This picture book is suitable for children over 8 years old.It is about a young tour guide who made a firm decision in her ordinary post,and at the critical moment of life and death,she shouted“l(fā) am a tour guide,l am fine,save the tourists first.\"Her name is Wen Huazhi.She paid the price of losing a precious leg in exchange for priority treatment for tourists.May we root the“spirit of Huazhi’in our hearts,and hope that more“Huazhi”will bloom in every corner of the world.
ABroken-WingedAngelWhoNever Gives Up:Wen Huazhi
Writtenby Hou Hongwei
lllustratedbyStudioofSmall Happiness
TranslatedbyRenBeibei
Dolphin Books
May 2023
26.80 (CNY)
Hou Hongwei
Hou Hongwei hasworked in the publishing industry formore thana decade and has been engaged in the editingofchildren'sbooksforyears. She isalsoamotherwhoadvocatesand practices parent-child reading,believes in the power of readingand enjoys the Wonderful time of parent-child reading. She insistson telling stories to her childrenwithawarm voiceevery dayand hasregularly held offline parent-child readingactivities.
Studio of Small Happiness
Founded in2O18,Studioof Small Happinesswas formed bya group of cutting-edge illustratorswho graduated fromXi'anAcademyofFineArtsand China Academy of Art.
RenBeibei
RenBeibei,asenior English translator.
It was a scorching day in August. Theskywascoveredwitha scatteringofwhite clouds. Crickets were singing,and birds were chirping in thedense branches.
A tourist bus carrying passengers from Hunan Provincewas on the highwayto Shaanxi Province.
The girl sitting in front with smilingeyeswasthetourist guide, Wen Huazhi. She was singing Hunan folk songs for the tourists. Hermelodious voice brought happiness to everyone.
Bang!Suddenly,thebuscameto ahaltandtheenchantedtourists weredumbfoundedbythe crash. Manywere pressed down orstuck amongthedeformed seatscaused by the collision.
“Hang in there!\"Facingsuch an emergency,Wenkeptcalmand encouragedeveryoneagainand again.Her softbut firm voicewas likea ray of light in thedarkness.
Finallythe rescue teamarrived! \"Savethetouristsfirst!I'mthe guide and I'm OK.\"Although the pain in her body was growing moreandmoreintense,Wen Huazhi justclenched herteeth and toughed through it.
Wen Huazhiwonprecious time forthetreatmentofhertourists at the cost of losing her leg. Her deed went viral.Many people were moved and inspired by her courage.Theyearwas2005.
\"l will face everythingwith asmile!\"Thatwashowshe encouraged herself.Since then, she has engaged herself in \"MonsterFighting”mode.
First,she had to defeat the \"Monster Weakness\"and stood up!
So,shebeganto practisewalking with her prosthetic leg every day. Sweaty as she might have been, shewasstill optimistic.
Next,she was goingto defeat the \"MonsterPride”and returned to schoolasanormalstudent!
In 2006,she went to Xiangtan Universityand studied eagerly.
She never let a single opportunity of taking in new knowledge slip by. She could be seen everywhere on campus:in the classroom,in the library,in the dormitory...
In2008,the Olympicflamewas spreadalloverChina.Whata proud thing it was to be part of the Olympictorchrelay!Thistimeshe wasgoingtobeatthe\"Monster Impatience.\"
When theburningtorch wasrelayedto Shaoshan,all candidatesexceptWen had finishedtheirtorchrelayin running.Wen,withthetorchheld high and abroad smile on her face, walked the2OO metersata steady andfirm pace.