About the Author:

Gao Hongbo is the vice president of theChina Writers Association and Director of the Children’s Literature Committeeof the China Writers Association. As a prolific children’s author, he has wonmany awards, including the China Publication Government Award, the NationalBook Award of China and the National Excellent Children’s Literature Award,etc.

About the Illustrator:

Li Rong, an illustrator of children’sbooks, has a distinctive and recognizable artistic style that is well loved byyoung readers. Her representative works are Happy Piggy Joey series, Hung theSun, The Magician, etc.

Introduction:

This picture book series tells storiesabout a little piggy named Joey. He is optimistic and lively. He continuouslyexplores the world around him, all while doing many funny things. The firstseries includes 24 volumes, which were popular among readers, so another 10volumes of the second series were published afterward. Media-Participations,the biggest European comics and animation group, a leading company inpublishing, film and TV production, and digital media, has bought the right todevelop animated TV series based on the character Joey.