Vietnamese artists Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien have published their first major work, The First Journey in Singapore after winning a major competition for Asian illustrators.

The book is the first the pair has produced through their company, Kaa Illustrations, which they founded in HCMC just three years ago after quitting their jobs and pursuing their passion.

What is your first book, ‘The First Journey’, about? "The First Journey" is a story about a young boy called An who lives in South Vietnam. It tells the story of his first journey to school by himself during the Mekong Delta's floating season. Our inspiration comes from a story in "Huong Rung Ca Mau" by Son Nam. The story revolves around a son and his dying father who sail a little boat through the Mekong floods. It is such a powerful and beautiful story that we wanted to illustrate it in this book.

In late 2015, we entered the first draft and some colored pages into the Asian Scholastic Picture Book Award. The first draft won and we got a chance to work with Scholastic in Singapore to edit and complete it. After two years more work the book was published during the Asian Festival of Children's Content week in Singapore, and will soon be on sale in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam we worked with Kim Dong Publishing House and we expect it to be published in June or July.

越南艺术家Phung Nguyen Quang和Huynh Kim Lien在亚洲插画家大赛获胜后，
这本书是他们通过他们的公司Kaa插图出版，他们在三年前在胡志明市辞职为了最求激情而成立的Kaa插图工作室。
关于本书：

一个关于生活在南越的一个名叫安的男孩的故事。它讲述了他在湄公河三角洲的浮动季节期间自己上学的故事。我们的灵感来自于Son Nam的“Huong Rung Ca Mau”的故事。这个故事围绕着一个儿子和他的垂死的父亲，他们通过湄公河洪水航行一条小船。这是一本强大而美丽的故事，我们想在这本书中说明一下。

在2015年底，我们进入了打稿和一些彩色稿件入围了亚洲学院图画书奖。打稿获奖后，我们有机会与新加坡的Scholastic合作编辑和完成。经过两年多的工作，这本书在新加坡亚洲儿童节内容周刊上发表，很快将在东南亚出售。在越南，我们与金东出版社合作，期待在六月或七月发行。

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