Children’s Literature News April 2026
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Cai Gao author page
Cai Gao biography
Cai Gao is a Chinese illustrator and author for children. She won the Golden Apple Award at the 14th Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1993 for Bao’er—The Fox Spirit in the Abandoned Garden. Her picture books include The Plumage of One Hundred Birds, The World is Full of Innocence, The Story of Qin Hou and Invisible Leave.
Her work also includes The Boy Who Outfoxed a Fox: Bo Er, published in 2008, and Tan Hou and the Double Sixth Festival, for which she is credited as illustrator. In 2026 she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, announced on April 13, 2026.
Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips
Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips Bestselling books by Cai Gao
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