When choosing a picture book for the introduction, look at the brand! There are so many children’s books on the market, how do we choose? Andy's mother's approach is to look at the brands, just like we buy clothes, and choose big brands. What are the major domestic children’s book brands currently? Andy’s mother has sorted it out for you a long time ago, and now she’s sharing it. If you like it, welcome to favorite and follow us!
1. Pubulan Picture Book Museum
Pubulan is a very popular brand and has a good reputation among mothers! This brand was established in Beijing in July 2004. It is not only a bookstore, but also a children's book brand. It mainly operates classic children's books, plans and implements early children's reading activities, develops copyright trading markets and project agents, and designs and produces educational toys. wait. Populan *** has several sub-brands: "Populan Children's Library", "Populan Picture Book Library", "Populan Exploration Hall" and "Populan Art Museum", which are affiliated to Beijing Populan Cultural Development Co., Ltd. The company is a Chinese subsidiary of Baiyangshe, Japan's largest professional children's publishing house, so the picture books they produce are always in line with Japan. There are many high-quality picture books under the Populan brand, such as: "You Look Delicious" (Dinosaur Series), "The Story of Little Dick", "Who Stole the Bun", "Baby Bear Picture Book" by Yoko Sasaki, "Rainbow" "Colored Flowers", "Talking Hands", "Monster Mountain", "Little Serge Picking Blueberries", "Coward Willy", etc.
2. Qiqi Children's Books
Qiqi Children's Books was established in 2007. Its full name is Beijing Qiqi Century Books Co., Ltd. It is an international cultural communication company owned by Taiwan Mike Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd., Hebei Education Press, Beijing Hanlin Cultural Development Center, and Taiwan Art Village Bookstore International Co., Ltd. were jointly created. Adhering to the concept of "children's books, we only make the best", we mainly publish books for children aged 0-12 years old. There are a wide variety of children's books, including toy books for young children, picture books, bridge books, novels, and science books. Inspire focuses on hardcover books and has introduced a large number of Caldecott Medal works. There are many excellent children's books, such as: "My Dad", "My Mom", "David Can't", "Make Way for the Little Duck", "Sounds in the Park", "Grandma Upstairs and Grandma Downstairs" , "The Story of the Zhu Family", "First the Left Foot, Then the Right Foot", etc.
3. Xinyi Picture Book
Xinyi is a Taiwanese brand that has been around for 30 years. Xinyi Picture Book is one of the earlier and better picture book brands in China. . "Xinyi World Selected Picture Books" contains mostly international award-winning works. In 2004, Xinyi entered the Chinese mainland market. Excellent productions, such as: "Guess How Much I Love You", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "Dad, I Want the Moon", "Crocodiles Are Afraid, Dentists Are Afraid", "Runaway Rabbit", "Mother" Chicken Rose Goes for a Walk" and so on. In recent years, Xinyi has also been committed to promoting original domestic picture books, and has launched works such as "Reunion", "A Garden of Green Vegetables Become a Spirit", and "How the Princess Picks Her Nose". The "Xinyi Picture Book Award" was also established to reward those original domestic works.
4. Love Tree Children’s Book
“Love Tree” is a resounding brand! It is the first publishing brand to introduce and publish hardcover picture books on a large scale in China. Love Tree's works include the American Caldecott Medal, the British Greenaway Medal, the German Youth Literature Award, the Japanese Picture Book Award, the International Hans Christian Andersen Award and other award-winning works. "Love Tree" includes: Love Tree Picture Book Library, Love Tree Literature, and Love Tree Parent-Child Library. The Love Tree Picture Book Library has always insisted on ensuring the quality of publishing books. For example, Leo Leoni, Shel Silverstein, Joan Mutter, and Lin Mingzi, the names of these internationally renowned writers are the same as "The Love Tree". "Connected together. High-quality picture books include: "Cute Mouse Brother", "Crow Bakery", "The Most Beautiful Fabre Insect", "One Day", "Little Doudou by the Window", "Reading Manual", "Love Tree", " "The Lost Corner", "The Lost Corner Meets the Great Perfection", "Little House", "Little Black Fish", "Never Be a Pirate", "The First Time Shopping on the Street", etc.
5. Dolphin Picture Book Garden
Dolphin Picture Book Garden is a book brand under Dolphin Media and was founded in 2005.
