Criteria for selecting etiquette picture books

1. Aesthetic taste is the basis of picture books and has veto power. When I see those random cartoon villain picture books in China, I feel like they are poisoning children. Being able to convey independent and individual aesthetic taste is a prerequisite for choosing a picture book. Recommended books include "Duck Biking", "Little Black Fish", etc.

The picture books or illustration books we often see in the domestic market often have no author but a publishing house. The painting methods of boys, girls and even animals in such books are very similar to facial makeup. The values ????are also stereotyped or even negative. Everyone's drawings of small animals are the same. Children's clothes are just a little different, and there are no traces of serious creation. Better children's images such as Calabash also lack detailed distinctions. On the other hand, if we look at some excellent picture books, take "Duck on a Ride" as an example, we can compare and see that the children in the same picture are all different, and even two pigs are very different. There are also some The special perspective pictures suitable for children reflect the meticulous artistic creation. At the same time, the styles of artistic creation should also be diverse. For example, Little Black Fish uses a lot of seals and watercolor fade techniques to make the pictures unique. There are also many picture books that use different creative techniques, such as "Good" "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" or some pop-up books, etc. I feel that many picture books published in China lack a little bit of value proposition for individuality, divergence, and creativity. Therefore, we need to use richer art forms to stimulate children's aesthetic taste. A work that is artistically crude and lazy is unlikely to be excellent in other aspects.

2. Values ??are almost as important as aesthetic taste! In other words, values ??are a more universal aesthetic. A good picture book needs to have a vivid and vital value. It is like a seed that will be quietly implanted in the child's brain, take root and sprout as the child grows, and it will affect the child's life. Recommended books include "The Cat that Lived a Million Times", "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs", "The Love Tree", etc.

"The Cat Who Lived a Million Times" is a great fable about life and love. The cat's past, that is, the first half of its life, is an immortal body, dying a million times and living a million times, although life reincarnates again and again - first as a cat of the king, and then as a sailor, A cat that belonged to a magician, a thief, a lonely old woman, and a little girl, but it lived a miserable life. In the end, it didn’t even know why it lived. It was tired of it. It hated everyone who raised it. , and was not afraid of death, until one day, it became a wild cat that belonged to no one but only itself. So, in its loneliness and uneasiness, it unknowingly fell in love with a beautiful and silent white cat. cat. This is a feeling that it has never experienced in its long life, which gives it the experience of loving and being loved. For the first time, it knows why it lives. When the beloved white cat dies, it would rather die, because for it, without love, what is the point of living a million times in a muddle-headed manner! The next page is the most heart-wrenching page in the whole book - the cat hugs the dead white cat and howls, no, it screams. This wild cat, which had died a million times without crying, finally opened its big mouth and cried loudly! It is mourning the inability to save the life of a loved one. This is a great prophecy with very open values. Everyone can have different understandings, but the vitality and value proposition contained in it are very strong. My son once ran up to us and said, Dad, Mom, I want to die with you, and we will die together in this world. Although it is a sick sentence, I feel that the child has begun to try to think about some issues of life and life and death. I don’t know if it’s good or bad. It may be influenced by this story, but the more critical meaning of this story is about love. This aspect may not suddenly come to mind until the child grows up to a certain day. The story of that cat, and make your own life choices based on the guidance of this story. So values ????are so important. Maybe that point of view will affect the child's life.

"The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" tells us that the big bad wolf did not blow into the little pig's house intentionally, but accidentally blew into the house when he had a cold and sneezed. The little pig was crushed to death inside, and the big bad wolf couldn't bear to waste it, so he had to eat it. It turns out that the Big Bad Wolf was misunderstood. Many coincidences made people think that the Big Bad Wolf was a very bad guy. The story tells us that we need to have a more three-dimensional perspective to view a person or an event. After listening to the story, my children kept asking me whether the big bad wolf was good or bad, and whether so-and-so was good or bad. In fact, these questions cannot be answered simply and one-sidedly.

3. Emotion is the nourishment of life, which determines the splendor of life. Good picture books are often filled with rich and delicate emotions, which can inspire children to feel the emotions hidden behind life. Recommended books include "My Dad's Name is Joni", "Grandpa Became a Ghost", "My Dad", "The Runaway Rabbit", etc.

Papa Gioni's book describes what happened to Tim, a single-parent child who lives with his mother, on the day his father came to visit. During this day, you can watch movies and go to the library with your dad. I can spend the whole day with my dad. When Dad laughs, his throat rumbles. Dad’s hands are so big. Dad eats pizza, dad drinks beer, dad reads newspapers... Every detail about dad is like a movie, and the scenes are printed in Tim's mind.

Tim always says loudly to people: "He's my dad!", "My dad and I are going to watch a movie together!", "My dad has to pay!"... With dad, yes It is very ordinary for ordinary children, but it is such a precious experience for Tim, because he has to look forward to it for a long time before his father comes to spend a day with him. I feel particularly touched by this story because I also grew up in a single-parent family and lived with my mother since I was a child. I can feel the special affection a son has for his father, and I can even remember some of the words my father said to me when I was a child. When we saw in the book that our son Tim always held his father's hand, we couldn't help but be moved. Don't we adults rarely hold our father's hand? Not to mention holding hands, even meeting each other is rare. Well, for example, my father has immigrated overseas. I count on my fingers. Maybe we will never see each other more than 10 times in this life. There is always a feeling of sadness, but we adults cannot express it. We cannot follow it like children. Tell everyone you know, this is my dad, his name is Johnny. I remember that one day after I told this story to my son, he was not in kindergarten yet, and I was reading a book in the bedroom. He suddenly ran up to me and said shyly, Dad, I love you. This was the first time in his life that he took the initiative to say this to me without warning. I was suddenly extremely moved and felt that all the efforts I had made before were so worth it. Dad Gianni told us that there are many rich emotions and feelings in life, which are very precious to us, but we need to have delicate catching ability to detect them. As Mei Zihan, the master of children's literature, said, a good picture book story is like a strange beam of light that suddenly hits from an unexpected direction, allowing us to suddenly discover something we have never cared about.

4. Imagination is a child’s most valuable asset. Good picture books can inspire and protect children's imagination, and allow children to enjoy the physical and mental enrichment that imagination brings. Recommended books include "Milly's Hat Changes", "Arrow Has a Color Pen", "Never Be a Pirate", etc.

On her way home from school, Milly took a fancy to a beautiful hat in the shop window, but she had no money to buy it. But it doesn’t matter! The kind-hearted clerk cooperated seriously with Millie, and he "sold" Millie a magic hat. Millie liked it so much that she put her hand in her purse and took out "all the money" and handed it to the clerk. Millie put on the hat and went home. On the way home, Milly's hat kept changing, sometimes turning into a cake hat, sometimes turning into a flower hat, and even turning into a singing hat... What's the secret in this? ? This wonderful children's story picture book allows children to get rid of their constraints and stimulate their endless imagination. On every page, Milly's hat has different changes waiting for children to discover. This book depicts a little girl named Milly with a romantic and lovely style. She has a magically changing hat. Beautiful peacocks, beautiful flowers, cars, ships, houses... As long as you want, the hat can become what you imagine. The picture book encourages children that anything can become reality as long as they have the courage to imagine. Millie's story tells us that the great power and satisfaction that imagination brings us are especially precious in this era. A similar story is "Never Be a Pirate", which describes children's rich imagination. My child sometimes plays to himself for 1-2 hours. When the child is immersed in his imagination, we try not to disturb him.