Cabin in the Air is a collection of fairy tales written by children literature writer Ge Cuilin, which includes her 11 representative works such as “Cabin in the Air,” “Red Date Grove,” and “Walnut Mountain.” the author tells about stories of nature with beautiful and elegant words. In the “Walnut Mountain,” a sudden large fire destroyed the beautiful homeland of Dummy the little bear and took away his mother’s life. With the help of his good friend White Swan, Dummy survived the severe winter and saved his lost father. In the end, with the seven walnuts left by his mother, Dummy turned the barren mountain into a walnut mountain which everybody longed for. The moving plots, tortuous stories, touching friendship … the author weaves a beautiful fairy-tale world for children out of her love, morality and conscience. These stories will have an invisible influence on little readers to teach them love Nature, respect Nature, and face difficulties bravely and strongly.
About the Author
Ge Cuilin is a member of the Children’s Literature Committee of the China Writers Association and the Vice President and Secretary General of the Bing Xin Prize. Her fairy tales Wild Grapes, Little Puppet That Turns Somersaults and A Portrait That Can Sing won the Prize of the China Writers Association for Excellent Children’s Literature. Her Walnut Mountains, Chestnut Valleys and Jujube Woods won the National Book Prize for Children’s Literature. Her work Wild Grapes has been translated into English, French, German, Russian, and Japanese; and the puppet show adaptation from the work won an award at the Munich TV festival.