I Wish I Could Be

  • Hedgehog, bicycle, boy, horse, bird, kite, cloud, rain, rose, tree, boat, sea, lighthouse, lantern, dog, cat, river, melon field... Every character in the book is dissatisfied with its situation and longs to be another character. They all have good reasons for wang to be someone else. But in looking up to others, we often forget to appreciate our own circumstances. 

  • Wenxuan CAO (writer), author of the acclaimed Bronze and Sunflower, is the recipient of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He has also won several of China’s important awards for children’s literature. As a professor of Chinese literature at Peking University, Wenxuan CAO has seen many of his books become bestsellers in China. Titles such as The Straw House and Bronze and Sunflower have collectively sold millions of copies in China, and Cao has won most of the domestic prizes available to children's authors. His featured title Bronze and Sunflower have been translated into more than 10 languages.

    Alessandro Sanna (b.1975, Italy) is considered one of Italy's leading contemporary illustrators. He has earned wide recognition across Europe as an illustrator and author. His work has appeared in the New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker. He is a prolific and popular creator of illustrated books for children and readers of all ages and has received many awards and had many exhibitions.

  • Publishing Time: 2023

    Dimension: 48 pages, 227×250mm

    Age Group: 3+

    Rights Sold: Italian

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