Today's Luck is So Good "(Love Tree Picture Book Museum) is a work that won the Picture Book Award at the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award. In this book, the wild wolf Ulu shares good things with friends, but repeatedly forgets "important matters" due to forgetfulness and distraction... Gong Xida also uses medium brightness earthy yellow and grass green to draw the ground, trees, and grass piles, and uses light pink and gray to present the pig and the wild wolf. The overall color tone is very harmonious and warm, and the exaggerated body features, movements, and expressions of the wild wolf and the pig are also very in line with the perspective of children. The whole book is filled with a peaceful and happy atmosphere.
The wild wolf Wulu found many piglets in the nap forest. It felt extremely lucky and decided to go and invite its friends Wawu, Galulu, and Belo to share with him. And his friends are also happy to share with Ulu the delicious food they found in the nap forest. Ulu repeatedly forgot about the little pig due to forgetfulness and distraction. As a result, the little pigs finally woke up and were happy with their good luck for the day.

Gong Xidaya was born on December 23, 1956 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Department of Art at Nihon University. After working in stage art and graphic design for puppet dramas, I started creating picture books. Its heartwarming stories and powerful art style have been widely welcomed by children and adults, making it one of the most active Japanese picture book writers currently. His picture book works include "I am a Tyrannosaurus Rex", "You are so good", "You look so delicious", "I really want a doll", "Three Hungry Wolves Want to Eat Chicken", "Skipping School Mouse", etc. He has won multiple awards such as the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Picture Book Award, the Reading Promotion Movement Association Award, and the Japan Jianyuan Picture Book Award.

Today's Luck is So Good "(Love Tree Picture Book Museum) is an interesting picture book that subverts the traditional image of a" bad wolf ". Children's reading expert Wang Lin commented: This cute and forgetful big bad wolf in the book is like a child who loves to forget things. Young readers see their own shadow in laughter and subvert the traditional image of big bad wolves.

When the big bad wolf meets a group of piglets
Wang Lin (Children's Reading Expert)
What do you think will happen when a big bad wolf meets a group of little pigs?
Of course, it's a hearty meal. At this moment, the image of the wolf in "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood" must have come to mind. However, the big bad wolf Ulu in "How Good Luck Was Today" is actually a big bad wolf who is willing to share. He hurriedly ran to tell his friends while the little pigs were still taking a nap.
He came to his good friend's house and said, 'I found a dark and oppressive area in the forest...'
You mean a dark mushroom, I've also picked quite a few. Let's eat together! Wow, wow.
faint! Do you have any way to deal with two big bad wolves who love to share? In this way, Ulu went to several friends' homes again, but every time he spoke, his friends immediately took the words and brought him home to share food together. Today was really lucky. My friend even gave Ulu a lot of things for dinner, but he still feels like he forgot something. In the forest, the little pigs also woke up and said, "I picked so many apples today and ate a big meal. How could you be so lucky!" I believe young readers will laugh when they see this. The little pigs are not just lucky today, hehe
This book is the fourth picture book published by Gong Xida in China. The first three books, "You Looks Delicious," "The Tyrannosaurus Rex," and "You're Good," all tell heartwarming stories about dinosaurs. Painters are good at telling stories and know how to stimulate children's' laughing nerves'. Some ferocious and cruel animals, in his writing, are either filled with love or reveal their childishness. The cute and forgetful big bad wolf in the book is like a child who loves to lose his composure. The young reader sees his own shadow in laughter and subverts the traditional image of a big bad wolf. Perhaps children who have read this story will not be frightened when adults use the phrase 'the big bad wolf is here' to scare them in the future, but will instead smile.
Gong Xidaya's works have strong stylistic features. In addition to the language being full of humor, it can also be recognized at a glance in terms of art style. The author admits that he was greatly influenced by Matisse and Picasso, and his paintings are full of deformation and exaggeration. You can see the image of the Big Bad Wolf. The author focuses on depicting its long, pointed mouth, bright eyes, and slender body, while briefly mentioning details such as its opponents and feet. The image of a little pig, which only highlights its mouth and tail, seems further from the "real", but young readers will definitely like it more. The painter's use of colors in this book is not like in dinosaur stories, where red and bright yellow are used to present intensity, but rather medium brightness earthy yellow and grass green are used to paint the ground, trees, and grass piles, and light pink and gray tones are used to present piglets and wolves, creating a harmonious and joyful atmosphere in this book. Through picture books, children are exposed to the modernist style of art, and do not compare it to "like" or "not like". It is also a good aesthetic education for children.
Gong Xida also visited Beijing in 2006, and after listening to his humorous and witty lectures, I always felt that the warm stories written by the writer were a reflection of his own personality. He is the father of four children and also a 'story dad' who enjoys telling stories to his children; He is also a reading promoter, and when he goes to a place to give a speech, he will plant a small flag on the map. When asked by a reporter in Beijing, "What elements do picture books need to have in order to be touching?" Gong Xida also replied, "A child's heart should have a cornerstone: kindness, love, hope, and dreams. I have incorporated these things that I have been thinking about for a long time into my picture book, and it has a touching color
I like this answer, and because of it, I prefer Gong Xidaya's picture books.