Nguyen Thu Hang's fairy tales take children on adventures.

As a literature teacher in Cam Giang (Hai Duong), Nguyen Thu Hang is also a member of the Literature Committee, under the provincial Literature and Arts Association. She has made her mark on the literary world with many literary awards and published dozens of books for children. like: The flying letter, Whispering with the dew, The secret letter on the banyan tree, The cotton tree carrying the sun...

Recently, she released 3 impressive fairy tale collections at once, published by Tre Publishing House in August 2024, including:On the roof there is Miss Xin Tuong, the magical guava tree, and the grass-eating cat.. 3 story collections not only draw children into exciting adventures but also serve as a handbook to help them improve their writing skills.

3 small and cute story collections, each volume is only about 60-70 pages, printed in size 14x20 cm, including 6-7 short, interesting stories with vivid illustrations by artist Lac An. This structure is suitable for the reading comprehension ability of primary and secondary school students, suitable for teachers and parents to read to preschool children.

Reading the book “On the roof there is Miss Xin Tuong”, we are thrilled to follow Bo Dua’s journey to the market, the journey of the white Cuoi island to the land… Readers will be able to answer strange and interesting questions, to know why Bo Dua went to the market but had to return to the pond hungry, why the white Cuoi island was happy to leave the stream, came to land and then longed to return to the stream. Why was the first letter that Snail wrote to his mother carefully stolen? Why was the big-eyed crab embarrassed when everyone called his mother a crab with a crooked claw? Why did the slender Xin Tuong who lived underwater turn into a beautiful dragonfly that could fly?

Reading the book “The Magical Guava Tree”, children will be able to find out interesting things: Why do bougainvillea flowers cry alone in the forest? Why are dry fig branches sad when they get stuck on rocks at the edge of the stream? Why do the flowers in the garden want the princesses of heaven to make them magical like the Dendrobium flower? Why is the nose tree called the nose tree?

Reading the book “The Grass-Eating Cat”, children will be surprised by the fascinating stories: There was a hungry Cat, why did Hungry Cat have to eat grass? Why did Little Chicken suddenly turn into a hawk? Why did the timid Golden-Headed Bird become brave? Why did White Calf like to bathe in mud… All of these questions will be led and answered naturally, skillfully and intelligently by Nguyen Thu Hang through unexpected and touching details with clear, delicate and emotional language.

Fairy tales about trees and animals in 3 collections of stories by Nguyen Thu Hang will lead young readers into many fascinating adventures in villages, dense forests, large streams... through touching and surprising details. Before their eyes will appear the mountains and rivers of Pu Luong with Hieu stream, small waterfalls, caves and mountains interspersed with peaceful villages and green terraced fields, beautiful as paintings.

Children's imagination will be developed and expanded when entering the world of fairy tales by Nguyen Thu Hang. She has revealed her keen observation ability, rich life experience, and extremely soaring imagination. The important thing that makes the soul of each story is that the writer, although old, has a very youthful soul because she shared: "Now living among the children, I feel my soul is still young, still dreaming clearly as if I have never grown old". Nguyen Thu Hang seems to transform into a child, living with innocent, naive feelings and magical dreams of the fairy age, so she tells the story from a child's perspective.

According to writer To Hoai, “Fairy tales are a literary genre for children, using animals as characters, which is always appropriate. Characters in fairy tales are personified on the basis of ensuring that they do not stray from the real life of animals, while not straying from the children's habitual perspective.” Composing in that spirit, Nguyen Thu Hang takes great pains to create characters that are animals or personified animals, making them come alive and soulful.

Nguyen Thu Hang's 3 fairy tale collections help children perceive the world of things with an open imagination, develop their observation and descriptive skills, and supplement their vocabulary so that they can practice their literature and writing skills. In addition to enriching their vocabulary, children will learn how to use rhetorical devices such as personification, comparison, how to observe and describe animals, plants, etc. Children will have fun transforming into their favorite characters.

The 3 stories will have a strong impact on children's souls, be the nutrients that create spiritual wealth, bring joy to children, and at the same time be the key for each person to open the door to the past and return to childhood, as Truong Duyet Nhien - a Chinese writer once said: "Because all those who still read fairy tales have pure and innocent souls".