From legendary naturalist Jane Goodall, illustrated by Daishu Ma, an absorbing fictional tale that will steal hearts and open minds about the plight of the pangolin, the only mammalian species with scales, and endangered by illegal trafficking.
After a blissful babyhood being cared for by her loving mother, Pangolina ventures out alone into the forest to become an independent adult, helped along by wise, older animal companions, including a civet and a bat. But one day cruel hunters trap Pangolina, putting her into a cage along with her friends, and bring them to a market to be sold as wild game. Pangolina is especially vulnerable, since her scales are prized by humans who believe they have curative powers. To the rescue comes a small girl who knows that pangolins are friendly fellow creatures who have feelings too, and who convinces her mother to buy Pangolina and set her free. Jane Goodall's many followers and all animal-loving children and adult picture book fans will be riveted by this suspenseful and heartwarming fictional story set in China and including an authoritative informational page about pangolins and suggestions for how to help fight animal trafficking.
Primatologist Goodall protests the endangered species trade with the story of Pangolina, a wide-eyed, thoughtful pangolin....telling 'more and more children about the animals of China'. Illustrator Ma creates simple, engaging creatures with huge eyes that are full of feeling....includes information about this endangered species and steps to fight the trade.
— Publishers Weekly
Thoughtfully taps our natural capacity for empathy and kindness in caring for all creatures and our planet.
— Kirkus Reviews, ★ STARRED★
Animated Trailer narrated by Dr Jane Goodall.
老虎,下雪啦!
Tiger and Mei play in the snow for the first time.
老虎,别怕 Tiger, Don’t be Afraid
Written and illustrated by Daishu Ma
Published in China by Postwave Publishing in 2019.
Written by Can Ran, published in China by Beijing Cheerfly in 2017.
Italian Edition Ti Chiamerò Papà published by Rizzoli in 2018.
A wordless graphic novel telling the story of a young man who searches for the origin of a glowing leaf in a grey industrial metropolis.
Available in:
English language published by Fantagraphics
Chinese published by Shanghai 99 Readers Culture
French by Presque Lune
Swedish by Alfabeta Bokförlag
photo credit: Fantagraphics
Photosynthesis is the single most important chemical process on earth. Without it, the earth would look like Mars and life as we know it would never have existed. The first photosynthesizing organisms produced oxygen and turned a hostile and uninhabitable planet into a green world bursting with life, a world that we happily call home.
This book aims at giving a very visual introduction to how photosynthesis changed the world, revealing its importance and wonders through images and colour. It begins by tracing the history of photosynthesis back to its beginning, starting from its humble bacterial origins over 3.5 billion years ago, to the rise of oxygen and the making of coal, following on to the rise of animals, including us, whose survival depends on photosynthesis. It finishes by asking how our exploitation of the product of photosynthesis could potentially affect our future.
Each chapter presents a major evolutionary step in the history of photosynthesis. These microscopic adaptations are illustrated with all their biological details. The consequences of these revolutions are presented in double-spread illustrations, showing how the earth would have looked like in each of these key moments of its 4.5-billion-year long history.
Illustrations for Seven Brief Lessons on Physics written by Italian scientist Carlo Rovelli.
Commissioned by Penguin China, 2016.
Book cover illustration for Madeleine Thien's Simple Recipes.
(Chinese Language Edition, 2016)
Short comics for Fantagraphics' 40th anniversary collection.
Book cover illustrations for a collection of award winning novels.
Illustrations for Daniel Penac's children's classic The Eye of the Wolf.
(Chinese Language Edition, 2014)