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My Beijing is a collection of charming short stories by Nie Jun that are among the few Chinese comics—lianhuanhua, or Chinese sequential art--I have read. They seem sort of retro in that they are obviously highly influenced by western comics/illustration n style and content. The picture book size of the book makes it look like they are trying to appeal to children, but it’s really a set of comics short stories for all ages. The focus of the stories is a girl, Yu’er (Yu=fish; er=child), and her G...
I was a little thrown by the fantasy/magical element in the first story as a goofy grandfather helps his granddaughter train for the Special Olympics. I thought this was just a collection of slice-of-life short stories set in China, but the mix of the everyday and the fantastic weaves throughout as we follow the two through a variety of gentle adventures in their timeless little neighborhood. Pretty mild overall, but still enjoyable and quite sweet.
Charming graphic for children featuring a disabled child and her loving grandfather in a neighborhood in Beijing. Batchelder Award Nominee for translated children's book 2019.
Cute stories about a little girl and her grandfather. There's nothing particularly special or memorable here, though the artwork is delightful.
I read this as part of the #invisiblecities2021 project. The goal is to read translated works from three countries each month.Invisible Cities Project | February 2021 | Selection for China (#1)Translated from the Chinese by Qingyuan Zhao and Nicolas Grivel, and from the French by Edward Gauvin.This middle grade comic contains four stories about a young disable girl and her grandfather. It's cute with wonderful watercolor illustrations.My video review: https://youtu.be/7u8N7gI3Inw
Four short vignettes of a girl and her grandfather living in the hutong (alleyways formed by courtyard houses) in Beijing. A little too much magical realism for me to love whole-heartedly, but the art is wonderful, bright watercolors and excellent backgrounds.Contains: a child protagonist who uses a crutch to walk, ableism (Yu'er's grandfather can't find a swimming club that will let her join), some boys purposefully damage a butterfly's wings. There are fat children and fat adults, but no one c...
Such a wholesome, amusing, morning read!It tells about four stories full of imagination of a pair of grandfather-granddaughter. It revolves around family-love, friends-love, and even community-love.With great art and coloring, funny, child-like narration, also light and magical theme, this book will never let anybody down.
This is a beautifully illustrated collection of four cute short stories from Beijing, featuring the same two main characters - Yu'er and her grandfather. There is a lot of heart and magic in each of these stories. It's a complete feel-good read.
If you told me this was from Studio Ghibli, I would absolutely believe you. Mixing the contemporary with magical realism, this cute little watercolour collection combines all the detailed art, sympathetic, wise, child-like characters (both children and adults), whimsy, and a sense of wonder among the mundane that I have come to expect from everything Miyazaki-related. However, the author/illustrator is Chinese and writing largely about his own experiences within a crumbling, close-knit hutong co...
What a charming collection of stories about a girl who is differently abled, and the adventures she has with her grandfather. This graphic novel doesn’t shy away from serious topics like poverty, ableism and bullying yet remains sweet and uplifting.
It's about finding a bit of magic in everyday life.#worldkidlitmonth
