Female librarian on horseback
Author: [Beauty] Heather Henson by [American] David Small Painted
Translator: Wang Zhigeng
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Suitable age: from 4 years old
The content is selected from the true story of the United States, during the Great Depression, female librarians rode horses to climb rugged mountain roads to deliver books in towering villages, sending books as free as the air, and the multi-child family in the book also gained a new bookworm from hating to reading books to not letting go of books because of the librarian's insistence on sending books.
The villagers were grateful and gave back the food they had made. Thanks to the female librarians for sending books rain or shine, so that everyone with economic deprivation has a richer spiritual food. This is not only a microcosm of an era, but also reflects the tenacity and selflessness of women.
Miss Moore is a facilitator of the Children's Library
Author: [Beauty] Jane Bingpolov by [American] Debbie Atwell
Miss Moore has been an avid reader since childhood, and the library was closed to children. During a period of time, her parents and brother died one after another, Anne was hired as a librarian, she visited the children's departments of many libraries, began to build a children's library, and abolished many previously inhumane regulations, set up children's book shelf seats, and arranged a more suitable reading environment for children.
Here, not only are there plenty of picture books for kids to read, but stories are told to the kids, music is played for the kids, and even during the Great Depression, the library was always bright and warm. After retiring, she was also busy on the front line of building more libraries, and Miss Moore single-handedly promoted the construction of children's libraries in the United States and surrounding countries.
Frida forever
Author: [United States] Yui Morales
Translator: Wang Yunxia
Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company
Suitable age: from 3 years old
The cover of the book is very visually impactful, and the protagonist in the book is Frida, who has suffered from polio since childhood, and when she was 18 years old, she experienced a car accident that caused serious injuries, and has been bedridden ever since. It was also from then on that Frida picked up a paintbrush and began to create, and throughout her life she created a large number of works featuring herself in the mirror, with a superior imagination and bold colors. Her portrait was also printed on a large Mexican banknote.
There are not many words in the book, and each page is a miniature of Frida's experience in it, and it is recommended that parents watch the movie "Frida" before reading the book.
Coco Chanel's little black dress
Author: [Netherlands] Annemarie van Harlingen
Translator: Lin Xiaoxiao
Publisher: Hunan Children's Publishing House
As a mother of two, my biggest expectations for my children are: serious, confident, and able to think independently. Coco grew up in an orphanage and learned super high sewing and embroidery techniques, and when she grew up, she used these techniques to gain a foothold in society, and broke the convention and did not stick to traditional beauty, designing a comfortable, natural, and obedient little black dress, paying more attention to the state when wearing clothes, rather than paying attention to the clothes themselves.
Peace tree
Author: (U.S.) Janet Winter
Translator: Xu Hong
This true story takes place in Africa, where the little girl Wangari lives in a village in Kenya with fertile land and lush vegetation, birds singing, sweet potatoes, corn in the land.
After 6 years, she returned from her studies in the United States with excellent grades, but found that everything was different from before, the vegetation had become bare, and people lacked drinking water. She began to think, decided to start planting trees from her backyard, and led a group of women to plant trees, and everyone worked together to make green return to the village. During this time, she was ridiculed and ostracized, and even imprisoned, but she persevered with her dream and made green really return to the village, and even greened the whole of Africa.
Miss Potter and Peter Rabbit
Author: David McFair
Translator: Ajia
Publisher: Twenty-first Century Press
Published by Macmillan, Miss Potter and peter rabbit describes Miss Potter's childhood and the inspiration and process of creating Peter Rabbit. Miss Potter has loved to draw since childhood and enjoys intimate contact with the natural world, and her creations are based on anthropomorphic animals and country life, and her painting style is meticulous and full of naughty childlike fun. Others call her JK Rowling of the last century.
observer
Author: [Beauty] Janet Winter
Translator: Wang Xiaoying
Jane is a little girl who loves animals, she likes to observe and prefer small animals, after returning from school, she worked to save money to go to Tanzania to observe and study gorillas, she camped in the dense forest, observing the nearby gorillas day and night, with hope, even if it is illness and bad weather, she does not care, she keeps giving, constantly waiting.
Finally, when the gorilla swarm took the initiative to approach, Jane had more opportunities to observe the gorilla, and she made a lot of gorilla notes. As more and more logging increases, gorillas are forced to leave their paradise, and Jane conducts popular science and propaganda all over the world, calling on more people to protect gorillas and give gorillas a peaceful sky.
At the end of the book, the bare mountain that was cut down was planted with many small trees, and the gorillas were also playing on the mountain, and everything was back.
Free Apple
Author: (U.S.) Grannity Tilly Turner by Susan Kitt
Translator: Liu Qingyan
Suitable age: from 5 years old
Hayley was born in a slave family, their whole family had to work hard in the farmer's house, and there was no wage, she picked many apples on the farm, but never ate apples, looking at the red and big apples, Hayley felt so unfair, why can't she even taste the taste of apples after hard work?
One day, Hayley found an opportunity to steal a bite of the apple, but was found by the farmer, and Hayley was beaten up fiercely. After a few more years, Hayley escaped from the farmer's house with all her might, built her own house, and freed more slaves, planting apple trees around the house and offering them free to taste and pick during the harvest. She named these apples: The Apple of Freedom.
From the farmer's slave to the free apple, she tried her best, spent her life, and at the end of the book, she was white-haired.
Helen's big world
Author: (U.S.) Doreen Rapaport by Matt Tavares
Translator: Xu Derong
Helen Keller fell seriously ill at the age of 1 year and 7 months, since then blind and deaf, her world has fallen into darkness, the appearance of Teacher Anne, to rekindle the light in Helen's world, she taught Helen to take care of herself, gave her knowledge, accompanied her to grow, studied a set of dumb words suitable for their communication, accompanied Helen to college, and took her to experience this rich and diverse world. Helen also works miracles, and with hard work, anything is possible.
Malala
This real thing happened in Pakistan, Malala is a bold, courageous little girl, in the smoke of the battlefield, Malala is not overwhelmed by the other side's force, but insisted on going to school, insisting on speeches to promote the importance of girls' education, she used her actions to tell everyone: a book, a pen, and a teacher can really change the world. Applause for those who have the ability to have ideas and make a difference in the future through their own efforts!