★ From Shen Shixi, China's most celebrated animal fiction writer and multi-million-copy bestselling author! With cumulative sales exceeding 38 million copies, his works have been licensed for publication in nearly 20 languages worldwide, including English, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
★ This series is Shen Shixi's specially crafted bridge book collection for younger and middle-grade readers. The author approaches the vibrant animal world through an intimate, humanized lens, celebrating the grandeur of nature and human spirit.
★ Featuring exquisite hand-drawn illustrations paired with engaging stories, this series is ideal as bridge books for children aged 5+, gently guiding young readers toward independent reading.

Series includes 6 titles:
Red Fox
Pick the Thorn from the Elephant
The Wolverine by Nu River
A Raven Neighbor
A Weight-lifting Competition with Bears
Shiny The Hawk

A disaster hit the female fox Butterfly Spot. In a family foraging, Butterfly Spot’s husband and daughter were killed, and the beautiful Butterfly Spot also became a blind fox. One day, following the iron laws passed down from generation to generation of the fox family, Butterfly Spot drove her little son Black Nose out of family to learn the rules of nature.

Shen Shixi
Originally named Shen Yiming, Shen Shixi is a preeminent contemporary Chinese author of animal fiction, hailed as the "King of Animal Stories." He is currently a member of the Children's Literature Committee of the China Writers Association and a council member of the Shanghai Writers Association. His works have sold over 38 million copies​ and have been translated into nearly 20 languages worldwide, including English, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, receiving international acclaim.

He is the recipient of more than 20 major literary awards, including the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award (three consecutive terms), the China Book Award, the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award, and Taiwan's Yang Huan Children's Literature Award.

His representative works include: Dream of the Wolf King(single volume sales exceeding 7.5 million copies, licensed in 16 languages), The Leaping Gazelle, The Last War Elephant, The Seventh Hunting Dog, The Red Nanny Goat, among others.