There are many world-famous rabbits.
Created by Warner Bros
Clever and cunning bugs,
Not only can it play the bald hunter around,
He also competed with basketball star Mike Jordan.
And Peter Rabbit, this has become popular
A classic image for more than a century...
However, today I want to introduce you to the "detective" picture book - the little rabbit in the "Rabbit Detective Edward" series, although not as well-known as the above, but it is a well-known detective. He's Edward rabbit! Together with his girlfriend Susie and Inspector Madev, he has solved many tricky cases.
Rabbit detectives who have swept Canada and France
It is the nature of children to love and ponder, so the theme of detectives has always been the child's beloved.
However, many parents are worried that the detective story has some plot and is not suitable for children.
Pascal Herlot, from the Faculty of Literature at the University of Paris in France, began to write for children full-time after a large number of literary creations.
His work is not dwarfed by children, but also incorporates a lot of imagination, in this set of books, he designed the role of the detective as a rabbit, it has a very loud name: Edward!
He specially tailored a set of "detective" picture books for children aged 5-8 - "Rabbit Detective Edward" series. There is no violence or discomfort of adult detective stories, on the contrary, he has designed many plots to be mysterious, absurd and full of childlike fun.
For example, in Where are the Ears, can you imagine a rabbit losing its ears? The title alone is enough to satisfy a child's appetite.
Do these flowery seals look funny? It turned out that they were all mysterious painters who had teased, see? Why did the mystical painter paint on them? What's behind this?
"The Mysterious Painter" is full of suspense and warmth, and it will definitely subvert your imagination of a detective book.
Her painting style is full of practical significance and unique style, from Matisse's Brutalist graffiti style to the delicate vividness of Impressionism
The rendering of the large scene full of childlike fun, so that the child quickly enters the scene of the story, it is easy to be attracted;
The cute animal image makes people can't help but laugh, changes our habitual understanding of detective stories, and suddenly becomes lively and humorous about the seriousness and coldness of detective stories;
Let children develop logical thinking skills from clues
The thinking of 5-8-year-old children is beginning to transition from concrete image thinking to abstract thinking, and the process of detective is the process of thinking, in one case after another, guide children to learn to observe, analyze, judge, deduce, and gradually cultivate logical thinking ability in the process of detective.
A bridge book from parent-child reading to independent reading
Children aged 5-8 are facing early childhood, and many families have to start to face the child's "literacy" and "independent reading". But there needs to be a step in between this - that is, bridge book reading: the word count is in the middle of the picture book and the text book, and the word count per page is about 100-200 words, and it will not be too tired to look at.
This set of books and figures is moderately proportioned, the figures and texts are complete with each other, and when the text is highlighted, the figures play an auxiliary role; When it is time to highlight the picture, the picture will play a role in prompting the empowerment, and it will not be noisy.
The plot is vivid, and the reading is full of pleasure and achievement. Many places in the book are full of suspense, and such a book will be read by children in one breath. They will slowly experience the sense of accomplishment brought by reading, and with a sense of accomplishment, reading becomes simple.
There is another reason why this set of books attracts children, that is, it is very lifelike, it is the plot of children's daily life, it will not be separated from life, and there will be a sense of substitution: although the end of the detective story ends with the criminal being caught, the attitude towards the criminal is serious and warm.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Correspondent: Cultural development
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Liu Liqin