Ink and Inspiration: Chinese Poetry for Young Hearts (English-Chinese Box Set) – Classic Poems Translated by Xu Yuanchong

This box set brings classic Chinese poems to young readers, in Chinese and in English translation by Xu Yuanchong—one of China’s most celebrated literary translators. It includes poems children in China grow up hearing: Li Bai‘s “Missing Home” about moonlight on a quiet night, Wang Zhihuan’s “Stork Tower” about climbing higher to see farther, Wang Anshi‘s “Plum Blossoms” about beauty that survives the cold, and many more. Each poem is paired with modern illustrations by artists from around the world, so children can enjoy the words and the pictures together. Xu Yuanchong‘s English versions are simple and rhythmic, made for young readers rather than scholars. If you want to introduce a child to Chinese poetry in a beautiful bilingual edition—rather than an academic translation or a plain picture book with no English—this is it.