Li Shaobai began to publish his literary works on 1978, which are mainly composed of children's poems, fairy tales, fables, essays, juvenile literature and lyrics. Children's poetry anthology 10 volume, such as A Doll with a Beard, A Little Tadpole Can Sing, Poems Recited by Young Pioneers, Light Green Moon, Stars and Grasses Forward, Fairy Tales, Adventures of a Big Tail, Stories of Many Silly Bears and Three Monks.
Li Shaobai's works have won more than 30 awards, including the National Excellent Children's Book Award, the Chen Bo Hammer Children's Literature Award, the Bing Xin Book Award, the Gold Award of the Stars Award of the Ministry of Culture, and the National Five-One Project Award of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China. His children's song "I Sing a Song for the Party" won the second prize of the Second National Children's Literature Creation Award; Come on, let's play football and win the prize in 1988 World Children's Music Festival.