Countless silver snowflakes sparkled, from the front to the back cover; a large gold medal with a bump and gild, which could be taken off and hung directly around the neck. The "red ribbon" is also full of the names of champions, stars, and big coffee book recommenders - this is actually the waist seal of the book. The "Let's See the Winter Olympics" in front of you is full of sports temperament from the packaging.
Picture: "Let's see the Winter Olympics" Official picture (the same below)
Wrote a winter Olympic book for children, talking to the two authors Chen Yuhua and Cai Ah Shui, behind this suitable book, is the sowing of Olympic seeds. The creators hope that taking the Winter Olympics as an opportunity, more children will feel the "Olympic spirit": it is in every persistence and in every challenge. By reading together to the future, more children can love sports and participate in sports.
Let your child understand
For most ordinary people, the knowledge of the Winter Olympics is a bit cold, because it is unfamiliar, so it is even more unfamiliar. To write a Winter Olympic book that children can understand, it is even more impossible to use too many professional sports vocabulary to pile up. Chen Yuhua, a text author, admits that in the past, there was rarely a need to put in so many "knowledge points", and it would only revolve around one point or one thing: such as a plant and an animal. The Winter Olympics is a big theme, and there are too many things that can be said around this theme. "It's more like a mille-feuille cake, layer after layer."
"Crouch down to watch the Winter Olympics with your children", this is what the two authors have always insisted on when creating. Chen Yuhua frankly said that when writing books for children, we should pay more attention to "fun" and "degree". Interest is the best teacher, the first thing to consider is not how much knowledge is told, all is not complete, but how to talk about children to listen to it, otherwise it will have a "dissuading" effect. "The significance of this picture book is to plant a seed of love for sports in the child's heart, so that he has the willingness to explore and the courage to try it, rather than expecting the child to learn a certain sport immediately after reading it."
If you haven't personally experienced the sports in the Winter Olympics, how do you explain the details? If you haven't seen the equipment used by the athletes, how can you draw accurately? "It takes a lot of access to information, shapes, sizes, colors, types, textures... All angles and scenes should be checked. Chen Yuhua said that in the process of writing, he will also encounter the trouble of happiness. The two authors are not struggling to find information, but there is too much information. After the manuscript was completed, the editor verified and verified all the contents of the book one by one. The publishing house also specially invited experts to review the knowledge involved, and some discrepancies in terms, terms, etc., are subject to the information on the official website of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
The high degree of cooperation between pictures and texts is the biggest feature of this book, which can be seen every page, corresponding to the text explanation, there are large pictures of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and there are witty and interesting small pictures. Chen Yuhua admitted that if "Let's See the Winter Olympics" is compared to a beauty, then the beautiful sports main picture is the beauty's appearance, and the interesting small picture around the main picture is her connotation embodiment. "In fact, when I was writing, I was worried because the book was too difficult to draw, but the picture author Cai Ah Slid digested every knowledge point and drew his own understanding. When I saw the first sketch from my editor, I felt like I had met a confidant. ”
Cai Ah Shui told reporters that his most proud part is the creation of two small animals - small penguins and small polar bears, throughout the book, have their own personality and temper. This happiness can be passed on to the child, so that the child has a companion who understands knowledge.
Plant the Tree of the Winter Olympics
The author Chen Yuhua himself is a mother, about to usher in the Beijing Winter Olympics, not only the school may need to make tabloids, children also transform into 100,000 whys, in the daily viewing of the Winter Olympics news, keep asking. "Now that we have this book, parents and children read it together, and I believe that these problems can be solved."
Chen Yuhua sighed that because of the geographical climate, many southern children are not familiar with ice and snow sports, and perhaps building snowmen is a few years ago. "But because of this, we must tell the story of the Winter Olympics well, show the unique charm of the Winter Olympics, and popularize the relevant knowledge of the Winter Olympics."
The Winter Olympics generally have two kinds of ice sports and snow sports. The Beijing Winter Olympics has a total of 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 minor events, is it a little complicated to talk to children? It is much more convenient to display it with images. The author uses a mind map of the "Tree of the Winter Olympics" to help readers clarify their thinking. The forked branches are used to image the state of the major events of the Winter Olympic Games and the sub-events, and the sub-events are cleverly designed; 15 large snowflakes represent 15 sub-events, simple and clear; there are numbers under the names of each sub-event, representing how many small items, and the number relationship is quite intuitive.
In the opening chapter, the growing "Winter Olympic Tree" is planted for children, suggesting that sportsmanship is like a leafy tree, full of life and endless life. The author expects that this book will accompany children to witness the Winter Olympics. "The Olympics will come to an end, but sport will never stop. Exploring the potential of the body in sports, exploring the love of the world, this is what the Olympic Games bring. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Ranran)