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"Each [Tale from the Chinese Zodiac] combines a sense of tenacious accomplishment with just plain rollicking fun. Illustrator Jennifer Wood makes sure to imbue every page with energy in motion - 'dazzling and colorful.'" - Smithsonian BookDragon2014 is The Year of the Horse! Hannah is a foal who befriends the boy Tom. Together can they bring his art teacher's important painting to the capital faraway?Ninth in the popular annual series, this tale features the Chinese lunar calendar's twelve animals and shows how an unbridled spirit can blaze its own trail.Oliver Chin lives in San Francisco, California.Artist Jennifer Wood is an animator at Nickelodeon in Burbank, California.
About the Author
Hi! I'm the author of twenty children's picture books, a graphic novel on 9-11, and a sports commentary on Yao Ming and the Tao. I love creating stories that both kids and adults can get a kick out of (and enjoy countless times) , and collaborating with amazing artists who bring these brave new worlds to life. Themes range from trains, monsters (www.monsterisle.net) , pirates, and inspirational martial arts heroine Julie Black Belt (www.julieblackbelt.com) .A rainbow of animals inhabit the popular annual series The Tales from the Chinese Zodiac. This is the only series in English that features each of the animals of the Lunar New Year. We've completed twelve unique adventures and are revising each new edition with a bilingual translation in simplified Chinese. Now we have a limited edition box set that collects the whole series.Our new series The Asian Hall of Fame explores fantastic inventions from Asia. Each is the first English children's picture book on the subject. Dao is a cute red panda who brings the kids Emma and Ethan back in time... and then back to the future! Their first trip was The Discovery of Ramen. The sequel was the The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder.I'm also the publisher of Immedium (www.immedium.com) which is a San Francisco publisher of children's books and contemporary art and culture. Our titles include the original tales of The Octonauts (www.octonauts.com) , which is now a hit animated TV series worldwide and airs on the Disney Channel in the USA and Netflix.I graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991. My family lives in San Francisco, CA.
