Author: Hu Yifan

Country: China

Work Description: “Lake Is Hearing” is an exceptionally imaginative picture book and a quiet meditation on the theme of growing up. Designed to be read vertically, the book invites readers into a mirrored dialogue with the surface of a lake. The story follows a group of small lakeside inhabitants who, on a quiet night, begin to dream aloud about what it means to grow up. Gently and without words, the blue lake responds, projecting its strange, contradictory, and yet deeply sincere visions of the future. “Lake Is Hearing” is a book to be shared between children and adults alike—one that lingers long after the final page is turned.