Not long ago, a news article "More than a month after the start of school, the children's psychiatric department was full" sparked heated discussions, why are such young children depressed?
In fact, it is some abnormal emotions of children, parents will Xi think that the reason must be "rebellious", "ignorant" and "want to be lazy", and choose "invisible" to the child's real psychological dilemma, so that many children will be afraid to talk to adults.
Today, Ashin found out this setPsychological counseling growth**, recommended to each oneAbout ten years oldchildren.
Psychological counseling growth ** series
After the Twelve Years Old Who Was Afraid to Tell the Truth was released in the United States, it suddenly became a "popular book" circulated among students on campus, and many children took the initiative to recommend this book to their peers on social **.
* Using a storytelling method (a bit like the storytelling method of the popular American drama Modern Family), the more than 10 children in the book have the opportunity to "talk to the camera alone", just like a small theater.
You will see the secret minds of these twelve-year-old boys and girls
For example, why do children who are bullied dare not resist and turn to bully others?Why is the "brotherly harmony" in the eyes of parents actually the "character suppression" of the elder brother to the younger brother?Why do some children become afraid to talk to others when they reach their teenage years, and always feel that "the more lonely they are, the safer they are"?
The story revolves around the mystery of the identity of transfer student Ruolan, a girl who is innocent and frank, she does not join any small groups and is equally friendly to everyone, but this makes her classmates confused about "who she really is".
As the children inquire about each other and exchange "information", each takes turns to stand in the center of the stage to tell their secret stories and try to rebuild relationships with family and friends. And Ruolan's true identity, the author left the suspense to the end, and will surprise everyone.
The author of this book, Erin Kelly, is "unmatched" in the field of school**, and has won the Newbery Children's Literature Award twice. After the book was released, the clerk of the Harvard bookstore wrote this recommendation in the store:
One of the best things about Erin Kelly is that she understands things that many children's book writers don't understand – children are human beings. Children will also have a very persistent side, they will make mistakes, they will get hurt, but they will also change and they will grow. In this story about a child's social dilemma, the author gives us a sense of hope, but in no way whitewashes the reality. This is good children's literature. ”
After School is the winner of the 2021 Carnegie Prize for Literature, and it is also the TOP1 of the best children's books of the year selected by more than a dozen ** such as "The New York Times", "Time", and "The Washington Post" that yearThis book contains 10 short stories.
All stories eventually return to one theme, which is to be "seen", and each of the characters in the book and what they experience can be found in life: the personal feelings of the child after the divorce of the parents, the changes in the child's mind after the illness of the family, the experience of the first crush ......
Many of the things told in the book seem small to adults, butIt may be bigger than the sky for a child
For example, there is an article "Saqimo's Big Plan", the boy Saqimo is afraid of dogs, and his mother thinks that this will affect her son's normal life, after all, you can meet dogs everywhere in life, so she has always wanted to help him overcome this fear, and she also went to a veterinary course for this. Sadimmo knew his mother loved him, but she didn't understand her fears.
One year, Sacchimo's neighbor, Jerry's wife, passed away, and he adopted a dog to settle his grief. Thatchmo was so scared that he didn't dare tell his mother, and he couldn't bear to let Uncle Jerry abandon the dog, so he made a "big escape plan" - how to escape if he came home from school and met the dogClimb over fences, drill windows, jump pools, ......
The author spends four pages describing Sachmo's escape plan, which makes you want to laugh and feel distressed, for children, being afraid of dogs is as dangerous as escaping in the wilderness, behind so many strange escape methods, is a child's real fear, and it is also a child's purest kindness - although he is afraid, he knows that it is because of the dog's company that Uncle Jerry, who lost his wife, is not so sad.
