Known as a qualified science popular picture book of the Yangtze River, its words and pictures can bring out the best of each other. Mr. Liu, who is a 93 years old geology professor, perfectly combines nature and humanity in his 60 years of fieldwork and presents into excitingly and poetic words in the book, telling a story of the Yangtze River for children and adults vividly under a broad perspective. Li Zanqian, the top Chinese young painter, is good at realistic artworks. The magnificent and intriguing hand-drawn pictures created by her brushes, unfold like a scroll and indicate different geography and urban landscapes in all streams and therefore, presenting this powerful and beautiful scenes of the Chinese Mother River into people’s hearts.

More surprisingly, this book specializes in appreciation, collection and function. The special design that makes the introduction pages into folders gives an access for readers to clearly know about the relations between branches of the Yangtze River, without being confused by the vast geographic information. These devoted nature and humanity hand-drawn pictures suggest super rich knowledge, which is the most powerful thing to learn about its civilization.
--Editors’ Choice

I was born by the Yangtze River, and grown up with the Song of the Yangtze River and the TV programme of the Story of the Yangtze River, but I didn’t have a understanding of the Yangtze River in its entirety until I was middle-aged. I envy the children these days because they can get a glimpse of its grandeur, diversity and poetry.
--Gu Yourong(Associate Professor of School of Life Science in Capital Normal University, PhD in Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences and science blogger with a million followers)

★Best Writer: the treasure grandpa Liu Xingshi, known as one of the predecessors of Chinese science fiction, is the first generation of sci-fi writer in China and the first batch of Chinese members of the World Science Fiction Society, and was awarded the President of the Republic of Italy's Silver Medal, etc. He is also a scholar in geological research, children's science popularization, and screenwriting, who has been recognized by many parties at home and abroad and awarded many times.
★Quality Content: integrating Liu’s 60 years’ fieldwork in one book, combining nature and history, and presenting humanistic feelings with powerful poetic words.
★Creative Design: a travel on book that readers can experience many times but never inferior to the scene! The selected “viewing points” from the source to its entry into the sea, to the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River allow readers to enjoy the grandeur, diversity and beauty of the Yangtze River, China's longest river from multiple perspectives.
★Visual Feast: a hardcover large book that presents the flowing way and scenery of the cities by the river in multiple perspectives and situations; over 30 illustrations are vivid, delicate and artistic, available for collection and recalling!
★Good Book Recognition:
•“Good Book in China” in July 2023
•Winter volume of “Four Seasons for Children Reading” in 2023 of children’s library of National Library of China
•“100 Excellent Children’s Books” of the 31st National Book Expo
•Top 100 of “Dapeng Nature Children’s Book Prize” in 2023
★The book is available in English translation.

Liu Xingshi, the best-selling popular science writer who have won many literature prizes and the geology professor, perfectly combines nature and humanity in his 60 years of fieldwork and indicates into excitingly and poetic words in the book, presenting readers the magnificent, diverse and beauty Yangtze River, the longest river in China，the third longest river in the world.

It’s a panoramic qualified science book of the Yangtze River in China, , has been presented by more than 30 realistic hand drawings of selected “viewing points” in the upper, middle and lower streams from its source to the sea. The pictures unfold like scrolls and indicating its different geography and urban landscapes in all streams.

The Author
Liu Xingshi, A treasure grandpa, who is a scholar in researches, a science explainer for loving children, a screenwriter for animation, and a writer of sci-fi novels!
He is Known as “one of the predecessors of Chinese science fiction”!
Professor of Geology, Researcher of Prehistoric Archaeology, Popular Science Writer, and Children's Literature Writer. Member of the China Writers Association, Honorary Director of the China Popular Science Writers Association, and former Vice Chairman of the China Geological Writers Association.
Published over 300 works both domestically and internationally, winning nearly 200 awards, including the Best Honor Award at the 12th Giffoni International Children's Film Festival in Italy in 1982 and the President of the Republic of Italy's Silver Medal; the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the China Publishing Government Award, the Bingxin Children's Book Award, and the National Excellent Science Popularization Works Award.
His main works include "Columbus from America," "Star Child," "Old Fairy in the River," and the "Liu Xingshi Grandfather Tells about Chinese Geography," as well as the "Youth Reading Xu Xiake's Travels," which have sold millions of copies.

The Illustrator
Li Zanqian, master's degree from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. Reviewed at the 19th International Botanical Congress Plant Art Exhibition. In 2011, a solo exhibition of Li Zanqian's paintings was held at Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts; In 2014, "Pomegranate" won the gold medal in the first China National Geographic and Natural Imaging Competition. Published books include "Rabbit Writer" (awarded the "Book Award" at the 4th China Publishing Government Award), "Beautiful China - Starting from Hometown" series "Heilongjiang Zhengshuo" (selected as a national key publication planning project for the 13th Five Year Plan and a key publication for the 2019 thematic publication), and "Wonderful Chinese Plants" series Snow Leopard Plum Blossom "(selected as a recommended book for children at the 18th Wenjin Book Awards and one of the top ten works at the 2nd" Miracle "Children's Book Awards). The work was published in Nature Plants. Multiple paintings have been collected by people at home and abroad.