, the Chinese edition of "Animal Rhapsody" also retains all the text content of the English version, as well as the addition of a full 8P guide manual, carefully and thoughtfully to help readers not miss every detail in the book, greatly enhancing the experience.
Cao Wenxuan praised: it confirms what I proposed many years ago - "Boundless Picture Book"
As soon as the Chinese edition was released, it was affirmed by industry experts, and Cao Wenxuan, winner of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award, said that the book once again confirmed a word he proposed many years ago, "boundless picture book". Because from the perspective of reading form, "Animal Rhapsody" truly realizes the cross-text reading experience, from the combination of painting, music, and text to the combination of three-layer artistic language, to the supporting APP and website, providing new ideas and possibilities for the current children's book creation.
He also noticed the philosophical words in the book, "Those little truths are very lovely, they go to people's hearts, and more precisely, they flow into people's hearts like warm and clear streams." Zhang Mingzhou, chairman of the International Children's Book Federation, said that seeing Dan Brown's children's book made him think that according to the current development trend of picture books and picture books, I am afraid that there will not only be a writer's award and an illustrator award in the future, but also a musician award. This picture book may be a prelude to a new era.
Dan Brown's unprecedented creative energy has created a surprising picture book. This is not only a new work for children, but also the "art" spark that Dan Brown has buried in his heart for decades, and it is the treasure and far-reaching influence left by his parents in childhood.
He deeply combines music and words, adding classic children's games such as treasure hunting and scrabble games, while realizing the idea of telling the same story in multiple languages (words, pictures, art, music, technology). The final presentation of the book is both classical and modern, both humorous and serious, and also reflects the trend of media integration. It is believed that the emergence of this children's book will not only expand the "boundaries" of existing children's books, but also change the creative concepts of many authors.
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