Praise
Little Yu and the Treelings is the type of book that adults get nostalgic over, and children stay up to read. Set in a fantastical, luscious world, it’s an adventure that only Xiong Liang’s storytelling and intoxicating ink paintings can tell. Around every corner is a surprise, and we can’t help but follow Little Yu as she approaches each with utmost courage, curiosity and empathy. Little Yu and the Treelings is a book that demonstrates Xiong Liang’s love of Chinese classical culture, nature, humanity and most of all, wonder.
— Ruth Chan
Xiong has created a hauntingly beautiful journey, richly layered with characters, and myth. Children and adults alike will find themselves not wanting to leave this mystical hidden paradise.
— Gracey Zhang
Praise for Xiong Liang
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His art incorporates a love for life, nature, and traditional art with his childlike heart . . . always simple and sincere.
— San Chuanling
. . . it's fair to call his output ‘prodigious' (indeed, it is unmatched inside China). Even more remarkable is the variety of styles he has boldly taken on from the very beginning, from works of ink wash painting and cut pa- per dripping with Asian tradition, to modern art bursting with color and individuality. His topics are similarly diverse, ranging from traditional Chinese folk art, nursery rhymes, legends, and Buddhist stories to children's works of pure fantasy. Xiong’s drive for artistic perfection has gradually brought into being a flawless, one-of-a-kind fusion of traditional and modern art.
— A Jia, Red Clay Reading
Xiong Liang’s work is a blend of the traditional and contemporary built on the foundations of Chinese culture. He tells an emo- tionally rich story with his particular abstract but expressive visual style.
— Hans Christian Andersen Award Committee