★Selected Works of Shortlisted Artists from the Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition!
◎The Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition was established in 2015, aiming to provide a platform for emerging illustrators around the world to fully showcase their talents. The regular awards include Domestic Gold Award, International Gold Award, Special Mention Award, and Public Choice Award. All shortlisted and winning works will be exhibited at the China Children's Book Fair (CCBF) and included in the annual the Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition Yearbook.
★"Welcome to My House" is a shortlisted work of the 2024 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition, telling a joyful story about a little witch being invited to her different friends' homes to do various things together.
★"One Last Adventure" is also a shortlisted work of the 2024 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 Hii illustration competition - Children's Picture Book Unpublished Category. This is a story about death and parting.
★"The Ship of Books" won the Gold Award for Best Picture Book Comic at the 15th China Animation & Comic Competition Golden Dragon Award (CACC)! It is one of the works by Cui Chao, the winner of the 2020 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition.
★"Strange Fish" is a shortlisted work of the 2020 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. This book is not simply emphasizing individual uniqueness, but is rich in philosophy.
★"Praise" won the Jury Recommendation Award at the 2nd Oriental Doll Original Picture Book Award in 2023.
★"Distance" won the Special Mention Award at the 2018 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. This book runs through with the basic questions of philosophy, provoking readers to think deeply!
★"Itself" is a shortlisted work of the 2021 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. Migration is not only for reaching home, but also for finding a dwelling place for every soul.
★"Three-inch Golden Lotus" is a shortlisted work of the 2024 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. This book delves into the deep-rooted harm caused by extreme social aesthetic standards to women's physical and mental health.
★"Everything for you" is a shortlisted work of the 2021 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. This is a wonderful adventure imagined during childhood!
★"Grandma's New Dress" is a shortlisted work of the 2023 Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition. This is a book for my grandmother, gathering my longing for her and calling on us to spend more time and care for the elderly left behind.

This special topic includes a total of 22 books:
2 books by Olivia Feng, the shortlisted artist in 2024: "Welcome to My House" and "The Imaginary Journey of Litttle Fox"
1 book by Yu Ke, the shortlisted artist in 2024: "One Last Adventure"
1 book by Wang Yiwen, the shortlisted artist in 2024: "Three-inch Golden Lotus"
2 book by Wang Yang, the shortlisted artist in 2023: "Grandma's New Dress", "Mythical Stories: Asha and the Gods"
4 book by Yichen Liu, the shortlisted artist in 2021: "Everything for you", "The Little Sheep and Me", "Damn Alarm Clock Chicken", "The Pattern of the Little Tiger”
5 books by Xiaotu Tu, the shortlisted artist in 2020: "Strange Fish", "Praise", "Bad Rabbit", "Monster", "Heart Hole"
5 books by Cui Chao, the shortlisted artist in 2020: "The Ship of Books", "Hurry Up!", "Mom's Secret", "Bad Cat Big Flower and Grandma", "I'm Traveling Alone!"
2 books by Yu Miao, the award-winning writer in 2018: "Distance" and "Itself"

The children's fun picture book by Cui Chao, the winner of the Golden Dragon Award for Picture Books in China Animation!
◎The Chinese Animation Golden Dragon Award (CACC) is one of the most influential animation awards in China. Regarded by the media as the "first award of Chinese animation", the "Oscar" of the Chinese animation industry, and the "trendsetter of Chinese animation".

The author's masterpiece 'Stealing a Sperm Whale' has been shortlisted for the 2021 Golden Windmill International Youth Illustration Competition! And selected for the Bologna Illustration Exhibition.

Hurry up! "Captures a common family life scene: every morning, the mother shouts" Hurry up! "To the whole family, urging the child to wake up quickly, eat quickly, and go out to kindergarten quickly... while the child seems to be working against the mother, no matter what they do, they always look leisurely and leisurely. This down-to-earth lifestyle scene almost appears every morning in every family. The author observes life in depth, extracts these commonplace details, reinterprets these images, and tells stories that belong to children and families themselves, full of childlike and interesting qualities. The ending of the story has been reversed in design, which is hilarious.

In fact,
I really want to be faster.

But don't blame me for waking up slowly!

The bed is black and soft, like,
A long tunnel,
That's really interesting.

Ding ding dang, ding dang dang dang,
Mom is coming with a big shovel!

The author portrays an ordinary morning as lively and extraordinary, showcasing the details of how we are accustomed to mothers waking up their babies in the morning. During this process, the mother's state is in a hurry, while the child is in a lazy and indifferent state, creating a sharp contrast and presenting a unique flavor.

Cui Chao

The picture book author's daughter is her source of inspiration. Her creations focus on children's empathy and have a good understanding and grasp of children's sexuality.

The award situation is as follows:
In 2016, 'Joyful and Happy' won the Excellent Award in the Picture Book category of the Blue Ocean Creative Cloud Million Creative Entrepreneurship Competition.

In 2017, 'Childhood Memories' was shortlisted for the first anime art competition and exhibited.

In 2018, 'I Know You're Not Sleeping' won the Bronze Award at the 2nd Bronze Sunflower Awards.

In 2018, 'The Ship of Books' won the Gold Award in the Picture Book category at the China Animation Golden Dragon Awards, and was shortlisted for the Little Cold Hat International Picture Book Award and Xiamen Golden Dolphin Animation Award.

In 2019, "I'm Traveling Alone!" was shortlisted for the 13th National Art Exhibition and won the BIBF Pineapple Circle International Illustration Award, Golden Key Picture Book Creation Competition, Xinyi Picture Book Award, and Oriental Doll Original Picture Book Award.

In 2020, 'We Stole a Sperm Whale' was nominated for The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition.

In 2021, 'We Stole a Sperm Whale' was selected for the Bologna Illustration Exhibition.

In 2021, 'Mom's Secret' was nominated for the 6th BIBF Pineapple Circle International Illustration Exhibition.

Opening her painting, you can feel the beauty and joy of life. As an increasingly skilled mother, the images she portrays always give you a warm and lovely feeling.