A Small Oriole flees from its cage, beginning a quest for its own identity. Throughout its journey, it thinks about these three questions: Who am I? Where am I from? Where am I going? Along the way, it sees beautiful landscapes and makes new friends, such as a cow, a pine tree and a buddha statue, until it finally meets another oriole with whom it can continue its journey. The story is based in Hualien, a city in eastern Taiwan, and the author uses woodcut printing to create the book. The text incorporates elements of philosophy and Zen, and a careful reader might see a political and social dimension regarding independency, solidarity and friendship in the text. In any event, while browsing through the book, the reader will, just like the oriole, embark on a voyage of self-discovery about some of the elemental questions in the lives of all of us, in a magic setting.

Grandma is taking a nap, and Tiny is terribly bored. So she sets out to have some fun on her own. Tiny packs her small cutlery set, gets on her bike, and turns into a dashing explorer, just like that. Her dog Abu comes along and makes a brave companion in the great adventure ahead of them. They encounter lots of monsters along the way and, unfortunately, Tiny and Abu get caught by two of the monsters. Can they get away in the end?

Tiny’s Big Adventure is about a little girl who bravely explores the world. Even the most ordinary things can seem scary in the eyes of children, but Tiny faces all these strange things calmly and confidently. This is an exciting adventure created with a great deal of fantasy, reminding us all what imaginative children we once were and that it’s never too late to see things from a different perspective.