小年兽 熊亮著绘

This is a super delightful story of the monster “Nian” with a slight twist. The story accords “Nian” to be a little monster once created from the cumulative loneliness in the winter air and lived in the mountain top. In the coldest of the winter, he would feel extremely lonely and angry and thus descend to terrify those who are or soon-to- be- lonely soul. Therefore, people came up with many practices to drive him away. He retreated for a long while. But then he reappeared again to target on those lonely. “Nian” would then ‘capture’ the lonely, ‘sneak’ into their heart causing them to be more miserable and angrier than ever and eventually swallowing them. At this juncture, the story broke free from the imminence, and brought a simple new perspective to the familiar Chinese customs during Chinese New Year.Xiong Liang’s illustration emphasizes on linework and the feel of the ink.  The structure and language in this book are modern, concise and pure, yet having a unique sense of humour and poetic feel.   The story can be easily understood by children and even readers of different culture, brilliant expressions of emotions.Want to know what happened to “Nian” and all the lonely souls?

Buy the book at 小年兽 熊亮著绘 这是一本非常有意思又应节的绘本。 故事里的”年”，据说是孤独感凝聚积而成的一只小怪兽。每当到了冬天最冷的那一天，他就会感到更加孤独, 无理的感到特别生气，所以就下山吓唬那些落单的人。于是后来，人们都会聚在一起，用一些搞热闹气氛的方式 —- 放鞭炮，穿上火红的衣服等等，来驱走“年”。 它隐退了许久。 不过，因为过年时，还是会有落单的人，“年”就会乘机抓住他们，钻进他们的心里，笼罩着他们 ，使他们更难受，寂寞，充满怨气。故事就在这迫在眉睫的时候，情节有了意想不到的转折，也给我们熟悉的习俗礼仪带来一个新的视角。

熊亮的绘本画面注重线条和墨色感，结构和语言现代，简练，纯真，有着独特的幽默感和诗意；能轻易被孩子，甚至不同文化的读者理解，极富情感表现力。想知道”年“ 和那些落单的人结果怎样？请点击以下  小年兽 熊亮著绘 购买这本书。

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