Dolphin Media is a full-media, full-industry chain children’s education service provider, always focusing on children’s education. Dolphin Picture Book Garden is committed to translating and introducing the world's best classic picture books, outstanding works of picture book masters, picture books that have won international awards, and excellent picture books suitable for parent-child reading. Pay attention to some basic qualities in children's growth, such as family affection, friendship, gratitude, responsibility, bravery, inspiration, emotional management, self-esteem and confidence, kindness, environmental protection, self-protection, closeness to nature, compliance with social norms, communication etiquette, team spirit, etc. and other subtle influences and cultivation. The fine picture books include: "Grandpa Became a Ghost", "My Dad's Name is Jonny", "The Sheep with Personality", "Dad and Me", "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring", "It's Not Dirty at All", "Ai "Special Bear & Senna Mouse" series, Rowley's Little Dinosaur "Me and Dad" series, "Alai Never Sleeps", "Two Trees", "The Old Man and the Cat", "A Story without Beginning and End", etc. .
6. Genglin Children’s Bookstore
Genglin Children’s Bookstore was established in 2007. The full name of Genglin Children’s Bookstore is Beidou Genglin Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd., which is mainly dedicated to children. Literature, picture books and popular science books. 2007 is a very special year for Ao De, editor-in-chief of Genglin Children’s Library. Because in this year, he founded Genglin and became a father. Time flies by almost 10 years, and Geng Lin has grown from an immature baby to a handsome young man. It is said that Mr. Ao De is a complete bookworm. He is engaged in publishing because he likes books. He loves books as much as he loves his own son. Therefore, every book he publishes will be personally planned, and every link of editing, binding design, and printing will be taken care of. I do it myself to ensure that every book published is of first-class quality. Excellent picture books such as: "Ah, Butt", "Close to Nature", "The Most Complete and Coolest Vehicle", "Mouse, Beware!" ", "The Carrot Is Back", "Lola's Sister's Recipe", "Where the Dawn Begins", "Who Needs a King? ", "The Wind Needs a Rest", "Sleeping Beauty", etc.
7. Magic Elephant
Magic Elephant is a children’s book publishing brand established by Guangxi Normal University in early 2015. Its person in charge, Liu Yang, has many years of experience in editing and translating children’s books. Magic Elephant is another brand of Guangxi Normal University Press after "Utopia" and "New People's Theory", focusing on the field of children's book publishing. Since its establishment more than a year ago, Magic Elephant has published more than 70 picture books and 4 novels, with new book sales exceeding 19 million yuan. "Magic Elephant" advocates reading for love, focuses on promoting parent-child reading, improves children's reading quality, provides children with humanistic enlightenment, and helps children and teenagers establish lifelong reading habits. It is said that Magic Elephant bought the copyright of the classic picture book "Good Night, Moon" for US$50,000, which shows its determination to enter the picture book market. Excellent picture books such as: "Reading with Dad", "The Cat Who Saved Books", "That Day I Lost My Super Powers", "Dad's Head Is Missing", "Rainy Day", "Mom Needs Me", "Bremen" "Musician", "Hedgehog in the Fog", "Real Man", etc.
8. Dandelion Children's Bookstore
Dandelion Children's Bookstore was established in 2007. It is a children's book brand under Guizhou People's Publishing House. Its products include picture books, educational puzzles, popular science, literature, etc. segmented areas. High-quality picture books include: "The Magic School Bus" series, "Beast Country", "Scary's Golden Children's Book", "The Map (Humanities Edition)", "Hansheng Mathematics Picture Book", "Uncle Wolf's Braised Chicken", " Little Bear and the Best Dad", "Zhu Bajie Eating Watermelon", "Works by Japanese Picture Book Master Ichikawa Satomi", "Painting Fabre's Insects - The World of Kumada Chikamu (5 volumes in total)", "Chinese Excellent Picture Book Collection" Series" etc.
9. Oriental Doll
"Oriental Doll" is a magazine created by Phoenix Publishing and Media Group in 1999 and co-founded by Jiangsu Children's Publishing House and Nanjing Normal University Press. Peng Yi once said, “China’s best original picture book team is in Oriental Dolls.” The editor-in-chief is Zhou Xiang, the top picture book writer in China, the author of "A Garden of Green Vegetables Become a Spirit" and "Morning Market in Lotus Town", while the editor-in-chief is Yu Liqiong, the author of the original picture book "Reunion" which made me cry several times. The lineup is powerful.
High-quality children's books include: "Oriental Dolls Magazine", "A Lot of Weird Things", "Uncle Wolf's Braised Chicken", "Grandpa Toad's Secret", "Little Mouse and Big Tiger", "Does Grandpa Wear a Suit", " Change the younger brother" and so on.
