The picture book series is originally produced by China’s top-tier authors and illustrators according to relevant guidelines regarding the promotion of traditional Chinese culture. It covers various cultural themes such as myths, legends, fables, and literary allusions, each contains 10 stories. Ten creation myths from the ancient period are listed under the first theme, which are “The Separation of Sky and Earth”, “Goddess Nvwa Created Human Beings”, “Goddess Nvwa Mending the Sky”, “Hou Yi Shot Down Nine Suns”, “Kuafu Chasing the Sun”, “The Lady Chang’e Flying to the Moon”, “Jingwei Reclamation”, “Yu Gong Moved Away Two Mountains”, “Shen Nong Tasting Hundreds of Herbs”, and “Cangjie Inventing Chinese Characters”. It is a perfect complement to what is delivered in the classroom in terms of history, geography, culture, folklore, and mythology.
The texts are carefully crafted in concise, lively, and easy-to-understand language. While the whole series adopts a traditional Chinese art style, each storybook carries a unique graphic design. Thus, it functions to cultivate virtues for children meanwhile enabling the prosperity of the Chinese culture.