The reason why this book has touched so many people is that it faithfully describes the "mental test of a child who is not known to adults" about ten years old, one reader commented:
The author does not set up any villains and heroes in the book, nor does he deliberately do boring exaggerations and metaphorical ......He will make the children who disappear into the crowd visible, and he will make us want to be better people for those children. ”
Secrets in the Valley is a war history**, but also a suspense with reasoning elements**, the protagonists are a pair of brothers. To escape the fighting, 12-year-old Jimmy and his younger brother Ronnie were evacuated to the countryside.
The story revolves around a skull that Jimmy finds in a tree hole, who is the missing mysterious man?Why do the villagers point fingers at the Thomas family, who took in the Jimmy brothers?Is the sudden disappearance of his younger brother Ronnie related to the skull?
This book is very British detective** style, and will bury the clues to solve the puzzle in small details that you can't imagine at all, which tests the concentration and close reading ability of young readers.
The book also tells the story of the shadow that war has brought to civilian families from the perspective of children. The story begins with Jimmy and his brother Ronnie sandwiched between a group of children, waiting for the villagers to "choose".
6-year-old Ronnie didn't understand what was going on, he cried and cried all the way, and Jimmy was scared, but he knew that if Ronnie seemed so ignorant, no villager would choose to take them in, and the 12-year-old had to force himself to act like an adult, telling himself: his brother can cry, but his brother must be brave. I'm not going to cry anyway. I'm twelve. A few strokes, making people cry, 12 years old, originally not so brave.
The author of this book is a teacher, this is her *** work, with "unique conception, clear writing" by the "Harry Potter" publisher bloomsbury selected ** edition, dozens of British children's literature writers jointly recommended, reading ** (goodreads) thousands of people typed 438 points (equivalent to Douban 8.)7 points), and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Prize for Literature, named Waterstone Books' Children's Book of the Month, and won the 2022 Tiernano Award for Young Adult Literature and the King of Chester School Book Award.
The Camel Looking Up at the Stars is not an ordinary animal adventure story, it is about the love and friendship between different beings across races. Based on true history, the story is about a camel named Zeta, who was born in an ancient city in Turkey, where she spent her childhood with her best friend, Asi. They later became famous as racing camels.
Loaded with honor, Zeta and Assi were presented as gifts, and they spent three months under the dark deck of a steamship, crossing the Atlantic to a completely unfamiliar land. Later, when war broke out, the two camels were forced to carry suppliesThe war ended, and the camels faced the fate of being auctioned.
Changes in human society have brought challenges to the fate of animals. But the saddest thing for Zeta and Assi is that they are abandoned by their most trusted breeder, Odo, and they wander in a foreign desert ever since.
For decades, they have encountered all kinds of fierce beasts in the desert, encountered extreme heat, flash floods, famine, they have been chased to cut camel hair to make "socks", and they have been used as "camel rides" to charge tourists to make money, but they have survived strongly.
Later, Assi was accompanied by Zeta to the end of his life. She became the brightest star in the sky and accompanied Zeta on her longer journey. At the end of the story, the aged Zeta meets Odo, the breeder who abandoned them years ago, and it turns out that Odo did it to protect them from being auctioned. For decades, he has been searching for Zeta and Assi ...... the desert
Whether it is an animal or a human, how many unknown setbacks and tribulations you have to encounter in your life, not every tunnel is bright at the end, and those who can calmly complete the journey are heroes. This story makes people feel that whether it is a person or an animal, no matter how tortuous the road, the best thing that can be obtained in a lifetime is love and companionship.
Author Kathy Abbett is a poet, writer, and teacher who teaches writing at a university, and has twice won the Silver Medal of the National Book Award for Young Adult Literature, and has won the Newbery Award for Children's Literature, the American PEN Award for Young Adult Literature, and the Patterson Poetry Award.
"In this world of anger and division, it's more important than ever for us to take the time to share each other's stories that connect us in the simplest way possible, from the lowest human ......," she said
Like the animals in the story, we need to express laughter and tears, happiness and sorrow in the imaginary space built by the story, so as to understand the world, even if the world is maddening, even if the world is dusty. ”