That day, a netizen asked me, is there a recommended Year of the Dragon book for children? She wants to give her child a New Year's goodie bag that includes new red clothes, stationery, toys and a book about the Year of the Dragon. To be honest, my mind went blank. The Year of the Dragon is the Year of the Dragon, and it is also given to children, so it has to be a children's book written by a Chinese author. This is too difficult, after all, the children's book market is still dominated by Western authors.
I rummaged through my bookcase and searched the Internet for a long time, and finally found it"Three Little Dragon Kings", the painting style is warm and the story is simple. The three naughty little dragon kings want to go to the dragon king's school to learn about wind, thunder, and rain, but they are too naughty, late, playful, and even fall into the world.
This book seems naïve, but in fact, it has both traditional Chinese cultural knowledge and the content of children's character cultivationI will talk about this book in three parts.
As a local picture book for the Year of the Dragon, "Three Little Dragon Kings" integrates Chinese characteristics such as zodiac, mythology, and 24 solar terms into the story, such as:
The little dragon king must learn to blow wind, thunder, rain, and cooperate with the sun in order to go to the four lakes and seas and take charge of the weather independently.
When the old dragon king gave a lesson to the little dragon kings, the board wrote "Beginning of spring, rain, and sting".
Young readers in the story,Not only can we understand the solar terms such as the beginning of spring and the sting, enrich the cognition of the traditional solar terms, understand the impact of different solar terms on life through the picture, but also enhance the sense of national pride, after all, the 24 solar terms are our ancestors' perception and summary of time.
Don't worry that the whole book is too mythical, "The Three Little Dragon Kings" cleverly combines tradition and modernity, such as the Dragon King uses ** to give instructions to the Little Dragon King, and the Little Dragon King uses an electric fan to create a strong wind. While young readers find it funny, they will also have a sense of substitution and improve their concentration in reading.
Children are always naughty, and the protagonists of "The Three Little Dragon Kings" are no exception, and they are especially annoying when they are stubborn. They don't listen to orders, and it blows with strong winds and heavy rains, no matter what impact it may have on the human world. When they have been to the world and experienced bad weather, they realize that they were wrong and try to make up for their mistakes.
The three naughty little dragon kings are like every child who is not sensible, angry and kind, and they always have to grow up slowly. In fact, it is not very useful to reason with them, children do not understand, older children do not want to listen, and even adults "understand so many truths, and they will not be able to live this life", let alone them.
There is a big difference between Chinese and foreign picture books, foreign picture books often only tell one story, and Chinese picture books will add the sentence "This story tells us...... after the storyIn fact, children's little brains are very smart, and you have to believe that they can figure out a lot of truth on their own.
Instead of reasoning with the children, it is better to accompany them to see some stories of growth, inspiration, warmth, and positive energy, maybe you can't see the changes now, but growing up is a process, and every fruit planted will have a day when it will blossom and bear fruit.
Zhang Yue, the author of "Three Little Dragon Kings", graduated from the picture book studio of ** Academy of Fine Arts, and his published picture book "Spring Blessing" won the first prize of CAFA Bishi Works and the 18th Animation Golden Dragon Award; "The Best Bakery" won the 19th Animation Golden Dragon Award, Xiamen International Animation Festival Golden Dolphin Award, etc.
The style and content of these three books are consistently warm. Hot soups, noodles, bread, wooden benches, simple bedrooms, friendly friends, these are the small and beautiful details of life. A good picture book is not only to have growth inspiration, but also to have visual enjoyment.
Aesthetics need to be accumulated, and art-related aspects such as dressing and matching, furniture and soft furnishing, painting and design, etc., all need to be seen for many years. The home in "The Three Little Dragon Kings" is warm and practical, the outfit is simple and generous, the reading is calm and warm, I don't hide it from you, I even refer to the design in the book, and make small changes to my home.
"Three Little Dragon Kings" is an A4 size hardcover picture book, the color and style of painting are cute and gentle. After the three naughty little dragon kings experienced it themselves, they finally grew up little by little, just like every child who was once naughty.
With this book, I also wish you all a Happy Year of the Dragon in advance!