Children's book on Chinese solar terms goes global
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Dolphin Books of China International Publishing Group (CIPG) launched the English edition of "This Is the 24 Solar Terms" and related products at Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy on March 26, 2018.
The event was attended by international publishing houses and cultural institutions at the invitation of Dolphin Books, who signed the copyright license contracts for the Albanian and English versions of the book with Albanian Publishing House DITURIA and American Skyhorse Publishing respectively. Dolphin Books also reached cooperation agreements on the book with German Edition Bracklo, Lebanese Digital Future, Japanese g. Grape and Nepalese Current Publication.
CIPG Vice President Wang Gangyi emphasized that with over two hundred million children and teenagers, China has a huge market for children's books, and there is a rich variety of children's books for sale with new versions of original children's books also emerging in large numbers in recent years. He said he hopes to let more overseas children have the opportunity to read these books from China via extensive cooperation with international institutions in the future.
Director of the Children's Library, National Library of China, Wang Zhigeng and Executive Manager of Children's Books Department in Dangdang Liu Yu also addressed the event, speaking highly of the value and practice of the overseas promotion of the book.
During the launch, Dolphin Books, together with Ningbo Yi-Qu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., a leading institution for early education and cultural creation in China, and Kada Story, an online platform for digital content, presented their co-developed toy book "Floor Jigsaw Puzzle Book: This Is the 24 Solar Terms", audio book "This Is the 24 Solar Terms" amongst others. They aimed to build a multi-language, omni-media, and comprehensive content production and distribution channel for "This Is the 24 Solar Terms" series.
After the launch ceremony, Dolphin Books presided over the "Going Global" symposium together with more than 10 outstanding Chinese private publishing houses of children's books, including Baby Cube Brand Management Co., Ltd., King-in Culture (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Everafter Books Co., Ltd., Beijing Yutian Hanfeng Books Co., Ltd., Beijing Poplar Culture Project Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shang-Yi Trading Co., Ltd., Fanglue Bohua Media Co., Ltd., "Kada Story" and Ningbo Yi-Qu Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
They discussed over joint efforts to promote Chinese children's books globally and to achieve a win-win development in cooperation.
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