"My Grandfather Has a Hundred Herb Garden" Author: Zhang Zhilu Publisher: Anhui Juvenile and Children's Publishing House

Introduction

Grandpa Has a Hundred Herb Garden is a children's novel about traditional Chinese medicine written by writer Zhang Zhilu. The work is set in the grandpa's home of the siblings Jiamu and Jiamei. Through the daily communication between the siblings and their grandpa, as well as the promotion of family stories, it connects interesting stories about traditional Chinese medicine knowledge, making the history and culture, folk legends, and pharmacological knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in the past and present vividly come out of the book; the writing is clear and knowledgeable, with both literary and knowledge, allowing readers to experience the profoundness of Chinese traditional culture while reading the light-hearted and humorous stories, and arouse people's attention to traditional Chinese medicine and enthusiasm for learning traditional Chinese medicine.

About the Author

Zhang Zhilu, a writer and playwright, has been nominated for the International Hans Christian Andersen Award and the International Lindgren Award.

His literary works include novels such as Thunderbolt Baby, Illegal Wisdom, For Whom the Cicada Sings, and Chinese Characters, and a collection of humanities stories, The Wronged Chinese Characters. His works have won the China Book Award, the China Outstanding Publications Award, the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award, the Song Qingling Children's Literature Award, and the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award. His novel Antelope Woodcarving and the fairy tale Traveling in the Cow's Stomach have been selected into primary and secondary school textbooks.