Hands-down my favorite story from today’s Morning Edition. Louisa Lim reports that “Wolf Dad” Xiao Baiyou is a sensation in China, for his book “that was originally titled Beat Them Into Peking University. It was later changed to the not-quite-as-catchy So, Brothers and Sisters of Peking University.”
But to me, Lim’s particular genius was pairing the Wolf Dad’s story with that of a “small, scrappy exercise book filled with primitive line drawings. The Complete Book of Combat With Mum contains twenty strategies to deflect a scolding from your mother – and was written by two Beijing ten-year olds.”
The image is one of the illustrations by the kids, Chen Leshui and Deng Xinyi.
“Move number four is useful. You run to mum and throw yourself on her,” says Chen Leshui, who wrote the book. “Lots of kids say they use this because it makes mums’ hearts go soft, and it makes her cry.”
Such a good listen! —Sarah
