Le jour où Sann est né, son village a été enseveli sous les éboulis : la montagne s'est écroulée. Tous les habitants ont fui. Tous, sauf sa famille. La mère de Sann l'emmène souvent quand elle va travailler dur dans les petits champs restés cultivables. Que de souffrance ! Sann décide de l'aider en débarrassant son village des grosses pierres, l'une après l'autre. Un jour, Sann rencontre un vieil ermite et lui confie son projet. Sa détermination est si grande que, sans ricaner, sans se moquer, l'ermite décide de l'aider.
Chen Jiang Hong was born in Tianjin, China, where he studied fine art at the School of Arts before completing his postgraduate education at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. After graduating, he moved to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and began his career as an artist. His work has been exhibited around the world, notably at the library gallery at the Louvre, at the Centre Pompidou, and at Versailles. His work is in the permanent collection of the Snite Museum at the University of Notre Dame. NYRB Kids publishes Chen Jiang Hong's The Tiger Prince and The Dragon Flower.