IfyouhavesomeleisuretimetosipChineseculturewithacupoftea，orjustwanttosharestorieswithyourchildren，Irecommendthese10picturebooks，whichalsogetfourtofivestarsonAmazon. Istillrememberthebedtimestoriesmyparentstold me when I was 6 to 7 years old. Without any illustrations， the stories were only plain black words on white paper. I can only use my imagination to picture these stories in my mind， say， a prince who turns into a fish with three black spots on his body. Thanks to wiser publishing houses， now， those stories have become lovely pictures， satisfying a child's eagerness to touch the beauty of the world.There are a group of Chinese illustrators and storytellers who worked together to create picture books about Chinese stories. In these books， there are no Western princes and princesses， but characters from traditional Chinese culture and fairy tales.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Tree. [Photo/dangdang.com]Tree'Like stars in the sky， wildflowers scatter around the seed. And mushrooms and moss become its new clothes. Silently， the seed is in the arms of the earth， just like a tired child.'This is a poem-like quotation from the book Tree. The simple story shows readers the life journey of a small seed in the world. With slowly moving snails， little rabbits and foxes， the circle of life is aesthetically pictured on the pages in watercolor illustrations.The book is more healing than telling a story.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Little Stone Lion. [Photo/dangdang.com]Little Stone LionThis book belongs to an illustrated book series， 'China's Illustrations'， which focuses on telling the stories about mythical characters from Chinese fairy tales. Maybe there are too many princesses from Disneyland and heroes from Japanese animation and comic books; Chinese children need to know more tales from their own culture.Little Stone Lion gives readers three close-ups of a stone lion， in which readers might believe it is an immensely powerful patron at first， but later find it a very small stone lion， even smaller than a normal-size cat. It's lonely and sees people come and go， like a witness to history.'When children grow up， they will leave…' the little stone lion says.As a middle-aged adult， I can feel the loneliness of the little lion， yet its bravery and positive attitude moved me. Although it never becomes a magnificent patron worshipped by people， it always smiles and enjoys its life as a 'small potato'.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. The Story of Water and Ink. [Photo/amazon.cn]The Story of Water and InkThis is a story about the friendship between a proud Water Baby， a simple and honest Ink Baby， and a witty Brush Baby. Their different characters and close relations imply the features and skills of Chinese ink painting. With a strong Chinese style， the illustrations in the book are all traditional ink paintings.The pictures go perfectly with a simple story that is easy for children to understand. On the final page， the conclusion highlights the whole book: team work can create good productions; one cannot go without others' help and support.'This book is excellent. I just read it once to my two-and half year-old child， and she can recite it … I like it so much，' a reader commented online.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. The Iron Gate Alleyway. [Photo/amazon.cn]The Iron Gate AlleywayNostalgia never loses its charm， either in words or pictures. The book pictures the memories of an 85-year-old granny in Beijing. The city she once lived in and the one it develops into are all illustrated in the little book.Women wash clothes in a small courtyard， children play around and a cat lazily stretches its body under a tree…each picture carries a strong feeling of life in the old days of Beijing locals.'The book helps my child know more about the life of Beijing in the past. The language also has some Beijing dialects. But to me， it is a story that makes my eyes mist over with tears. It is a precious discovery among floods of illustrated books from the Western world ，' reader Xiao Xing， commented on Amazon.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Pumpkin Monk. [Photo/dangdang.com]Pumpkin MonkIn a not very brightly-colored painting style， this picture book centers on an amusing Zen Buddhist story. An elderly monk grows a pumpkin that keeps on growing and occupies almost the whole temple. Without enough space to stay， the other 99 young monks decide to use the pumpkin vines to bind the old monk and flee from the monastery. After running along the pumpkin vines for a long time， the young monks finally see the light at the end of tunnel. But at the same time， they surprisingly find themselves actually coming from that pumpkin， rather than the temple.The story might need you to interpret it while reading.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Clay Rabbit for the Mid-Autumn Day. [Photo/amazon.cn]Clay Rabbit for Mid-Autumn Day'I will be sent to a child as a gift. Of course， a child will eagerly look forward to my coming. Each clay rabbit belongs to a child，' a plump white rabbit says in the book.It is the clay rabbit for Mid-Autumn Day in traditional Chinese customs. Worshipping clay rabbits was very popular in Northern China. There are four kinds of clay rabbits， including one riding an elephant， one riding a tiger， one on a gourd and one on a qi lin (a mystical Chinese creature). People believed clay rabbits can bring joy， health and happiness to children on Mid-Autumn Day.The clay rabbit is a disappearing toy in modern society， and the book portrays a warm story between a clay rabbit and a child. The book has a happy ending， yet can still bring you to tears.Pray that those lovely things like clay rabbits will remain in our hearts forever.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Dancing Cranes. [Photo/amazon.cn]Dancing CranesYou will find the cover of this book attractive. A girl dressed in white dances with a group of white cranes against a background of pale and dark blue colors. The picture conveys a sense of beauty and the harmony between human and animals.'Nothing I can hear. My world is as silent as the sky，' the girl muses. Being deaf-mute， she accidentally saves the life of a wild crane. She often dances with the cranes until one day she becomes a real dancer.This is one of the most aesthetically painted Chinese illustrated books.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Clothes Made from the Feathers of 100 Birds. [Photo/amazon.cn]Clothes Made from the Feathers of 100 BirdsIt is a story about a young man from the Miao ethnic group. He asks a painter to draw a picture of a young woman in his imagination. And later the woman in the picture later becomes a real person named Cai. She falls in love with the young man and marries him. The emperor wants Cai to be his concubine and tries many ways to take her away. Witty and smart， she punishes the emperor by giving him a suit made from the feathers 100 birds. The suit makes the empror suffer from a strange illness.The lines of the drawn characters are smooth and the colors are bright， which will bring readers to a beautiful fairy land.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. The Seed of Time. [Photo/dangdang.com]The Seed of TimeMy eyes widened when I saw one picture in this book: two people stand at the river bank， and many fireflies come from the jar in their hands and form a long bright line， sparkling in the sky. With an air of indescribable mildness， the light green of many trees blends beautifully with the pale blue of the sky.The book is about the love of two old people. One day， an old man finds a seed and he buries it in the earth. The seed grows into a plant that wakes up the man's sleeping memories of his short but beautiful time as a youth.The seed is the memory in everyone's heart， aka the seed of time. We will go through sorrows and happiness in our short lives， but when it comes to the end of our life， let the seed only contain those happy times.If you have some leisure time to sip Chinese culture with a cup of tea， or just want to share stories with your children， I recommend these 10 picture books， which also get four to five stars on Amazon. Reunion. [Photo/amazon.cn]ReunionThe cover of book may stir a thought in many readers' mind. A little girl sleeps soundly with her parents by her each side. Does it remind you of some long ago memories about the days when you still lived with your parents?It illustrates the reunion of a family during Chinese Lunar New Year. A round-shaped coin， which connects the story lines， indicates the importance of reunion in Chinese culture.Warm and affectionate， each page of the book will bring you back to your childhood.The colors are thick and unsophisticated， accurately conveying the features of winter and the atmosphere during Spring Festival.