10. Macmillan Century Children's Books
Macmillan Century is a joint venture brand between Macmillan, a well-known international publishing group with a century-old history, and 21st Century, a domestic children's publishing brand. Founded at the end of 2011 with investment from the publishing group ***, it is determined to be the "half-blood prince" in the children's book industry and build "Macmillan Century Children's Books" into a high-end brand that can stand the test of time. For example, in picture books, in order to pursue a certain color, they can repeatedly adjust the color for two or three months after printing the book. This attitude of pursuing quality has won the recognition of many readers. Macmillan Century Books covers all children's publishing categories such as picture books, children's literature, children's popular science, early childhood games, and youth literature. High-quality picture books include: "Amo's Sick Day", "Grandpa Green's Garden", "Talking Bones", "One More Time", "Pouty Big Head Fish", "Talking Bones", etc.
11. Buyin Children’s Bookstore
Buyin Children’s Bookstore was founded in 2008 and is a children’s book brand launched by Beijing Buyin Culture Communication Co., Ltd. The founder's son was 3 years old at the time. He loved stickers and tried to find a satisfactory sticker book but could not find it. Finding good and readable books for his children was the original motivation for Buyin Children's Library. Since the establishment of the brand, it has always adhered to the book-making concept, with the purpose of bringing more joy to children, and is committed to planning and publishing children's books that "happy reading, natural enlightenment". Only by liking it can we be enlightened and can we carefully protect the children's poetic childhood. High-quality children's books include: Little Newton, Little Newton series, "Chinese History for Children", "World History for Children", "Hillier Talks about World History, World Geography, and Art History", and the Complete Collection of Colorful World Fairy Tales , "Mom, what is money?" ", "Sister Wu tells historical stories", etc.
12. Duxiaoku Children's Books
"Duku" was founded in 2005. Its publishing model is unique in China's publishing industry. It has won many awards and is recognized as the most famous in China. One of the most influential publishing organizations. In 2016, Duku began to launch the children’s book brand "Duxiaoku" to serve Duku readers who have "started a family, got married and had children." The books in "Du Xiaoku" will be released on a seasonal basis, with more than 30 kinds of books in each season, covering 3, 6, 9, and 12 years old. We hope that children of all sizes can find what they need. "Duxiaoku" is a new force in children's book brands and hopes to develop better and better. Excellent picture books such as: "Monsters Don't Exist", "Come and Play with Me", "Ends and Beginnings", "My Sorrow is Like an Elephant", "Good Knights Have No Beards", "The Musical", and Du Xiaoku Set series.
13. Leke Fun Children’s Book
Le Fun Fun, founded in 2006, is a children’s book brand created by Rongxin Cultural Industry Development Co., Ltd., focusing on children aged 0-6 years old. Publishing planning of excellent children's books. Le Fun has introduced many excellent interactive books, including pop-up books, cave books, flip books, audio books, touch books, etc. It is characterized by being happy, interesting and interactive. Excellent picture books such as: "Secretly Looking Inside" series, "Looking Inside" series, "Wonderful World Interactive Learning Book" series, etc.
14. Caterpillar Children’s Library
The Caterpillar Children’s Library was established in 2004. Its business philosophy is to create original classics and take it as its mission to discover Chinese classic children’s classics and inherit traditional culture. With the purpose of "nurturing children with classic culture", it has carefully planned and published Chinese classic picture book series such as "Chinese Picture Book Master Collection Volume", "Chinese Nursery Rhymes", "Chinese Traditional Festival Stories", etc.
15. Qingdou Children’s Bookstore
Qingdou Bookstore was established in 2007. The books planned and distributed are mainly humanities and social sciences, focusing on book quality, and focusing on family education, spiritual self-help, culture and history. and literature have formed a series of influential products, headquartered in Beijing, China. Qingdou Bookstore has two brands: Qingdou Tutoring School and Qingdou Children's Bookstore. It is committed to improving parents' educational ability and selecting the most nutritious picture books for their children.
Representatives of high-quality children's books include: "Dulududu", "Above and Underground", "Floor Book", "10 Ten", "Oh God, this book has no name!" ", "Vivid Treasure Hunt" series, "Ha! Make no mistake! 》amp;《Ha! Never, ever make a mistake! ”, “Children ask questions and masters answer them”, “Art Big Book”, “Dulai Board Book”, etc.
Conclusion Domestic children’s books started late. You can also try emerging children’s book brands. Andy’s mother reminds everyone that in addition to the 15 brands mentioned above, there are also new brands you can pay attention to, such as Little Zhongxin, Little Movable Type, Little Utopia, etc. I look forward to my country's children's book brands becoming more and more popular, becoming more refined and bigger!
(This article was compiled and first published by Andy’s mother, one of the creators of Baby Play Picture Book, and may not be reproduced without permission.)